Daniel Hales: How to Make the Light Come

We’re jazzed to be sharing Daniel Hales‘ poem “How to Make the Light Come” from out latest issue. It is (seasonally) inappropriate and we like it that way.

Daniel Hales - How to Make the Light Come[sample]

This poem appeared in SC 5.1, which you can read in print and download, and of course subscribers give us happy-squeaky feels and first crack at all our juicy words, so get at us. Read on!

Alan Jernigan: two poems

June, we say June, darling Reader, and it’s nice to pack the ice cream stand and the park with our most pro forma clothes and our sheens of exquisition. Or are we air conditioning types? (Do tell.) Today we’re delighted to share two poems by Alan Jernigan: “Sadness Morphs into Luck” and “Kind of Saved Again.”

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These poems originally appeared in SC 5.1. Print issue here, ebook edition here, and as alwayas, the subscribers are a special club. Want to share? Submit. And: read on!

Julia Butschkow – Hansen

Dear Reader, the cottonwoods are seeding and we’re thinking of running away to become artists and summer’s ready to get its melt on and we’re all hankering for ice cream. Today’s share from SC 5.1 is Jula Butschkow’s story “Hansen,” delightfully translated by Peter Sean Woltemade. Check it:

Julia Butschkow - Hansen trans. Peter Woltemade[sample_facing]
Printed on facing pages.
Julia Butschkow - Hansen trans. Peter Woltemade[sample]

 

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Danielle Susi: Back Door to the Seventh House

Today’s reading comes to us from the star powers of Danielle Susi, “Back Door to the Seventh House“:

Danielle Susi - Back Door to the Seventh House[sample]

This poem originally appeared in SC 5.1. Get it in print or download the ebook, and, O Brightest Reader, you should subscribe. Read on!