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POETRY

Arrowroot

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

Two Poems

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

Seashell Sleep

Seashell Sleep

Emily Heinecke

APRIL 2025

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

Man Surrounded By Music

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 / ...

Small Wonder

Small Wonder

Rebecca Clifford

APRIL 2025

My joints screel        metal on metal

            freighttrain reluctant and

                         clinging to the rim of autumn

Tread Reckoning

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.

Cougars

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

The Universe is a Giant Explosion

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

Red Wooden Barn

Red Wooden Barn

Laura Daniels

MARCH 2025

sits atop a hill / pastures slope down

Two Poems

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

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