FEBRUARY 2026
Cover Art: Alia Bensliman, Set Me Free, 2023
Mixed media on archival paper
Courtesy of the artist
Artist’s Website, Instagram

Review: Distributary by Luke Johnson

Dara-Lyn Shrager

What a Privilege It Is to Be So Insignificant

Emma Bolden; Artwork by Mark Bonica

Mirror with Thick Glasses

Rebecca Brock; Artwork by Alia Bensliman

Blue Curtains

Patrick Deeley; Artwork by Andrea Bartine Caldarise

Mnemonic: Emergency

Shou Jie Eng; Artwork by Sim Chi Yin

World Class Music Products

Malcolm Greenlee Farley; Artwork by Susan Pollet

April Showers

Julie Esther Fisher; Artwork by Anastasia Yaroshevich

I am not a religious person, but

D. Dina Friedman; Artwork by Sampy Sicada

Georgia Peaches

Daimys Ester García; Artwork courtesy of the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Northern Lights

Rebecca Hawkes; Artwork by Anna Boberg

Voyager I

Kathryn Hunt; Artwork by Kim Kopp

Diabetes Mellitus

Jennifer Jussel; Artwork by Ana Prundaru

I Want to Write About My Ex

Claire Kim; Artwork by Juno Zago

Virus

Jan LaPerle; Artwork by Anastasia Yaroshevich

Home

Courtney LeBlanc; Artwork by Haylie Skripac

The Paper Birch

Campbell McGrath; Artwork by Alia Bensliman

Kai Su (a decomposing haibun)

Alicia Potee; Artwork by Roger Camp

Legend of the Curse

T.R. Poulson; Artwork by Francesco Londonio

Seen

Carey Taylor; Artwork by Laurie Campbell Pannell

The Energy Transition

Chris Vasantkumar; Artwork by Juno Zago

When I Died

John Whalen; Artwork by Frieda Christofides

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Shannon K. Winston; Artwork by Susan Pollet

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