Speaking Through A Mirror

January 2015 | back-issues, poetry | 0 comments

Would you look at my beautiful Skeleton broken in two, twice The shell of a skeleton in a mirror? You who cannot recognize the you In me underneath my skeleton mirror, The belly I am no longer approved in. Swallow familiar shadows- not seen Before my eyes; look down as your sex Swallows…

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Issue 99, July 2021

Burrdowning Press

66 pages, perfect bound

Print + eBook: $15

Featuring: Issue 99, published July 2021, features works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and photography by Desi Allevato, Melissa Andres, Bordnick, Lawrence Bridges, Trent Busch, Alexandra T. O. Cooley, Natalie Coufal, Chella Courington, Lana Eileen, Caroline Fernelius, Ann Fischer, Nathan Gentry, E Laura Golberg, Alan Hill, Michael Hower, Kent Jacobson, James F. Latin, K. L. Johnston, Melissa Knox, Alex Lee, M. Ocampo McIvor, Robert Nisbet, Marijean Oldham, Marlene Olin, Anika Pavel, Shawn Pfunder, Sherry Mossafer Rind, Jim Ross, Caroline N. Simpson, Eric Stiefel, Lisa J. Sullivan, Steven Turrill, William Welch, Connie Wieneke, Linda Wimberly, Jean Wolff.