Introduction

Rachel Marie Patterson and Dara-Lyn Shrager

Ars Poetica with Mushrooms

Laurel Anderson; Artwork by Jason Bowler

My Mother Keeps Disappearing

Amanda Auchter; Artwork by Edward Lee

Aromatase Inhibitor

Nicole Callihan; Artwork by Anna Smetanenko

Friesian Story

Sarah Carey; Artwork by Gloria Muscarella

There’s Blood on your Mother’s Brain

Brendan Constantine; Artwork by Tony de los Reyes

Abcedarian as Virgo

Emily Corwin; Artwork by Marta Zubieta

At the Hour of Milk

Julie Esther Fisher; Artwork by Roger Camp

Bone Mountain

Julie Esther Fisher; Artwork by Lise Latreille

opening the solace — a ghazal

Kathleen Hellen

Motherload

Cindy King; Artwork by Anna Smetanenko

After Being Stung

Lee Peterson; Artwork by Kerry Rawlinson

Irreconcilable differences

Stephen Ruffus; Artwork by Aaron Olson-Reiners

Red Tulips in Broad Daylight

Hayden Saunier; Artwork by Roger Camp

Male Anorexia

Kirk Schlueter; Artwork by Karissa Ho

Haunches

Danielle Shorr; Artwork by Elaine Verdill

Ulteriority

Christoper Shipman; Artwork by Chath pierSath

Saturday

Brendan Walsh; Artwork by Lise Latreille

For Dean, on his Shift

Jane Zwart; Artwork by Lise Latreille

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