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)
Tag: Vol. III
Justin Hamm: Bird on a Wire, 1989
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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Allison Grayhurst: Serpent in My Shoe
We’re so pleased to present this stand against. Against what, you ask? Read Allison Grayhurst’s “Serpent in My Shoe“:![Allison Grayhurst - Serpent in My Shoe [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/allison-grayhurst-serpent-in-my-shoe-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
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Skaidrite Stelzer: Snow White
Today’s lesson is How to Be a Queen. We do not know how to communicate this to you. We have a little violence inside. We’ve got brambles growing out our collarbones. But for insight see inside this familiar derangement of myth, the inimitable Skaidrite Stelzer’s “Snow White”:![Skaidrite Stelzer - Snow White [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/skaidrite-stelzer-snow-white-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
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Don Russ: Camera Obscura
A glimpse of moving colors, warm & way, way out: Don Russ’ “Camera Obscura.”
![Don Russ - Camera Obscura [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/don-russ-camera-obscura-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
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