Creative

by Wyn Caudle Ethereal light swims behind you I see the shadows cast by regrets Looming and swarming without nets Reaching and crawling to latch onto anything Everything The nearest thing. A limb? A hat brim? A fresh trim? I move It moves I turn …

By Gianna Hayes The outline of an  orange. Twist into any shape after removing from that golden core. That zest which reminds me of the sweetness, stains my fingernails, scent everlasting, a peel pretending; the memory’s silhouette of all the people  with whom I’ve shared  …

by Henry Walter-Wilde Where am I? Lights are out, the room is dark. Think there’s movement, dart forward Bumping into something, a noisy cascade. A glint of light, bolt again Another collision, a crunch this time. A silhouette cast behind a curtain, Grasping through, hands …

by Gabriel McCreath When I mention you, I will not say Your father appeared to me in a dream you fell off the face of the Earth one summer  silhouetted against the sunrise of Mt. Auburn. cocooned in teenage gloom and terror’s teeth,  He mentioned …

by Gianna Hayes bent shadows hold twi- light in the palm of their hand, the sun obscured & you and our friends here screams of joy, hushed birds, a whole ecosystem one. 

by Rae Harris The Mortals Midday—groups gathered in the open air Sprawling across fields of flowers Separate and self-contained, they chatter— The world darkens The shadows sharpen It’s cold, so very cold And the air grows thick with dread With change With power Existence was …