Contents
ISSN 2642-0104 (print)
ISSN 2641-7693 (online)
Editor’s Letter
Founding Editor, Juliette Sebock
Poetry
Into the Fire, Rickey Rivers Jr.
August, 1980, Jody Burke-Kaiser
a spark to set the world on fire, Jessica Minyard
A Break from Mowing, Lannie Stabile
From the Sky to the Ground, Devon Marsh
Criminalis Carolina, Juliette van der Molen
The mosquito meets death, Broc Riblet
The First Hot Night of Summer, JD Sullivan
I Should be Writing / Mango, Margaret King
Next to an orchard in central Washington, LE Francis
First Date Not Counting Lester Duncan, Colette Tennant
In the Heat of the Moment, Antoni Ooto
A cold glass of water against this heat, Laurie Koensgen
Magenta is a Landscape, Cymelle Leah Edwards
The Pottery Firing at Mata Ortiz: Mexico, Janice S. Fuller
Robin, Anthony, and Me, Hannah Skewes
The Quintessence of Fire, Stephen Mead
11.52 PM and Pining, Jerry Chiemeke
The Chilling Heat, Linda Eve Diamond
Luminescent Two-Step, Essie Dee
Playing with Fire, Martina Rimbaldo
That Summer We Knew Each Other, Kassandra Montag
Manufactured Seasons, Prithiva Sharma
Milk, Bread, and a Few Essential Groceries, Rob McKinnon
In the heat of a sun too seldom felt, Elspeth Wilson
Enjoying Emerald Isle, Catherine A. Coundjeris
Nonfiction
Remember to Drink Water, Lynne Schmidt
Confessions of a Poetry Editor on a Bad Work Day, Justin Karcher
The Nature of Knowledge Itself, Kathleen McKitty Harris
A Night in San Sebastian, Sarah Jake Fishman
Fiction
The Mind is a Crazy Place, Renee Lake
Taylor Stein, Max Eichelberger
Honey of Andromeda, Jieyan Wang
Our Beautiful Bodies, Christopher Moore
he felt infinite, Anushka Bidani
Photography
Saying Goodnight in Amber, Marsha Leigh
August Evening, Elle Danbury
unbroken, Rosie Carter
wading, Rosie Carter
goodbyes, K Weber
that once was a picnic, K Weber
Promise, Elle Danbury
Evening Fire, Elizabeth Dickinson
Insomnia, Rosie Carter
venting in all directions, K Weber
sugar-tongue, Britton Minor
freckled fire, K Weber
shade, Rosie Carter
Bliss, Britton Minor
Necessary Destruction, Zoe Philippou
almost your scorched earth, K Weber
Web Design, Britton Minor
i cannot stand but you can withstand, K Weber
burn the bright dots like you are the sun, K Weber
Heart of the Fire, Zoe Philippou
Cover Image
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Micropoems
In the leadup to heat, we shared a series of micropoems across social media: