Poem by Mara Adamitz Scrupe
An artist of innuendo she imagines praise in her flight.
Transitions
Reliquiae Flyway
Oct 21, 2019
Diary in Exile
Oct 14, 2019
Essay by Geri Lipschultz
Have always in mind that the world is like you dream it.
Eulogy Ending in Red
Sep 30, 2019
Poem by Stacey Balkun
Well, if you have lost your mind, blame Union Carbide. Blame the Atomic Bomb.
Marking Time
Sep 30, 2019
Essay by Esperanza Cintrón
My aunt’s attitudes reminded me of the cultural practice of senicide, abandoning the aging to die.
The Weight of Departure
Sep 30, 2019
Essay by Eric Stinton
I could move in any direction or be motionless, disconnected from everything—my life back in Korea, my plans to move home.
My Heart Will Go On
Sep 30, 2019
Essay by Hillary Moses Mohaupt
I turned to the only francophone music I could find in northern Illinois: the early Canadian albums of Céline Dion.
The Loss
Sep 30, 2019
Essay by Edward M. Cohen
When I awake with no desire to rush for a pen, it’s hard to see the value in what is happening.
Daytime All the Time
Sep 30, 2019
Essay by Jeremiah Horrigan
Everyone else in my family would remember me when I was gone. But not him.
Rooted in Place
Sep 30, 2019
Essay by Ryder S. Ziebarth
That spring, still lamenting the loss of sidewalks, my daughter would barely leave the house without me by her side.
D Is for Decomposition
Sep 30, 2019
Flash Essays by David Carlin and Nicole Walker
My decomposing body might be inspiration for whole tribes of thankful creatures in the soil.
