Clarity in Shadows | Steven Sher
Steven Sher ((Shlomo Yashar) has six poems in Meta/ Phor(e) /Play) ranging through memory, seeking clarity in shadows as the one searching for his beloved in Sher’s poem, Beshert…
What’s my name? | Michael Dickel
In this new short fiction from Michael Dickel, the woman with a beard encounters another ghost from her past and considers the sea.
Six Haiku by Thaís Fernandes
Six haiku ranging from current events to nature to mystery, from Brazilian poet and translator Thaís Fernandes.
memories that no longer exist | Sunday Brunch Tuesday | Bill Yarrow
Yarrow’s poems—three pas de deux partnering memory & family in delicate ballet | Meta/ Phor(e) / Play
Le Hinton’s Cards Flash Back | Ann Bracken
Ann Bracken discusses Le Hinton’s poem, Cards Flash Back, on Meta/ Phor(e) /Play.
words refuse to unfix themselves | poems
Three poems by gary lundy—“what does life account for after all. a brush stroke here. there. a few words follow. memorable or not.”
Amber Ekphrasis | Poem
An ant, a piece of dinosaur’s tail, stuck in amber—art, science, poetry. Ekphrasis of Amber, a poem by Michael Dickel, artwork by Judith Appleton.
Falling | poem
An old man remembers when time stood still as a bike tipped too far going around a corner and what it was like to fall out to space.
Flash Fiction—A Visit
The woman with the beard has a serious moment while the toad continues his studies in this story. The garden is resplendent in Morning Glories for the Japanese Morning Glory Festival (July 6-8), Iriya Asagao Matsuri. This uses both July 7 prompts from the Flash Fiction Month social […]
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