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AF
Arvilla Fee
Vil
I'm a writer and English professor. My passions are poetry and photography, and there is definitely an art to both..
All Pubs (89)
Attributed Pubs (12)
Write for Me
by
Arvilla Fee
AF
Published: Oct 23, 2022
A poem for the people.
House Party
by
Tim Krcmarik
AF
Published: Dec 04, 2022
"Call them Truth and Beauty"
Beyond Death
by
Debasish Mishra
AF
DM
Published: Nov 23, 2022
"behold the candle of the soul"
Dwelling with Death
by
Debasish Mishra
AF
DM
Published: Nov 23, 2022
"I wanted to hide forever from the world"
The Grapefruit Tree
by
Katherine Hoerth
AF
KH
Published: Nov 16, 2022
"This fall we'll offer nothing for the harvest"
Prairie Dust
by
Katherine Hoerth
AF
KH
Published: Nov 16, 2022
"prairie's not a woman after all"
Mourning Dove
by
Sarette Danae
AF
Published: Nov 20, 2022
"it doesn't seem to belong here"
Archeology
by
Sarette Danae
AF
Published: Nov 20, 2022
"Our fossilized love, embedded in strata"
Dance this Sentence Now
by
Darren Black
AF
DB
Published: Dec 11, 2022
"She's all verb leading"
Stones Into Prairie
by
Eugene Stevenson
AF
ES
Published: Dec 21, 2022
"fissure-lightened dry"
Chorus
by
Joshua Bridgwater Hamilton
AF
JH
Published: Dec 14, 2022
"misplace memory's folded origami"
Wrinkle
by
Josiah Nelson
AF
JN
Published: Dec 21, 2022
"nicking the crisp edge of your life against mine"
Meteor Game
by
M E Silverman
AF
MS
Published: Dec 31, 2022
"If anyone rolls their eyes or acts out, they get sent to Pluto"
Indigo
by
David Estringel
AF
Published: Jan 15, 2023
"the kind of blue that bruises the sky"
Reruns
by
James Croal Jackson
AF
JJ
Published: Jan 04, 2023
"I straighten my brain's antenna"
Notes from the Poetry Editor
by
Arvilla Fee
AF
Published: Dec 06, 2022
"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader." —Robert Frost
Disinformation Campaign
by
Matthew Byrne
AF
MB
Published: Mar 08, 2023
"Hells bells should they glimpse a hint of truth"
(True) Love in an Elevator
by
Matthew Byrne
AF
MB
Published: Mar 08, 2023
"could deny our love no more than a bird its song"
A Rake's Progress
by
Bruce Robinson
AF
BR
Published: Mar 12, 2023
"No complaint from the rake"
The Marble Machine
by
Joyce Kelley
AF
JK
Published: Dec 24, 2022
"An uncle's gift to an abandoned child"
Cheers
by
Kenton K. Yee
AF
KY
Published: Mar 22, 2023
"This one stirs up cosmos"
In Training for After Middle Age
by
Michelle Hendrixson-Miller
AF
MH
Published: Mar 26, 2023
"In a city like this one, I can be invisible, mute."
Lost in Obscurity and Other Stories: Review
by
Arvilla Fee
AF
Published: Jan 23, 2023
"As each thread is woven into another, we begin to see the whole tapestry of people and their relationships."
Diving In
by
Denise Pendleton
AF
DP
Published: May 24, 2023
eyes open to light shimmering across water, to kayaks laid like crayons of many colors
Dear Mother Earth
by
Denise Pendleton
AF
DP
Published: Jun 04, 2023
Forgive me for giving into the convenience of this aluminum foil
The Stray
by
Denise Pendleton
AF
DP
Published: Jun 04, 2023
How hard just to watch her, asleep and dreaming on the edge of wild.
This Vacant Lot
by
John Grey
AF
JG
Published: May 17, 2023
Weeds grow aplenty. And so does broken glass.
Jane and the Raven
by
John Grey
AF
JG
Published: May 17, 2023
Jane wrapped it in her backpack, bore it home
No. 27, Strážnice
by
Kathleen Goldblatt
AF
KG
Published: Jun 07, 2023
Blue and white fresco swirls above the door like strips of icing that would never melt
People Haiku: Old Spice, Solo, Partisan & Time
by
Hugh Findlay
AF
Published: Jun 11, 2023
I'm so damned mortal
One Story - Open School Night
by
Roxanne Cardona
AF
Published: Jul 26, 2023
"the sky hung on a street pole"
Floating Between Two Shores
by
Roxanne Cardona
AF
Published: Jul 05, 2023
"She never spoke in shades, only primary colors, geometric shapes
Don't Sweat It
by
Roxanne Cardona
AF
Published: Jun 21, 2023
"All signs point to a confession."
