Current Issue

The Interview Issue

Winter 2023. Vol. 45 No.3

Poetry

Contest Winner

Equinox

By Jade Y. Liu
At winter’s final surrender, my kitchen becomes a graveyard for ants. Their bodies fall in clusters, form families of crumpled black petals beside an aging apple, last night’s forgotten toast. The poison...
Contest Winner

an invite to Oma, to join me in queer time

By Britt McGillivray
/ h1 {text-align: center;} p {text-align: center;} div {text-align: center;} I think you’ll like it here the way you liked to join me at Harrison Hot Springs in the adult tub I...
Contest Winner

Seeds the Dead Had Planted Way, Way Back When They Were Living Have Begun to Bear Fruit

By Karen Massey
Above the pushed-up daisies, the dead will wait with you, some fuss about, noctambulant or slowly pace the garden, limned in moonlight, some rise like wisps, phosphorescent, hovering above the bog. But...

Reviews

Nightlight by David Barrick

Reviewed by SJ Grimes

Letdown by Sonia Greenfield

Reviewed by Jeri Theriault

The Truth is Told Better This Way by Liz Worth

Reviewed by Melanie Janisse-Barlow

Throwing the Diamond Hitch by Emily Ursuliak

Reviewed by Michael Roberson

News

Mini 2-Day Contest Winner (Part 2!!)

By Contemporary Verse 2
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the latest Mini 2-Day Poem Contest that we played on Saturday! Nicholas...

Mini 2-Day Contest Winner

By Contemporary Verse 2
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the Mini 2-Day Poem Contest that we played on Saturday! Paula Turcotte...

Mini 2-Day Contest

By Contemporary Verse 2
✨CONTEST ALERT✨ Sharpen your pencils and your wits! It's time for the 2023 2-Day Poem Contest warm up round! We...