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The Seventh Whistler by Jonathan Humble
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The Seventh Whistler by Jonathan Humble

The Seventh Whistler (after William Wordsworth) By slough and marsh my dog commits to muck and fun on coastal walk...
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A Body in Motion by Elizabeth Rosen
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A Body In Motion by Elizabeth Rosen

“I know what Winnie the Pooh would say,” Jasmine tells me. She is driving with one arm hanging out the...
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Side of the Road
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Side of the Road by Simon A. Smith

He hadn’t slept more than three hours, what with the simmering resentment and Dotty’s fever. He knew Patricia needed help...
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Cloud of Locusts by Michael Loyd Gray
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Cloud of Locusts by Michael Loyd Gray

I was only fifteen when we lost our farm and had to move into town. All the stock and equipment...
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What We've Lost by Bill Smoot
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What We’ve Lost by Bill Smoot

Why do certain days lie dormant in our memories, ready to arise so vividly that we live them again, no...
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Blind, Dumb by Sydney Lea
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Blind, Dumb by Sydney Lea

After running into each other on a Vermont trout river and falling into conversation one evening, Ted and I became...
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What Have You Got to Lose by Joseph E. Lerner
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What Have You Got to Lose? By Joseph E. Lerner

I awake to find Lena no longer in bed beside me. I search for her everywhere, bathroom, kitchen, living and...
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Field Notes and Other Poems by D. R. James
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Field Notes from an Old Chair and Other Poems by D.R. James

Field Notes from an Old Chair Well, they’ve come, these early crews though it’s only March, which in Michigan means...
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Haying Seasons by Bill Conlogue
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Haying seasons by Bill Conlogue

My father didn’t teach me how to drive a tractor, because, I suppose, he assumed that I knew. As a...
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Oyster World by Cayla Garman
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Oyster World by Cayla Garman

Oyster World You massacred those oysters when we were girls, wrenched them from the river mud despite my pleas that...
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The Birth by Pearl Benjamin
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The Birth by Pearl Benjamin

“The Birth” was shortlisted for the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest by judge Dr. Chea Parton. Learn more about...
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Going Home by Joseph Powell
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Going Home by Joseph Powell

As I pull into the lane to my mother’s house, I see the white fence around her yard is peeling...
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