Letting Go

Dee Horne   Wind eddies liberate leaves, dancing in the air, branching new directions. Dee Horne is a creative writer. She respectfully acknowledges the traditional unceded territories of the Coast Salish people and thanks the Snaw’naw’as and Qualicum First...

Let Go!

Regina Griego   Let go of the towline when you want to stop water skiing. No sense in holding on until you crash and burn. Let go of that job or school that you hate to go to each day. No sense in spending time doing or being somewhere you hate to be; follow your...

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Rebecca Leeman   I arrive, I become, and fly on. Rebecca Leeman is a nurse midwife in Albuquerque, who writes for healing, for fun, and for putting words to grief and loss. and sharing with others.  

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Samantha Stiers   don’t worry, survivor soon your body will come clawing at your back door like a feral cat you won’t know what to do with her you have been apart for so long you offer her oatstraw tea wooly socks she backs away hissing she...

A Widow Knows

Janice Alper   A widow knows his hand will not reach out to you in the dark to brush away your tears or put his arm around you after a fight about nothing at all. A widow knows couple friends reach out for a short time. She adjusts carries her own luggage resists...