From reddit user scaredthrowingaway: Little Thing: I can feel you in there. I’ve got twice the appetite and half the energy. It breaks my heart that I don’t feel the enchantment that […]
Homework: A poem by Terry Godbey
HOMEWORK by Terry Godbey The last time I stared at a sonogram screen, my husband held my hand. We watched the flickers of our son’s heartbeat, admired his runner’s legs that […]
October: Believe-It-Or-Not Night Terrors
This month, join us for a month of believe-it-or-not night terrors, everything that scares us silly, blows our minds, and reminds us we’re lucky to be alive. They used to say that […]
“For Those Who Would Kill Chickens”
by Amy Miller on Rattle as part of the series Poets Respond Written in response “to those four teenagers who broke into a Foster Farms barn near Fresno on Tuesday night and brutally […]
Monster Mash: Three poems by Ruth Foley
Dear Bride How I loved your swan hiss and screech, your electric hair. I loved the ragged strips of cloth that bound your fragile arms, as if you could not trust […]
Now “Turnpike Psycho” can be yours!
Originally posted on Lisa Lanser Rose:
Click to Buy! A number of you have been asking, and I’m so grateful and happy–The Florida Review with my award-winning essay, “Turnpike Psycho,” is now…
WFD: Kitchen Table: A History by Jill Talbot
Originally posted on Writers for Dinner:
Kitchen Table: A History by Jill Talbot I thought the refrigerator was a stove. From the pictures the landlady e-mailed of the apartment we’d be renting…
8 Reasons Why I’m Not Having Children
“Why am I asked to defend my choice on a regular basis? And why is my husband — who has made the same choice — never publicly shamed as I am? “This […]
In a Black Tank Top
by Danielle DeTeberus, in Rattle #44 Love Poems
Congrats to Sirens Katie Riegel, Lisa Lanser Rose, and Sister Sirens
Great Day for Women Writers! We’re proud to announce that Katie Riegel, many sister Sirens, and I have work appearing this stunning issue of The Florida Review. It is packed cover-to-cover with some of the […]
The Gloria Sirens 