In Our Current Issue

"An Egg is Born" by

Brennen McDowell

also featuring work by. . .

Mission Statement

together and equal they sat. unknowing, but Hello,

Hello.

keen and tense to inspire, but what? one proposed her piece: demanding

passion for the abstract and the concrete. in tandem?

yes, and from whom?

the underrepresented great

minds wandering boldly in

originality amongst a stale world.

yes. another one, in affirmation, and eager,

burst, "give me what I don't expect, and do it unexpectedly!"

because it is all

classically

creative.

One

more still called to those writers not yet heard,

eliciting desire for traditional and non-traditional poems, prose, short essay, and hybrid.

worthy of recognition, but silenced by doubt or absence

of forum forum

"for, umm, me" another testified, "it is more:

experiment, you young,

experiment, you seasoned,

experiment, you academic,

experiment, you community,

experimental."

what defines literary quality?

exactly.

they all nodded. agreed. welcoming all innovation.

and then they got a website.

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