Vol II. Issue II MOTHER
These are the Days
by Dacia Fusaro
The infamous wild parrots of Pasadena fly overhead in a noisy, carefree arc, circling back before continuing west. We both pause to look up at them; she too seems romanced by their freedom…
Beekeeper
by Zoe Culbertson
Those nights the bees come
Buzzing at his nostrils
And the darkest part
Of the abstract blue rug…
MOTHER
by Lissa Carter
See how you’ve been creased,
and bent, and worried over,
folded and unfolded along…
Throwing Mother off the Pier
by Sarah Longley
It’s today…
The final letting go
After so many years in anticipation of this moment…
Letter from the Editor: The Shared Story
by Sarah H. Griffin
Although the details of every story are unique, the emotional themes of motherhood are as common as the condition itself…