art credit @ K.G. Ricci

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Editor's Note

On New Beginnings and The Joy of Poetry

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Poems

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Casie Dodd

Nude

Adam Deutsch

Blackberries

Rachel Mallalieu

Gardening
​Dead Fox

Dani Janae

Infestation

Meghan Kemp-Gee

Palms Spring

Stephen J. Furlong

Self-Portrait in Coffee Carafe

Esteban Rodriguez

Bluebonnets

Lee Anne Gallaway-Mitchell

Semi-Arid

Rebecca Cristante

Gardening
Stagnum Spiritus

Saranya Narayanan

The Sea

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Reviews

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A Child Walks In The Dark by Darren C. Demaree

“it’s all so incredible” by Casie Dodd

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Art

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​K.G. Ricci

3 Collages