Category Archives: Micros
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Sir Isaac Newton’s ROYGBIV
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by Sierra Nelson In the sluice and slurry of a rainbow, blurry colors red to violet don’t neatly divide. …
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Taxonomy of Quests
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by Erin Murphy Quixote charging vicious windmills. Prince Charming and his glass slipper mission. A widower sweeping the beach …
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Ebbtide and Floodtide
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by Will Cordeiro Waves somersault and scintilla. Gulls hover, swivel, and shriek, like stardust lost in a void. I …
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Black Dashboard Horse
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by Rosie Garland and Meg Pokrass There was his black dashboard horse, head nodding as the engine skidded. The …
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Taxonomy of Pre-Existing Conditions
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by Erin Murphy The valve that narrows between your brother’s lungs and heart, how he joked that stenosis sounds …
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What I Inherited (a partial list)
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by Sierra Nelson All the antlers, the white wine turned to vinegar. The theft of my great grandfather’s silver …
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Mother Above All Things
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by Janet Jiahui Wu The clock does not tick. The rose does not bloom. The chairs are rotting in …
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We Had A Blue Wedding
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by Janet Jiahui Wu You have said it. To sleep without love. Same mistake repeatedly. Into the pond icing …
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Notes on the Micros
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Where do inspiration and organization meet? Are they at war? Or is it more of a cooperative struggle resulting in …
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Notes on the Micros
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Spring means baseball. I believe it’s a poetic game. The green expanse, the dust clouds, the quiet waiting for the …
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