Japan is destroyed by Hagabis, a super typhoon, a case of climate change in motion, as I lay upon the wet grass underneath the moon.

Quino Al – Unsplash.com A Muffled Sky Braided tree shadowsweave the muffled stratosphereDusk inching to dark A Writer’s Creed Embodied writingAsks for contemplation;We await sun’s rise …

Tonight’s poem is “Being” by Kathi Crawford. It inspired the gorgeous cover art for her chapbook consider the light; the artist is Brooke Summers-Perry. You can purchase this chap…

Self-Portrait as Make-Believe   When I was five or six my bedroom blossomed with what my mother called the pretending people.   Like a linchpin        &…

Tonight’s poem is “Being” by Kathi Crawford. It inspired the gorgeous cover art for her chapbook consider the light; the artist is Brooke Summers-Perry. You can purchase this chap…

by Kathi Crawford It thrills me to take in Goldie’s bloomseach morning. Her flowersthe color of champagne—she shinesfrom the sun’s rays passing throughmy office window. Goldie was bornin the desert, so, she is packedwith cactus soil. I admireher ability to survive in dryness.In contrast, my body has not takento this age of fluid…

The Fire Within: Stories, Poems, and Essays of Women’s Resilience (Women in the Visual and Literary Arts Anthology) [Organization, WiVLA, Bossarte, Denise, Budwit-Hunter, Celeste, Crawford, Kathi, Gla...

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by Kathi Crawford “I don’t need to grieve the mother I wish you could be. I am with you in the hospital when you die, and you want me to be there because you love me.”

Self-Portrait as Make-Believe   When I was five or six my bedroom blossomed with what my mother called the pretending people.   Like a linchpin        &…

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… This poem was first published with The Bayou Review, and can be found in the chapbook running with the beasts by Kathi Crawford (Finishing Line Press) at After a successful career in organization…

Lifelong activists Annie Leonard and André Carothers celebrate the power of peaceful protest and encourage readers to protect this essential democratic right.

On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...

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The Argyle seeks to blur the lines between genres and strips the labels off your “little darlings,” offering an immersive experience of words and images that feeds the mind, stirs the soul, and distur...

Writing Workshops alumna Kathi Crawford's debut chapbook "consider the light" wins Finishing Line Press competition. See her inspiring journey.

“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...