Squall Lines
by
Roxanne Cardona
AF
Published: Jul 05, 2023
"The sky bleeds gray"
Cause "bad things get Better"
by
Tyson Wilson
AF
TW
Published: Mar 15, 2023
"she gave me a clover keychain and kissed my head"
Modeling Clay
by
W. Barrett Munn
AF
WM
Published: Aug 20, 2023
Men behind the wheel, and kids were clay.
Nest Egg
by
W. Barrett Munn
AF
WM
Published: Aug 20, 2023
Am I looking up at flowers?
Cosecha
by
lynda wilde
AF
lw
Published: Jul 12, 2023
Art
I Dream about My Friend Who Died During the Pandemic and Didn't Get a Funeral
by
Sarah Mills
AF
SM
Published: Aug 27, 2023
My Friend Talks about Death Like It's Just Another Task to Check Off the To-Do List, Like Getting a Cavity Filled or Taking out the Recycling
by
Sarah Mills
AF
SM
Published: Aug 27, 2023
"I have finally mastered letting go."
Joyful Confusion
by
Edward Michael Supranowicz
AF
ES
Published: May 21, 2023
Artwork
As Realities Collide
by
Edward Michael Supranowicz
AF
ES
Published: Apr 23, 2023
Artwork
After Pissaro
by
Byron Beynon
AF
BB
Published: Sep 10, 2023
"those anonymous shadows with hushed umbrellas"
At the Waterfall
by
Byron Beynon
AF
BB
Published: Sep 10, 2023
"an upfling of savagery"
Ghost Girl
by
Carolyn Schlam
AF
CS
Published: Sep 20, 2023
"Ghost Girl" oil painting
Words
by
Sreekanth Kopuri
AF
SK
Published: Sep 27, 2023
"Some are on the surface"
The Grammar of Eyes
by
Sreekanth Kopuri
AF
SK
Published: Sep 27, 2023
"alchemy of phrases"
Last Night's Return to the Past
by
Chris Dahl
AF
CD
Published: Aug 07, 2023
"facades ripped open, concrete and re-bar exposed"
Only a Small-Time Gambler
by
Chris Dahl
AF
CD
Published: Sep 17, 2023
"How fragile the balance is and yet I make choices."
Picking Apples
by
Donnie Secreast
AF
DS
Published: Oct 09, 2023
"We drop apples down our bellies"
La Luna del Deseo
by
James R. Dennis
AF
Published: Oct 11, 2023
"I have a feeling she’s a bit of a coquette"
A Time to Wait
by
Arvilla Fee
AF
Published: Oct 15, 2023
Photo by Arvilla Fee
Aries
by
Alexandra Rahkemper
AF
AR
Published: Oct 26, 2023
"but those who matter, don't mind"
Blue Zones
by
Daniel Romo
AF
DR
Published: Sep 24, 2023
"I reside in a zone the color of May and murky beach water"
Last Will
by
Daniel Romo
AF
DR
Published: Sep 24, 2023
"she was unable to wrap the man that I am"
Emergency Room Epiphany
by
ELIDIO LATORRE
AF
EL
Published: Nov 05, 2023
The Journey
by
Jonathan Ukah
AF
JU
Published: Nov 08, 2023
"I will pluck soft, whole oranges, without the diseases of Egypt"
Worth a Million
by
Jonathan Ukah
AF
JU
Published: Nov 08, 2023
"I saw an ancient, grey stool with legs like a dove"
The Sky Above My Bed
by
Megan Huwa
AF
Published: Nov 12, 2023
"For nine weeks, I have laid here in hours of three"
Life's Stage
by
Megan Huwa
AF
Published: Nov 12, 2023
"I don’t know his tragedy but I know mine"
Chalk Lines
by
Madeleine French
AF
Published: Nov 15, 2023
"I examined my carefully constructed ribbon edge binding"
Musings on the Old Masters
by
Mukund Gnanadesikan
AF
Published: Oct 29, 2023
"These were instrumental salve for ancient, broken souls"
Something They Call Home
by
Tohm Bakelas
AF
TB
Published: Nov 29, 2023
"The lone streetlight on this dead end street"
Flowers and Weeds
by
Lucia Cherciu
AF
LC
Published: Oct 02, 2023
"Who knows whose ideas cross-pollinate?"
