We all have our mobiles and portable computing devices now, don’t we? Yet there is so much that is beyond their capabilities. We’ve been taught to soap and perfume and scrub and scent, haven’t we? Yet so little of the world benefits from mediation. Originally published in SC 2.2 — the “women” issue — here’s “Picture” by Marianne Mckey: ![Marianne Mckey - Picture [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/marianne-mckey-picture-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
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The heart wants a suit of armor sometimes. Isn’t family a bundle of arrows? The hidden knife is as dangerous as the seen. Check out Jan Carson’s “More of a Handstand Girl” from SC 3.2, and get the proper issue here (print / pdf).
![Jan Carson - More of a Handstand Girl [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jan-carson-more-of-a-handstand-girl-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
It’s May, the time when all right-thinking individuals’ minds turn to but one topic: final exams. Here’s a textbook example of amazing, by End of the Fire Cult author Angela Woodward [>>]. Originally published in SC 2.2, our first “women” theme issue (yes, with scare quotes). Here’s “Freedom”:![Angela Woodward - Freedom[sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/angela-woodward-freedomsample.png?w=700&h=1079)
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National Poetry Month, or #NaPoWriMo if you are into that, is drawing to a close. Also, baseball season’s in full swing. We’re types who have a weird affection for the Twins, even though they have no pitching, or the Cubs, even though they are the Cubs. Cubbies? Cubs. Also other teams, maybe, if they can even be said to exist (the “Cardinals”???).
Here’s an apropos poem by Justin Hamm [>>] from SC 3.2, “Bird on a Wire, 1989“![Justin Hamm - Bird on a Wire, 1989 [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/justin-hamm-bird-on-a-wire-1989-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
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Updated with two new-to-the-site poems that appeared in Storm Cellar 2.3, we’re pleased offer a superb selection from Angela Veronica Wong [>>]:![Angela Veronica Wong – five poems [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/angela-veronica-wong-e28093-five-poems-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
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