ISSUE 9.2
Compose
fall/winter 2024
featuring words by Suzanne Samuels, Arvilla Fee, Fay Loomis, Aries Cid, Ann Power, Jean Janicke, Carlin Katz, Nancy Levinson, Tricia Gates Brown, Alyssa Sinclair, Linda Conroy, Angela Townsend, Ally Markotich, Jenna Wysong Filbrun, Liz Jakimow, Heather Cameron, Shepeara Hall, Ellen Woods, Sister Lou Ella Hickman, Joseph Mills, Theresa Wyatt, Katharyn Machan, Sam Moe, Bea Chihak, Ed Ruzicka, Colleen Wright, Wilfred Charbonneau, Carrie Gaffney, Ann E. Wallace, Louis Girón, D. R. James, Lindsay Kellar-Madsen
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December
Carrie Gaffney
"Like Baptism. Like Breath"
Creative Nonfiction
Ed Ruzicka
"Canticles"
Poetry
Sister Lou Ella Hickman
"land of the cliff dweller"
Poetry
Ellen Woods
"Descaling"
Poetry
D. R. James
"Poem on Itself"
Poetry
Theresa Wyatt
"Discharged" & "Burlap and Rope"
Poetry
Katharyn Howd Machan
"During Music"
Poetry
Wilfred Charbonneau
"Clarity in the Now"
Poetry
Ann E. Wallace
"How to End"
Poetry
Joseph Mills
"Call It Cake"
Poetry
Bea Chihak
"in the cemetery, a large seed sprouts"
Poetry
Shepeara Hall
"Diversity: Sum of Parts"
Creative Nonfiction
Louis Girón
"Summa"
Poetry
Sam Moe
"My God, I Wish You Could Teach Me How To Love"
Poetry
Colleen Wright
" Ode to the Asymptote"
Poetry
Lindsay Kellar-Madsen
" Long Distance Call From: Six Pear Trees"
Poetry
November
Suzanne Samuels
"Imagining a Life"
Creative Nonfiction
Fay Loomis
"Yes, T.S."
poetry
Arvilla Fee
“A 7.5 on the Richter Scale”
poetry
Carlin Katz
"Solastalgia"
poetry
Jean Janicke
"How to Find the Spirit of the Dance"
poetry
Aries Cid
"The Sound Of Teal"
poetry
Linda Conroy
"Composition"
poetry
Nancy Levinson
"Free Speech"
poetry
Ann Power
"The Opening"
poetry
Tricia Gates Brown
"The Piano Man"
poetry
Angela Townsend
"Estimates Vary"
creative nonfiction
Liz Jakimow
"Sixty-five thousand words"
poetry
Ally Markotich
"Remains"
poetry
Jenna Wysong Filbrun
"How We Get Through This"
poetry
Heather Cameron
"Metamorphosis"
poetry
Alyssa Sinclair
"To the doctor who told me"
poetry