Upcoming Selections for the Poetry Post
We’re happy to feature poems from the recent edition of the North Coast Squid in our poetry post. Stop by the Wonder Garden and pause for a moment to enjoy
A Message from Community Writes
Hello North Coast writers … it’s me, your neighbor and friendly Wrangler of Community Writes, Laura Bailey. We’re feeling a little lonely over here in the CW corner, and I’m
Blue Blue–Martha Johnson
Memoir: “Trouble in mind. I’m Blue. But I won’t be Blue always. The sun’s gonna shine in my back door one day.” Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Bessie Smith, Big Mama
Blue Haikus–Claire Weiner
Blue sky disappears. Steps become slow, slow, slower Ah, hibernation. Blue sky suddenly gray. Storm warning ignored by us. Should have listened. Blue skies overhead. Eagle flies towards
Indigo Blue Riptides–Judie Bristow
Emerging into vast darkness. Allowing waves to overtake me. Into the Indigo Blue. Sinking deeper into the frozen depths Watching, Anticipating the old fears. Into the Indigo Blue. Overcoming the
in the nebulous body of a new year…–Adria Badagnani
dreams float around the bottom of cold naked mugs waiting a wash of fresh cobalt glaze algorithms try to narrow my world view as I push outward from this
Anew–Amy Lachenmeier
Fiction: All Anna wanted to do was wish Joel a happy birthday. An overnight visit from him was the last thing on her mind, and she certainly didn’t want him
Community Writes – Blue
It’s the Best Kind of Winter Blues! Submit your work to Community Writes, a program of the Hoffman Center for the Arts Community Writes kicks off 2024 with a call
Cult–Martha Johnson
Memoir: Fragile from the beginning, each morning she awoke singing. Painfully shy, before she could crawl she would scoot herself across the floor into the kitchen where I was preparing
Dupatta–Wayne Goss
Fiction: She stood on the porch, her feet the level of my eyes, and looked down. I, scalp burned by the sun, looked up. A dupatta covered her head and