Umbilicus “What cha doin’, kid”, Your living voice spirals over telephone wires. “Nothing, what choo doin’?” “Nothing.” You sound as thin and reedy as a child. Cancer is rocking you backward, backward, Undoing you Soon you will be an infant Suckling at your mother’s breasts But they were dry, as I Am dry, a dry sea…
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.