Issue 7
Editor’s Note: Writing About Joy
Poetry
“hey Allah, it’s me” by a a khaliq
“Heat Dome” and “Heading East” by Kathryn Knight Sonntag
“Quarto for Juniper Trees at Night” by Gretchen Rockwell
“Ode to Specks and Granules,” “The Most Beautiful Thing in the World” and “Rain Love” by Mykki Rios
“Breakfast” by Joaquin Soliven
“Forehead Smiles” by Maija Haavisto
“Tai Chi: a Toronto Morning” by DS Maolalai
“Shooting Star” by Alyssa Arns
“love song” by Paxton Grey
Fiction
“Dancing With a Stranger” by David K. Slay
“Tiny Dancer” by Mary Ann McGuigan
“The Reporter” by Steve Slavin
“The Organizer” by Alan Brickman
“The Goldfish” by Josh Rank
“Island of the Ducks” by Irina Hrinoschi
Nonfiction
“The Simple Joys of Baking Cake” by Nadja Maril
“Becoming the Crazy Flower Lady” by Katie Noah Gibson
“Starting Over” by Jane Hertenstein
“What is Beautiful” by Theresa Lin
Artwork
“Desert Order” by Jack C. Buck
“untitled” by Ira Joel Haber
“Ink Bamboo” by Cynthia Yatchman
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