"Throwing Rocks" by C. Diaz

“I preferred breaking the brown water with stones, / learning how big an opening I might make / into the murk managed by Army engineers; / but you wouldn’t let me.”

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"negative." by Elisheva Fox

“i have become the sort / of woman who, / when presented with / twombly and pollock, / has an / opinion.”

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"After the raven" by Chelsea Jackson

“Noah sent the dove / and the dove found a branch around the corner — rested / stretched, enjoyed some alone time.”

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"The Temporary Nature of Being" by Jessica Mehta

“Forest hugs / me close, the occasional sharp thorny fingernails / tracing taut calves or hoggish spider webs / licking face.”

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"Visitor" by Jeddie Sophronius

“Someday, her grief will / morph into a marble child. / It will stand in the living room for // visitors to see.”

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"Orienteering Newfoundland" by Alice Haines

“Where avalanches cough bold glacial till, / we’re staggered by the wind—by ageless will.” Combining a compelling use of rhyme and a purposeful collection of sound, this sonnet speaks excellence in nature poetry. As we travel with the speaker from ‘the folding-map‘ to ‘tablelands of awe,‘ readers are reminded of the smell of a roaring adventure.

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“Tremolos for Eli” by Sarah Key

“his trill after trill tickles your belly, your joy / escapes like a breath you don’t need to hold.“ Not a word wasted, vivid and moving, this sonnet is a work of gentle joy, of life’s truth, of beautiful alliteration and sound.

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