IT’S DECEMBER
M elissa P iva
99
FOUR POEMS
M aureen H ynes 103
VIRGINIA FALLS, NWT
D jane K avanaugh 111
A NEW APPROACH
E va T ihanyi 113
HIDE AND SEEK
J en C urrin 115
BUTTERFLY LOVE
L ara B ozabalian 125
TWO POEMS
L ousie C arson 127
WHAT DO THEY CALL ME?
S hanika L ewis -W addell 129
TWO POEMS
kwanza 131
msingwana
NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 135
R obert B everidge
FIVE POEMS
A lan H ill
137
SHORT SHRIFT AND SWAT SHOT
SESTINA
K aterina F retwell 145
TWO POEMS
C hristina M c R ae 153
LOVED ONES IN MY MIND
T om M c F adden 157
THE IDLE HOUR
J esse G raves 159
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE DEER
L eah J ane E sau 161
CONTRIBUTOR NOTES 177