Table for One–Laurie Sunderland
Memoir: I found a stool in the center of the bar and ordered a club soda. The woman at the end of the bar heard my order turned in my
Call for Submissions: Wonder Garden Poetry Post
Seasons in the Garden An Opportunity for Poets Get out your notebooks, North Coast poets! Submissions will open May 1 for the Wonder Garden’s all-weather, all-seasons poetry post. We’ll be seeking poems
The Mermaid–JoRene Byers
Emerging from the sea, a mermaid gazes from the silken water. She dives, then rises again to bring a message from the depths, of the stillness within, the secret quiet
Blue–k.d.e.
Countless days I have stood on sacred ground Watching the rhythm of a low tide bay My feet are firmly grounded in the sand I can feel the softness beneath
New Community Writes Prompt: EMERGE
What’s Springing Up for You? TELL US! Spring here in the Coast is playing hide-and-seek with us, and as the soil warms and the days lengthen, all manner of things
Call for Submissions: Word & Image 2024
The seventh Word & Image project will be accepting entries from April 1 through April 30, 2024. This Hoffman Center program pairs artists and writers to create original work,
Hues of You–Jennie Hoff
blue, azul…yes you tinting the sky; shading night rinsing off my gloom (named after you, what a slight!) with waves of sea spray thank you for your hues that color
Amanita–Marti Mattia
Fiction: You can think of each town along this stretch of the 101 as a different woman. Gearhart in pearls, Seaside flashing her cleavage. Cannon Beach all cutesy-cute but fake,
Praise–Joe Barrett
Find Joy Within your palm Our hands joined Next to the blue waterfall Of happiness It’s a kindness That stays put That won’t shut up Cuz its sweet droll Drags
King Tides–Barbara Stott
I let the Oceanic Power wash me clean, sweeping away all that is heavy, sorrow, pain, grief, fear, limitation, her wildness stirring me, as I am tumbled in her roiling