Spring
by
Tohm Bakelas
AF
TB
Published: Nov 29, 2023
"ink on pages lasts longer than the candle I was born holding"
The Habits of Very Successful People
by
GENEVIEVE CREEDON
AF
GC
Published: Nov 26, 2023
"there are choices to be made"
Warehouse of Broken Wheels
by
Kenneth Johnson
AF
Published: Nov 23, 2023
"you said misery loves company"
Running with the Dog
by
GENEVIEVE CREEDON
AF
GC
Published: Nov 26, 2023
"Once a week, Wyatt comes with me"
Review: Immigrant Prodigal Daughter
by
Arvilla Fee
AF
Published: Oct 04, 2023
"Did I know then how much I would leave behind?"
Pushcart Prize Nominees
by
Arvilla Fee
AF
Published: Nov 27, 2023
Congratulations to our 2023 Pushcart Nominee authors
Submissions Open 2024 - Editors' Guidelines & Tips
by
Arvilla Fee
AF
Published: Jan 04, 2024
Calling all writers!
Wouldn't it be Nice
by
lynda wilde
AF
lw
Published: Apr 07, 2024
"He was careless with all he loved, except his cows."
The Chef
by
lynda wilde
AF
lw
Published: Mar 06, 2024
"She could walk these stale streets with her eyes closed."
Goodbye Jerusalem
by
Marc Janssen
AF
MJ
Published: Feb 26, 2024
"I don’t remember the valley falling away"
I Grade at the Doctor's Office
by
Joyce Kelley
AF
JK
Published: Apr 14, 2024
"There is no window to reassure me that I am in the world of the living."
Entangled
by
Sarai Argüelles
AF
SA
Published: May 05, 2024
"i inspected our roots"
Dundas Station
by
Bill Garvey
AF
BG
Published: May 12, 2024
"It hit me hard--a starving woman in a city of 6 million"
Public Transportation
by
Bill Garvey
AF
BG
Published: May 12, 2024
"I would have missed the young man trying to get on at Christie, beating the door with both fists"
Fireflies
by
W. Barrett Munn
and
Arvilla Fee
WM
AF
Published: Jun 09, 2024
"I onlyknow one star has landed in my palm..."
We Will Meet Again
by
Kaylee Gerbig
and
Arvilla Fee
KG
AF
Published: Jun 05, 2024
"We'll meet at each eclipse with a kiss, a moment frozen in cosmic bliss."
Sunday Hymns
by
Madeleine French
AF
Published: Jul 07, 2024
"My mother scolded me once, when I didn’t stand up at Communion."
When I Met Grace
by
Lawrence Bassett
AF
LB
Published: Jun 12, 2024
She is an abnormality / in the torrential downpour / of spandex covered ass
Scheherazade
by
Kathleen Goldblatt
AF
KG
Published: Jun 20, 2024
"but you’d leave out the years I was Job, arguing with the Big Guy"
Tight
by
Madeleine French
AF
Published: Jun 16, 2024
"the space between an earnest comment and unwelcome advice"
Postcard to My Sister after Crossing Prague's Charles Bridge
by
Kathleen Goldblatt
AF
KG
Published: Jul 17, 2024
"Before an architect put pen to paper, set a ruler, he wanted to solder a city."
Gales at Night
by
Edward Lees
AF
EL
Published: Jun 26, 2024
"Like life, it is all or nothing."
Note from the Managing Editor
by
Arvilla Fee
AF
Published: Sep 22, 2024
Interview with Camellia Paul
by
Arvilla Fee
and
Camellia Paul
AF
CP
Published: Sep 22, 2024
"My work celebrates the spontaneous, the whimsical, and the beautifully chaotic." ~Camellia Paul
Pushcart Prize Nominees
by
Arvilla Fee
AF
Published: Oct 22, 2024
Congratulations to our 2024 Pushcart Prize Nominees
Connections
Supplements (6):
David Newkirk
•
Carla Ward
•
E Kraft
•
lynda wilde
•
Madeleine French
•
Darrell Petska