ALL CREATIVE NONFICTION, FLASH FICTION & POEMS

CHAVAH GABRIELLE

In May in May

the tips of trees on Ashland burst a soft green of new life. a man a few paces ahead tosses a cigarette pack to the grass. i pick it up...

ANDREA E. JOHNSON

Harbinger of Nature

Outside a renovated building in Lowertown Saint Paul, two yellow-bellied sapsuckers lay lifeless on the ground. They were perfect in...

DEANNE L. PARKS

Living with West End Wildlife

I LIVE in the West End of Saint Paul. According to our neighborhood Facebook page, “West Seventh Is Where the Cool Kids Hang Out,” so...

BETSY LEACH

Rescue Dog

I AM WALKING THE DOG. Afternoon. Summer. School is out for the year. The neighborhood is more alive with people out, doing things, making...

DAVID MENDEZ

Tell Me, Mariposa

(For the monarch butterfiles in our lives) Tell me, mariposa That what our people say about you is real Tell me, mariposa That you are...

CATHERINE AYANO NIXON

Hip Hop Hope

Midsummer calls Says stroll to the park And bring along that Bag of art Drawn by the sounds Beat of the drum Boom of the bass Singer step...

DIANE WILSON

Sacred Water

DURING THE SIXTEEN YEARS I lived in Saint Paul, I grew to love the lone tamarack that lived in the backyard of my little bungalow, far...

BEN WEAVER

Sew a Garden

Tonight is a falling seed caught in the yoke of its own tree There is no wind, no moonlight, and no neighbors arguing There is not even a...

LISA YANKTON

Cantu Sichun

Leaving Saint Paul Early hours wihinape sni Two Dakota winyan and a child Traveling across long dark prairie roads Warmth inside while...

BENJAMIN KLAS

Boxelder

Beetles spill across the linoleum, plentiful as the pills I pour over the table every Sunday morning to count and distribute to their...

JULIA KLATT SINGER

Tell Me Again

about the man with the pear tree who lost his wife after fifty-six years of marriage and how he had that old gnarled tree in his...

DAVID LYNDALE

Night Rider

ON FRIDAY JULY 3, I WENT FOR A NIGHT BIKE RIDE through the city. I’ve been wanting to do this for a year, ever since I saw some guys...