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The Nativity

Sabrina Salvo The Nativity At her command, Dawn shatters the night, and a kaleidoscope of sunbeams resurrect her laughter. A strangeness they call unnatural, she is heaven in primal flesh and her heart reigns in fire, creatrix of art- Woman. … Continue reading

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Introduction to Poetry Issue 93, Q1, 2025

Introduction to Poetry Issue 93, Q1, 2025 I pray you had a wonderful string of holidays as a precursor to your excellent health and prosperous New Year, especially with respect to your writing goals. For some, there has been tragedy, … Continue reading

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Interstellar Spaces

M. Frost Interstellar Spaces …………………After T.S. Eliot They all go into the dark, at last, even the cockroaches, locusts and the mice, little beetles burrowed into winter wheat. They invade the underbelly of the ship, and there they breed, and … Continue reading

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HD 164595

F. J. Bergmann HD 164595 We thought we heard something like a sound, linking us to a star a light-century away. At the far end of its signal, the star bloomed like an unimaginable flower in a dark garden. The … Continue reading

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Singularity Storm

Lyri Ahnam Singularity Storm Dance a spiral of stars to the galaxy’s black hurricane heart. At the dense void, stretch and compress in gravity’s strain, listening for a celestial symphony. No angel harpists strum infinity hymns from the tempest’s core. … Continue reading

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First Fruits

Pixie Bruner First Fruits The first in vivo Dreamfruit occurred ex nihilo The labs could not figure them out. Their chemistry too complex for chromatography, the tearful botanists left apoplectic. The first documented gardener was a woman named “Chava,” no … Continue reading

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Albino Raven

Katharyn Howd Machan Albino Raven Who paints the picture for his tarot card? Who dares to turn deep sacred black into a mockery of flight? White, white, white the woe of widespread wings, raw caw: who can raise a brush … Continue reading

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Quantum Question

Howard S. Carman, Jr. Quantum Question In a quantum world, my existence is a single stationary state whose behavior is collapsed from a superposition of all possible states (mine, yours, all who have gone before, all who are to come, … Continue reading

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There Are No Secrets Among the Stars

John C. Mannone There Are No Secrets Among the Stars The Wise One fell from heaven through the cold rock wall He lighted upon a slab in the tomb A white linen unfolded itself to wrap around his body with … Continue reading

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Two-Minute Test

Tabor Skreslet Two-Minute Test Sterile expectant surfaces enclose medbay lab chemical reaction waiting woman waiting two minutes I know that I skipped it I’ve been counting so well tracking cycles do I feel different should I feel different yet it’s … Continue reading

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