POETRY

Arrowroot

LindaAnn LoSchiavo

MAY 2025

My arrowroot forgives me easily / For lax unintentional dry spells when / Leaf blades fold in when parched, like palms upright, / Tight clasped in prayer, awaiting baptism

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Two Poems

Gordon Vells

APRIL 2025

looking into the eyes of a pine marten / there was no holding of gaze / there was no recognition of shared experience / there was no deep time

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Seashell Sleep

Emily Heinecke

APRIL 2025

My eyes feel like two saltwater pearls / Freshly pinched and placed beneath my eyelids.

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Man Surrounded By Music

E. J. Evans

APRIL 2025

At the cabin in the clearing among woods / at the end of a rough dirt road winding up a hillside / in the late afternoon mix of golden sun / and shadow and stillness / ...

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Small Wonder

Rebecca Clifford

APRIL 2025

My joints screel metal on metal

freighttrain reluctant and

clinging to the rim of autumn

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Tread Reckoning

Shane Schick

MARCH 2025

It would almost make sense / to get a part-time job at the shoe store / where I could use the employee discount / to keep my sons’ feet well-shod.

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Cougars

Ani Artinian

MARCH 2025

I slither through the dense crowd / Among a wave of chestnut brown / And the room is suddenly silver / At the sight of his salt and pepper

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The Universe is a Giant Explosion

Philip Athans

MARCH 2025

There’s so much out there, it can seem like too much / All dangerous / Cold, hot / Airless, dry / Radioactive / Incomprehensible

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Red Wooden Barn

Laura Daniels

MARCH 2025

sits atop a hill / pastures slope down

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Two Poems

Kushal Poddar

FEBRUARY 2025

The drunkard takes his tea / from the cop named Bharat / who releases him every / morning without bothering / to fill in the forms and papers.

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HARVEST MOON - VOLUME ONE

Release Date: September 23, 2025

Harvest Moon is a collection of our favourite artwork, fiction, and poetry, handpicked from our online journal. Print and digital copies of this anthology will be available, with a new volume released each fall.

Discounted pre-order and subscriber packages will be announced in the near future. Follow our social media for updates: @MGLiterary