Issue 27 | Fall 2022

Surf

Cameron Morse

Breath is soft, surf

from a distant island, before day-

break, another day breaks

upon you. Your day sees you

sitting with your kitten

and advances its handshake from a distance.

What was that about an island, again,

for a fugitive? A small island

that breathes, its scent

of salt and seaweed. Whatever.

Where you can remember the way food tastes,

its original flavor. An island that flowers

folds its handkerchief into your breast pocket.

Breath tramps off among the dandelions

but stays within earshot. Day breaks

its egg into a bowl and you beat it with a fork.

About the Author

Cameron Morse (he, him) is senior reviews editor at Harbor Review and the author of eight collections of poetry. His first collection, Fall Risk, won Glass Lyre Press’s 2018 Best Book Award. His book of unrhymed sonnets, Sonnetizer, is forthcoming from Kelsay Books. He holds an MFA from the University of Kansas City-Missouri and lives in Independence, MO, with his wife and three children. For more information, check out his Facebook page or website.

Issue 27 Cover Art

Prose

Nonie in Excelsis (Excerpt from About Ed) Robert Glück

Dirk Julia Kohli, translated by Rob Myatt

Panthera onca Jasleena Grewal

The Border Solomon Samson

Tikibik Dominic Blewett

Mistake or Accident Laurie Stone

Excerpt from Mice 1961 Stacey Levine

The Cathedral of Desire Nina Schuyler

The Gorge James Warner

In This Case, He Killed an Innocent Person Carla Bessa, translated by Elton Uliana

A Chinese Temple in California Alvin Lu

Poetry

you have become an archive. Lorelei Bacht
thunderclouds

On the Things I Did at the End of the World Beatriz Rocha, translated by Grant Schutzman

April I Réka Nyitrai
April II

In this movie David C. Hall

Spot Rolla Barraq, translated by Muntather Alsawad and Jeffrey Clapp

Let There Exist For Us… Eva-Maria Sher

That I Would Cameron Morse
Surf

Cover Art

Image 001 Richard Hanus

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