Fern Overvold Atlanta Branch   Tall and slender the sea oats bow to one another without breaking. Something in their sandy shoes allows them to tilt from their toes, ... Read more

By Karen McAferty Morris, Poetry Editor I’ve been poetry editor since November 2018, and I love to open my email and see poetry submissions. If you’ve been thinking of submitting ... Read more

Lois Batchelor Howard Palm Springs Branch, California   I just read that the African spiny mouse has the thinnest skin in the world. That’s interesting. I thought I did. And ... Read more

Dorothy KammVero Beach, Florida     Most mornings I pray when I drink coffee but today I’m watching seven grackles at the edge of a neighbor’s roof puff up their ... Read more

Anne Bonner Cape Canaveral Branch as the old lady stares into space slender twig bent and broken I remember Mama a beautiful young blossom role model in days past admonishing ... Read more

Val Weaver Des Moines Branch, Iowa Pictures of me… taken in the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s show me always with a cigarette in my hand held between the fore and middle ... Read more

Susan Bassler Pickford Member-at-large, Maine   Thirty minutes after the weatherman’s prediction The snow commences to fall December 9th at 12:30 Pretty delicate flakes Waft to the cold ground Covering ... Read more