Magazine
Jason Baldinger: “a time capsule of dust”
Stephen Barile: “Cedar Crest Cove”
Jane-Rebecca Cannarella: “Quilted Rainbows”
Lorraine Caputo: “And That Wind Twirls”
Rick Christiansen: “Borrowed Blood”
John Dorsey: “Jerry Garcia & German Root Beer”
Howie Good: “Uketopia”
John Grey: “Flower People”
Judy Lorenzen: “Anyway”
Tim Peeler: “Untitled”
LB Sedlacek: “Art vs Life (Dream 09/19/15)”
Displaced Existence
If there’s butter
something sugary sweet
a difference in
how he looks
at you how
he touches you
and do you
welcome his touch
or not he’s
almost a stranger
if there’s anything
left at all
a difference in
where he looks
at you when
he looks at
you and do
you want to
be seen or
not by strangers
if there’s butter
or not something
a little bittersweet.
About the Author: LB Sedlacek has had poems and stories appear in “Impspired,” “River Dog,” “Hill Rag,” “Inverse Journal,” and “Iconoclast.” Her short stories “Sight Unseen” and “Backwards Wink” were awarded 1st Place Prose prizes in “Branches Literary Magazine.” For 20 years, she published the free resource for poets, “The Poetry Market Ezine.” LB also likes to swim and read.
Image Credit: Kenyon Cox Study of man and woman (1878) Public domain image courtesy of Artvee
Black Truck, Stopped Black truck, old man white hair wearing brown cap pulled down low over the forehead. Black truck, stopped in the driveway white dog tongue flapping head hanging out the window. Black truck, old man commanding black dog barking to stay at home. Black truck, stopped like the time the policeman stopped me under a bridge to give me a ticket. Black truck, old man living alone giant creaky house tomatoes for sale in the front yard.
About the Author: LB Sedlacek has had poems and stories published in a variety of journals and zines. Some of her poetry books are “Swim” (Alien Buddha Press), “I’m No ROBOT” (Cyberwit), “Happy Little Clouds” (Guerilla Genesis Press), “Simultaneous Submissions” (Cyberwit), and “Words and Bones” (Finishing Line Press). Her first short story collection, “Four Thieves of Vinegar & Other Short Stories” came out on Leap Day 2020 from Alien Buddha Press. She also served as a Poetry Editor for “ESC! Magazine” and published the free resource for poets, “The Poetry Market Ezine,” from 2001-2020. In her free time, LB likes to swim, read and attempt to play the ukulele.
Image Credit: Carol M. Highsmith: “Interior of an old, rusted truck outside the Cutler General Store in the Carroll County, Indiana, settlement of Cutler, which was laid out by John A. Cook during the construction of the Logansport Crawfordsville & Southwestern Rail Road in 1871” (2016) The Library of Congress
As It Ought To Be 