The Journal

June 2, 2023                                Volume 8: Issue 1 It's been a year since we last published. And for that, I do apologize. Read more
by Thom Ernst “Theirs not to make reply,Theirs not to reason why,Theirs but to do and die.Into the valley of Read more
by Robert Pegel Going to take the backroads to heaven.Will take a little longer to get there.May get lost a Read more
by David Williams I wonder if what Emily Dickinson sawOutside her blinds was ever just too badTo even write about, Read more
By Mark D. Stucky Why do we love underdogs?Why root for ragtag Rockiesand scruffy low-rated teamscoming from behind to win?Why Read more
by Robert Grafton Janice saw him there off in the distance as she sat in the food court at the Read more
by Ron Hickerson To Frederick Buechner Asked when heFirst met sin, Leo Bebb spins aYarn: “AroundSpartanburg is good peach county Read more
by Andrew Maust Because He diedand said “This is my body”I chewed the flatwhite wafer.When I realizedI had a pieceof Read more
by Sean O'Neill This sheep crouched in an open fieldwhere the rain like pages turned the grassand combed the shocks Read more
by Catherine van Tatenhove This morning I woke up to the sound of the barn swallows.I think they knew what Read more
by Jared Bier They’re more scared of you than you are of them. That was the typical response from just Read more
by Calvin VanErgens So far from a hundredfold, or even thirty,I find it hard to keep his words. But I Read more
by Ralph La Rosa Glory be! After all our scrimmaging,you still seem drunk from your applejack binge,when sold to believe Read more
by Kay Newhouse For the bend of back and fall of headFor close, for fast, for slowFor trust displayedLet us Read more