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Robert Nisbet
Alan Britt
Jennifer Burd
Michelle Bailat-Jones
Running Cub
Elisavietta Ritchie
Odimegwu Onwumere
Laszlo Slomovits
Lyn Lifshin
Ramesh Dohan
Silvia Scheibli
Alex Ferde
Richard Kostelanetz
Richard Gartee
Irsa Ruci
Duane Locke
Janet Buck
Nahshon Cook
Jim Daniels
Fred Wolven
Peycho Kanev
Ali Znaidi
Sunday Eyitayo Michael
Karyn M. Bruce
Arsim Halili
Engjell I. Berisha
Muharrem Kurti
Ann Arbor Review
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Francis Ferde
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--editor / Southeastern Florida
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SPRING BACK
The snow
melted
we bought pea shooters
and bags of peas. Green softened
in our mouths, loosening
skins before emerging
in a muted joyful stream.
We had teams, but no rules.
Soaked sneakers slapped cement
or slid over wet grass, fresh laughter.
The peas never hurt. Or barely.
They lasted a day less than kites,
which lasted two. Were we
innocent, were we kind?
Do memories soften like peas
into sweet birdcalls of nostalgia?
How does anyone win a war?
Days later, lawns erupted, green
with sprouted bullets, into a miniature carnival
where all rides were free
because snow had melted.
Jim Daniels, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania