Touching an oak leaf in my old age I bring to bear on it the pain of Chinese philosophy. I am letting the oak leaf fall down into my old age like a leaf that will fall down into a meadow well or brooklet to be still on the face of the water and to fulfill the touching of the oak leaf to the old man in me, the old man that was once in my heart, no man more severe. The oak leaf will fall still more silently. It is an old man’s oak leaf that will still fall.
Print & Digital Issues
Featuring: This summer double issue features stimulating and provocative works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and photography by Virginia Barrett, Mark Belair, Arno Bohlmeijer, Mark Burke, Sharon Chmielarz, Jamie Derkenne, Stuart Forrest, Marc Frazier, James Grabill, John Horvath Jr, Michael Hower, Rebecca Irene, Philip Kienholz, A.C. Koch, Tom Lavazzi, DJ Lee, Brittny Meredith, Karla Linn Merrifield, Wendy Miles, Daniel Edward Moore, Leah Oates, Andy Posner, Sheree La Puma, Grethel Ramos, D. D. Renforth, Jack Ridl, Betsy Rupp, Gerard Sarnat, Chavonn Williams Shen, Gary Singh, Dalena Storm, Teresa Sutton, Patrick Sylvain, Jeri Theriault, and Jamie Wagman.