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A Butterfly in Odessa by Howard Lieberman The medium suits her, and she sings; she sings as if absolutely alone, Surrounded by simulations of grief: desertion, denial, umbrella’d by umbrage, eyes aflame with a kindle of tears. What is that for which she really weeps: this futile place, that distant, venal State, that flat, fatiguing […]
Karakorum by Wanda S. Praisner That sunny dome! those caves of ice! S. T. Coleridge For social studies, I show my old slides of Mongolia. The five of us entering Ulan Bator’s Hotel B where flies blacken the breakfast but ignore the white yogurt. My family by the propeller plane on the sandy runway. A […]
Rosie Prohías Driscoll Bio Rosie Prohías Driscoll is a Cuban-American educator and poet. She teaches high school English in Alexandria, VA, where she lives with her husband and a host of ancestral spirits who keep her rooted and grateful. Her poems have appeared in numerous online and print journals, including The Acentos Review, Literary Mama, Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art, […]
Anna Idelevich bio Anna Idelevich is a scientist by profession, Ph.D., MBA, trained in the neuroscience field at Harvard University. She writes poetry for pleasure. Her books and poetry collections include “DNA of the Reversed River” and “Cryptopathos” published by the Liberty Publishing House, NY. Anna’s poems were featured in Louisville Review, BlazeVOX, The Racket, […]
