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Tag: American

“The Arc” by Nath Oddson
Fiction

“The Arc” by Nath Oddson

May 9, 2022May 10, 20221

From Atlanta to New York City, I went tripping, delivering packages, on buses and trains, stopping—three days—in Cincinnati. There’s the arc. Greyhound issues you an …

“Passing Through” by Dale Cottingham
Poetry

“Passing Through” by Dale Cottingham

January 17, 2022March 20, 20230

“There is no answer” you said “to whyin an inquiry because an inquiry is to find out why,”your voice rising over us like a storm,a …

“An American Experience” by Dale Cottingham
Poetry

“An American Experience” by Dale Cottingham

January 3, 2022January 2, 20220

While I waited at roadside I thought,why not try some loveliness. So I did.I saw visions in far reaches, feltthe soft touch of silence, melodiescame …

“Messages from Colorado” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“Messages from Colorado” by Cameron Morse

November 29, 2021December 10, 20241

Cameron Morse is Senior Reviews editor at Harbor Review and the author of six collections of poetry. His first collection, Fall Risk, won Glass Lyre …

“Damp Streets in a Dry Town” by Timothy Resau
Fiction

“Damp Streets in a Dry Town” by Timothy Resau

November 26, 2021November 21, 20211

Countless streets going past, streets and buildings waiting, decaying; lining the city boulevards like tombstones leading into oblivion, waiting to be called into action, waiting …

“We have Always Lived in the Castle” by Tara Campbell
Poetry

“We have Always Lived in the Castle” by Tara Campbell

May 21, 2021June 30, 20210

We have always lived within these walls,this gleaming, shining castle on a hill,a beacon held aloft for one and allto marvel at, imagining the thrill …

“Other Wars” by Greg Farnum
Fiction

“Other Wars” by Greg Farnum

November 23, 2020November 22, 20200

1 It was a very bright hat. It was mostly black, but it was a very bright black. Same for the gold that spelled out …

“Presence” by Matt Dennison
Poetry

“Presence” by Matt Dennison

October 28, 2019September 3, 20200

The summer after my first year of college the KKK had a presence on Main Street in my hometown for a few hours.  Don’t know …

“I guess I never told you about Texas” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
Fiction

“I guess I never told you about Texas” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

June 17, 2019January 10, 20210

I guess I never told you about Texas, long and sweet in the evening, boiling jelly, about mom’s temperature, stuck in the oven: The best …

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