Contents

Editorial
Panto by Christopher Barnes
The Peasant Skims His Glossy Catalogue by Mark Blaeuer
Ace in the Hole by Kim Bridgford
Aubade by Anne Bryant-Hamon
War is Obsolete by Michael R. Burch
Flowers of Heraclitus by C.E. Chaffin
From Uncle Wesli’s Epitaphs for the Poets by Wesli Court
Slutfest! by Ann Drysdale
Wor(l)d by Stephen Edgar
The Fat Lady Sings by Will Kemp
‘Empire’, from Heimat by Quincy R. Lehr
The Stations (for Ordinary Time) by Dennis Loney
Swagman by Richard Meyer
On the State Opening of Parliament
 by Damon Moore
Mushrooming in the Sandhills by Timothy Murphy
Supervillain in Training by Uche Ogbuji
Heir Apparent by E. Shaun Russell
Death in the Morning by Maggie Sawkins
A Silver Flash by Janice D. Soderling
If by Janice D. Soderling
Jus’ lookin’ by Susan Taylor
Who Is My Brother? by Don Thackrey
holy noise, etchings across this year’s chinese garden by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé