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Linda Blaskey
*On the Nature of Grief
*Merriam Webster Addresses a Hole
*Driving with Pilar to Play Mahjong
*Flight
*Val d’Anniviers, Switzerland
*Making It Easier
*On Marriage
*For Joshua, Who Sings in Hospice
*Cows
*Some Days are Like This for Me Too––
An Ars Poetica
*An Ecology of Shells
Broadkill Beach, Delaware
*Learning to Meditate at the Shambhala
Center
*Ode to My Body
*(after the funeral) the moths come
without reservation
*September Morn
*NEBRASKA
*EVE HAS NEVER EATEN MEAT
*Birdwatching on the Border
2nd EDITOR'S CHOICE
SINGLE POEM PRIZE
Judged by Cassandra Whitaker
Winner: Bone China
by Carolyn Jabs
(Spring/Summer 2023)
Runner-up: Requiem
by J. V. Foerster
(Summer 2022)
Winning poem was selected from Editor's Choice poems included in Summer Issue 2022 through Fall Issue 2023.
PUSHCART PRIZE
NOMINATIONS
Caroline Boutard
*Hearting the Wall
Pippa Brush Chappell
*Torre de Bélem
Christine Jones
*My daughter is in love
Hilary King
*Knowledge Duplex
Sylvia Byrne Pollack
*Miroku Bosatsu
Amy Ralston Seife
*Continuing Education
COVER ART
Queen of Hearts is an 18x28 watercolor by Kathleen Giles. Kathleen was the model for her painting. Prints are available at: