Contents
Volume 1, No.1
June, 2026
Front Cover: Survivor, 12″ x 12″ Mixed media painting on handmade paper, mounted to cradled board, Jeanette Amlie
Inside Front Cover: The Library, KaiDercum
The View From Here , Everett Wilson 3
Thunderstorms Last Night, Rob List 4
A Visit to Saguache, M. Diane Bairstow 4
The Making of a Cowboy Girl, Ellen E. Cox 5
Living the Dream, Nancy Telos 7
Orange Bison: Witness, Karen Barbee 7
Hangin’ with the Bears, Ron Dessain 8
At the Water Pump, Allison Wonderland 10
American Dream, Janet Dossigny 10
The Dipper, Matie Belle Lakish 11
Text Tree, Kai Dercum 13
Caramel is Sweet Like Stew, Zaylah Pearson 14
The Empty Bowl Fills Me, Zaylah Pearson 16
egads! that slime, Ori Steele 18
The many homes that I have lived in, Ori Steele 19
Chalet Earth Home, Kendra Strebig 20
If I Would, If I Could, Sugandha Brooks 20
The Bus Life, Kendra Strebig 21
The Choice, John Rene Berard 22
You Have to Choose(Boston),John Rene Berard 22
A Jar of Roses, John Rene Berard 23
Friday the 13th/Valentine’s Day,John Rene Berard 23
Capping the morning hours, Anoushka Perkert 24
Lessons in quietude, Anoushka Perkert 24
untitled , Anoushka Perkert 25
Miss Kitty, Michou Landon 26
Rampant, Vanessa Garcia 27
Our Flying Dreams, PatrickShea 31
Dramatized jesus, Karen Barbee 35
Plastic Flowers, Karen Barbee 36
Calla Lilies, M. Diane Bairstow 36
Aspen Gold, Mary Anne Buehler 37
We Were the People, Kat Lovato 38
At the Edge, Reaching, Noah Baen 39
Despite Prayers, Sharon Corcoran 40
This One Note, Sharon Corcoran 40
Lingo, Sharon Corcoran 40
On the Shaman’s Bed, Sharon Corcoran 40
Heyoka, Winter Ross 41
Rain Goddess, Winter Ross 41
At Dawn, Winter Ross 43
After the Pyre, William Howell 44
The Two Wings of Love and Grief, Sandia Belgrade 45
Working with Bones, Chantelle Pence 46
Hello to My Yin-yang, Jane Kwan 47
Endowment of Acceptance, Darci Meyers 48
Blanca Frost, Kai Dercum 48
Allegiance to the Sky, Darci Meyers 49
Thinking of You,Darci Meyers 49
Still Here, Darci Meyers 49
Spring Haiku, Darci Meyers 49
i wasn’t present, dudley pace 50
body and soul, dudley pace 50
Chinese Calligraphy for Birth/Life/Grow, Jane Kwan 51
Witness, Nancy Telos 52
Soul Collage 4, Karen Barbee 53
Artemisia Gentileschi Reconsidered, Sandia Belgrade 54
Judith Beheading Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi 54
A Colorful Pair of Suspenders, A Conversation with Peggy Godfrey 55
Contributors 62
Inside Back Cover: TheBook Drop BackCover: Lookingeast, UmaJolicoeur
