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by Beth Sherman

Josephine the elephant arrived early for her Minute Clinic therapy appointment in CVS, which was held at the end of aisle 9, near the cold and flu remedies.

The therapist, a hedgehog wearing a white coat and spectacles, was just finishing up with a flustered gazelle, whose red-rimmed eyes leaked.

What seems to be bothering you today? the hedgehog asked Josephine.
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Latest Breath + Seal—

Into a Cloud

by Cole McNamara

I look at the clouds and want to believe they’re pillows, something I could curl into and disappear, but I know if I jumped from a plane into a cloud, it wouldn’t be like that at all
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Jan 26, 2026

a in feore groene

By Julie Parker-Kinsey, a traveler reaches a bay of spirits at the world’s edge, where winter memories and an evergreen presence is found.
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Jan 23, 2026

Lasagne

Lasagne by DS Maolalai is a brief, tender poem about an Irish mother’s lasagne, imperfect yet unforgettable for the taste of home.
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Jan 21, 2026

Into a Cloud

A Breath + Seal poem by Cole McNamara about longing for clouds to be soft enough to disappear into, until reality hits.
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Jan 19, 2026

Rear-View Mirror Bridal Canopy → Windshield’s Vision-Quest Maxims

Gerard Sarnat riffs on Shakespeare, Don Quixote, Tevye, Chekhov’s gun, and deus ex machina to ask what endings we expect, and what we earn.
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Jan 16, 2026

Fake Beer

Fake Beer by Marianne Brems is a vivid poem on craving and restraint: a lifelong love of beer collides with knowing that alcohol isn’t good for you.
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Jan 12, 2026

In Which She Is

A three-part poem written by Betty Stanton where "she" becomes the fire, the wolf, and the fog.
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