Writing
Ozark Small-Press Poetry Festival draws local poetry lovers with national poets
By Kody Ford
Matt and Katy Henriksen seem to stumble into literary events. In 2008, they planned the Frank Stanford Literary Festival, which...
shop ’til you drop
By Christopher Mulrooney
I. Brokeback Market
you check your guns at the door
the lonesome cowboys on the soundtrack
watch your every move
wi...
this just in (au cinéma) this just out
By Christopher Mulrooney
where were you
while the morning stars sang
why I was receiving
my jobation thank you
very much
as the anchorman
sa...
the price of admission
By Christopher Mulrooney
you kick the sign in your forehead
with your own left foot
it isn’t a guarantee by any means
something about ...
Wish Me Luck, Wish Me Love by George Drake, Jr. & Kayla Gruenewald
[Ed. Note: The following story is written from two perspectives. The male perspective is by George Drake, Jr., while the female perspective ...
POEM: Excerpts from “Love Doesn’t Grow on Trees”
By Jamie Cooper
The seriousness with which you concentrate makes me think youth is an illusion.
You claimed to be a lover of light.
You look...
POEM: Excerpts from “Wonder City” by Jamie Cooper
Early-model American and Foreign Automobiles intermittingly relayed transmissions from the Planet X, a former Earthlike planet 117 million l...
POEM: “Earth Boy Leading Rain-Cloud Horse”
The boy dropped nude into the canvas pasture
has been given a steadfast mare for escort
into the foreground of a developing storm.
Some shar...