I looked under the sink, a Winchell’s mug; above the dryer on the shelves with exiled scraps; below a pack of dehydrated Sharpies, to the right of poor Elmer, also parched. I might’ve left it there when I was five…or six? I must’ve lost it but don’t you think by 19 I would have found it if it was ever somewhere at all? Not found in the kitchen, the search continued … [Read more...] about Old Bodies Leave Indentations on the Clouds
Creative
Collection
Michael Kroesche There are purple moths and Abel collects them, he's half naked in torn shorts like an old boat sail, brown toes among the baobab roots yellow nails. Under a veil of vines in the grass, flattened, is a clearing where he keeps them; bodies like lint stones, the dead wings, dried violets. He pulls pomegranates from … [Read more...] about Collection
Regatta
By Brenda Bower Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I consciously refuse my body the stretch it desperately needs. I've been through it all before. The noise of the box spring under the mattress makes me cringe and echoes through the hallway filling my apartment with screaming noise, which, more often than not, wakes up my two roommates. Unfortunately, it's 5:30 am on a Saturday … [Read more...] about Regatta
What happens to a dream deferred?
By Natalie Beglau What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? - Langston Hughes July 11, 1999. The streets were still glossy from a summer storm as we headed … [Read more...] about What happens to a dream deferred?
The Catalina Experience
by Erik McKinney Taking a trip of a lifetime "I think Catalina": Jerry, Saturday, August 17th, 9:45 p.m. Funny? Yes. Drunk? Yes. Truthful? Incredibly. Contrary to popular and geographical belief, Catalina is not an island 26 miles off the coast of Southern California. Catalina is a state of mind, body and soul that very few places on this earth can touch. Catalina is … [Read more...] about The Catalina Experience