life span in the wild exactly average. not year-round

Poetry y madrone

we are not this residence yet, but should be.
magpied twice as often minus abundance,
these ages openly passerine......

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The Burial Party

Fiction Andrew Bynom

On the morning of the cease-fire we set off to meet the Turkish delegation in the poppy field above the beach....I asked Ricky Rumbold why it took wounded...

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Before Fairbanks, Alaska

Nonfiction Patrick Barney

Home's a shed and wood-pile. Home is bones. It might travel with you, if you ask it to, but you rarely ever ask it to. Home is a dog you love because...

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Smoke Signals

Nonfiction Therese Halscheid

An exhale – an O let out, then another white ringlet, then others leaving the dark of your mouth, each a loop in front of you, growing increasingly...

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larch, o man I made

Poetry y madrone

I must unlatch this cold
constellation of two fish

as for me these kinds of dreams
for his way to moose I am armed
......

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once a decembered maytown [but the fallen quince leaves dear]

Poetry y madrone

birds can be everywhere at once northern
harrier all winter long guarding the plot of dormant
strawberries and asparagus......

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Times for Us Alone

Fiction Julia Pierpont

There are some days, whole days, when we do not wear our glasses. These are days without blackboards, Saturdays and Sundays when we do not have to leave the...

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Fall 2010 Issue 39.2

We’re excited to announce the release of our Fall 2010 Issue! This issue features our Greg Grummer and Winter Fiction Contest award winners, as well as beautiful mixed-media art by Dolan...

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Phoebe’s First-Ever Nonfiction Contest! UPDATED

Phoebe's first-ever nonfiction contest! $250 Grand Prize. Runners up published online. Phoebe is also excited to welcome Shauna Cross (novelist and screenwriter of "Whip It!") as the judge. ...

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NEW!!! Spring 2010 Issue 39.1

We’re proud to announce the release of our Spring 2010 issue of Phoebe! Special Feature in Translation: Regis Bonvincino as translated by Odile Cisneros and Charles Bernstein The Beowulf Poet...

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