Table of Contents


Views and Mechanics
Publisher's Note
Editor's Note
Review of Terrorist
Review of God's Gym
Review of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight
Creative Nonfiction
Ain't Is A Word
By Marcie Hollowell &
Kristen Munch
Love Under the Big Top
By Andy Martello
Revival
By Brenda G. Wooley
Poetry
Letting Go Wish
By Antoinette Brim
Pam Farwick
By G. David Schwartz
Confession While Dining
By Mary Lou Taylor
Homeschooling Adventures
By Beth Happel
Fiction
Ike Experiences Vanity
By Sidney Kidd
What Keeps Me Alive
By Paul Brittain
Minor Damage
By Jane Hammons
How To Cook for Your In-Laws
By Ricky Ginsburg
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Letting Go Wish
By Antoinette Brim


When the magnolia trees began dropping

their flowers out of season, I knew

it was time to let you go, but

old folks say, shock a branch - make

it bloom, with plastic wrap

water in a jar,

a little light

enough time -

some space -

wait.