The doe is dead, devoured by hounds. Her bones lie by the river’s edge. Curled small, small is never long; her body will grow and cast away the brush that veils her. Her fair spots will fade with time. It’s the sparrows that call her to run, to stretch her legs long and flee. But the fawn, she listens to the leaves whispering that it is safe to stay.
Print & Digital Issues
Featuring: Issue 92, published October 2019, features works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and photography by Melissa Benton Barker, Howard Brown, Mike Callaghan, Luanne Castle, Michael Cohen, Mark Crimmins, DAH, Darren C. Demaree, Edilson Afonso Ferreira, Hugh Findlay, Eric Forsbergh, Brandon French, Jeremiah Gilbert, Carlos Andrés Gómez, James Grabill, Zac Hall, Cordelia M. Hanemann, Danielle Hanson, Jana Harris, Ditta Baron Hoeber, J. Chad Kebrdle, Josef Krebs, Mary McGinnis, Marc Meierkort, Karla Linn Merrifield, Peter Justin Newall, Don Noel,Marlene Olin, Randy Osborne, Jose Oseguera, Andy Posner, M. Ann Reed, Paul Rousseau, Maya Salameh, Angela Santillo, Jake Sheff, Alan Sincic, Gary Singh, Charles Springer, Merideth M. Taylor, Stephen Curtis Wilson, Yvonne.