Contents

Editorial

Panto by Christopher Barnes

The Peasant Skims His Glossy Catalogue by Mark Blaeuer

Ace in the Hole by Kim Bridgford

Aubade by Anne Bryant-Hamon

War is Obsolete by Michael R. Burch

Flowers of Heraclitus by C.E. Chaffin

From Uncle Wesli’s Epitaphs for the Poets by Wesli Court

Slutfest! by Ann Drysdale

Wor(l)d by Stephen Edgar

The Fat Lady Sings by Will Kemp

‘Empire’, from Heimat by Quincy R. Lehr

The Stations (for Ordinary Time) by Dennis Loney

Swagman by Richard Meyer

On the State Opening of Parliament
by Damon Moore

Mushrooming in the Sandhills by Timothy Murphy

Supervillain in Training by Uche Ogbuji

Heir Apparent by E. Shaun Russell

Death in the Morning by Maggie Sawkins

A Silver Flash by Janice D. Soderling

If by Janice D. Soderling

Jus’ lookin’ by Susan Taylor

Who Is My Brother? by Don Thackrey

holy noise, etchings across this year’s chinese garden by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé