The Journal

by CLS Sandoval My humble, awkward words,Can never illustrate this feeling,You have managed to conjure up,In me. Your presence close Read more
April 1, 2022 Volume 7: Issue 1 Whether “Us” equals Conservatives and “Them” equals Liberals or the other way around, Read more
by Maria Hetherton Early winter, 2020. I'd cycle most mornings past landmarks of a contentious election season. Like a cross Read more
by Ken Hogarty            The first of T.S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets” begins thus: “Time present and time past are both perhaps Read more
by Luke Krueger Dramatis Personae: Elihu, male: dubious of Moses’ plan. Miriam, female: Moses’ sister who trusts in his seeming Read more
by Garry Breland He worked so hard to select his rodThen the line of proper weight and taperKnotted to backing Read more
by Iván Brave Teresa burst out of the tattoo parlor, half her chest in bandages. Middle of a day, middle Read more
by Diane Elayne Dees Thunder all night,trees heavy with relentless raincrashing into transformers—no sun, no light,no joy, no sleep,but then: Read more
Jupiter’s Song Dear Ones, I have become what I wished.I have become the rainthe ocean the sky andthe wind. I Read more
by Barry Casey “In the beginning,” said the Word.And it was good. Later, we understood. The world is constant creation,one Read more
by Sarah Holly Bryant I have always knownthe worth of BanditI have always knownhis loss would be profoundI have always Read more
by Jack Eisenman They say he’s kingBorn of royal blood.Heir to a throneUnclaimed.From heaven he comesWith winged hostsAnd shouts of Read more
by Scott G. Harvey Creating pre-recorded lectures had become second nature to me, as the global pandemic raged into its Read more
by Savannah Voth See the world encapsulated in a foggy rectangle: a green leafspotted with sky blueor a blue leaf Read more