Poetry

Courtyard
Tina Carter brings generations of tenement dwellers to vivid life in a poem about hope and helplessness.

Settled
Whitney Jasinski explores the dying of a relationship's flames in the cool contentment of time.

Seduce Me New
Nicole Janeen Jones offers a glimpse of sensual connectivity wrapped in a viscerally romantic package.

The Decline of the Modern Relationship
Sunny Monroe examines the dissolution of romance by the hypnotic seduction of computer games.

Checkbooks
Jill Mullins reflects upon the small losses and adjustments of living apart from a nurturing sibling.