by webmaster_manager | Feb 29, 2024 | Poetry
POETRY Small Thirst by Jackson Mills Smith Photo by Jackson Mills Smith Small Thirst Some stand along a snowbankat the pass and knockthe powder from a Douglas firlike a five-piece band on Highway 26. Having tested and pried and workedin many faiths, there’s a...
by webmaster_manager | Feb 28, 2024 | Poetry
POETRY Spitting Distance by Sam Bovard Illustration by Sam Bovard Spitting Distance Yellow ore-rich dirt spilled outfrom the long-abandoned orifice,where men once toiled blindlyto bring silver into the sunlight. As wereached the final basin above the mine,the misty...
by webmaster_manager | Oct 16, 2023 | Essay
Essay I Know This Frog by Daniel Tankersley Photo by Daniel Tankersley I Know This Frog Hey, I know this frog! A Pacific tree frog. We met decades ago when I was a child at a campsite on the other side of this mountain view lake in the Central Oregon Cascades. It’s a...
by webmaster_manager | Oct 16, 2023 | Poetry
POETRY Iguana Rain by Holly Mitchell Illustration by Daniel Tankersley Iguana Rain We sipped sweet cortados from paper cups,taking a long weekend in Miami. Even the bread meltedin a cubano spilling avocado. So many peoplehappy to fritter away the winter on Mid...
by webmaster_manager | Aug 3, 2023 | Poetry
POETRY BY Noah Davis White-Headed Eagle, Audubon Plate XXXI What other mooncan I clawfrom the river? Barn Owl, Audubon Plate CLXXI Do you see me as foxes see stars,above and blinking?Or have we eaten enough meals togetherto know we’re both ghostsof this river valley...