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FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! BY DAVID SAPP

Most all the boys my age watched Big Time Wrestling on Saturday afternoons, the Sheik and Bobo Brazil, their oiled, sweaty bodies colliding in the ring. I feigned an interest but couldn’t see the point – one person demolishing...

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WHAT SHALL YOU DO TONIGHT? BY PAMELA SCOTT

There is a window you could look into To a door you could walk through To a crack in the night where you could disappear To the streets Where the black carpet is rolled out To take you turn after turn By the houses with the...

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EARLY MORNING BY PAMELA SCOTT

In the early morning hour, it is still. The fireplace, though gas, makes little popping noises. The clock on the wall ticks its rhythmic progression of the hands around the circle. The coffee pot creates little sounds as it...

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SUNSET BY PAMELA SCOTT

I walked out to look for Sunset But I had just missed her She left her light on though For my quick walk up the hill Backlighting the clouds And the hills and the dam Lending her air to the peace And tranquility of dusk. Good...

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DEMONS OF ANGELS BY PAMELA SCOTT

Is it possible to heal And discover angels fight with demons too? Their salve gently Cleansed your wounds While their own bleeding Was allowed to slowly stain The finest tapestry. As the mud is washed from blinded eyes The...

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TOO MANY OTHERS BY CYNTHIA LAMB FAUST

On October 26, 2025, 19 Vietnamese Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Ft. Worth, Texas, began a peace pilgrimage on foot, to Washington, D.C., a trek of approximately 2,300 miles. I caught up with them...

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Timestamps by Brent Yergensen

Youth and boredom, so much energy to burnDreams of athleticism, so sure the resultDays spent daydreaming, fame was his yearnBut the process of ache began the body’s revolt His life became weary, tired’s unstoppable yawnBy...

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A Teacher’s Tension by Brent Yergensen

A teacher’s tension Driven by growth, choosing life in a classroom Passion for a subject—arts, science, drama, math Passing on passion, knowing students move on Is it naïve to expect they will adopt her passion? A teacher’s...

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