Winter 2022
Noah
Sam Alvarez in the backyard, a twotrunked red oak has grown like a solemn V my whole life. a month before i leave home for the last time—my older brother already long gone—my mom begins a project of sorting through every photograph she’s taken since we were born, cataloguing & organizing & making more digestible… Read More Noah
The Gilded One
Sirin Jitklongsub I suppose it is going to rain all afternoon. Normally on a day like this (gray days, Mary calls them), I’d grab an umbrella, Mary’d button the children’s raincoats, and we’d go to the park. Timmy would jump in the puddles, thoroughly soaking and upsetting Lois, who would cry because her delicate blonde… Read More The Gilded One
Incoming
Collin Porter Collin Porter is a second year student from Williamsport, Pennsylvania currently majoring in Materials Science and minoring in Musicology. He can usually be found either listening to music, taking photos, or watching birds.
Call it a
Sophia Kathryn Jackson A woman once died here. Ikea chairs piled atop her stomach their legs sliced her palms. Crucify her home. Arms lurk the ends of black holes. No, mercy, and my own. Never fear at first, but then he says it again; “Home, home.” Birds like you should please sit in the back… Read More Call it a
my father, a fisherman
Sam Alvarez dad please tell me again about the good fish— i am falling in & out of love & water is rushing past & i can’t tell which way i am facing. dad please walk with me & explain again how the current sometimes circles into deep eddies on river shorelines & the water… Read More my father, a fisherman
Sedona Poem #2
Roy Zhu Did you know Sedona, Arizona Is the only place in the world Where the McDonald’s arches are blue? Here gold holds no weight to turquoise The stone that mirrors open sky And opens mirrored heavens in the palm of my hand. On the interstate I learn the word turquoise And hope for veins… Read More Sedona Poem #2
Table of Contents
Sedona Poem #2Roy Zhu | 朱若忆 my father, a fishermanSam Alvarez Call it aSophia Kathryn Jackson IncomingCollin Porter The Gilded OneSirin Jitklongsub NoahSam Alvarez a mercurial dayThomas Quinn In which Darwish imparts architectural adviceAhlaam Moledina Night RidersAlivia Wynn The SubletterGus Moody Clara,Aleah Vega The Day It All Went WrongThomas Quinn alicia, with loveLucia Padilla Katz… Read More Table of Contents
Editor’s Note
This issue is the culmination of creativity, passion, and unyielding dedication to the arts and the written word. Our contributors have created pieces that traverse time and place and memory; I am truly in awe and filled with inspiration by the work that fills these pages. From poems about loss and love to stories that… Read More Editor’s Note
