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The Current Issue: Spring 2025 Vol. 132 No. 1
Spring 2025 Vol. 132 No. 1
Cover Artwork by Xiaorou Fan
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From the Editor - Spring 2025 ~ From the Editor
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Americanus (poem) ~ Puneet Dutt
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I Want to Go to Bed with a River (poem) ~ Amber McMillan
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Mannequin ~ donalee Moulton
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Hummingbird (poem) ~ Roger Nash
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blustered spring (poem) ~ Russell Carisse
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He goes on to say (poem) ~ Ralph Culver
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A Camel Ride ~ Anthony Jenkins
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Sway Ghazal (poem) ~ Jenny Li Chen
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Trudeau in Two Times (poem) ~ Glenn Arthur Sweazey
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The Hive ~ Olivia Riddell
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The Rocket Scientists, Oil on Canvas (poem) ~ Erin Cortese
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To Be Read in an Old Testament Voice (poem) ~ Catherine Owen
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Fishpole Lake ~ Bryan Demchinsky
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Ecdysis (poem) ~ Alexandra Dawson
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GLOVE ~ Sara Salih
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The Missing Dog from No. 102 ~ Zsuzsanna Zsohar
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Tomatoes (poem) ~ Lucia Lam
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Letter Back from Mladen (poem) ~ Bill Howell
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Jordan ~ David Malone
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Standoff at Little Pic River (poem) ~ Peter Unwin
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Six Degrees of Separation ~ Anthony Purdy
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Fruiting Bodies (poem) ~ Diane Massam
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Blood Valentine ~ D.D. Miller
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Spoiled Milk (poem) ~ Elena-Cristina Feraru
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Recently While Bird Watching (poem) ~ Ann van Wijgerden
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Roger’s Cows (poem) ~ Shel Krakofsky
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One Selfish Afternoon ~ Emily R. Zarevich
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Think of the Radio (poem) ~ Jonathan Focht
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The Wind ~ Naomi Davies
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Walker’s Dilemma (poem) ~ Glen Sorestad
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Best Regards~ Sydney Raeburn-Power
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How All the Wars Start (poem) ~ Gillian Harding-Russell
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sled dog (poem) ~ Sadie Kromm
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Leaning in the same direction (poem) ~ Bill Garvey
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