Portuguese Paradise | Carlo Matos
"...my feet aching still from all those polyester dirges on streets covered in flower petals like byzantine tiles..."
Six Words | Heather Napualani Hodges
Heather Napualani Hodges lives in Portland, Oregon where she offers small group workshops on writing through difficulty.
The Bone Cans | James Guthrie
"On a bed of bastard nails, face down in the bristles, I can’t tell cut from eyelash. Both are black slashes, stubbly, silhouetted..."
A Classical Triptych | Robert West
Robert West's poems have most recently appeared in Alabama Literary Review, Light, Lighten Up Online, Still, and Snakeskin; his chapbook Convalescent appeared from Finishing Line Press in 2011.
Six Words | Cassondra Bird Combs
Cassondra Bird Combs is a writer who currently lives in Portland, Oregon. She holds an MFA from Portland State University where she was the fiction editor for the Portland Review.
Selected Poems | Stephanie Glazier
"my entomologist friend, / forgive me / despite your warnings I ate the cherries / all of them / unwashed..."