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This Morning on Our Island
by Catherine Hodges

Gates of Love
by Paul Hostovsky

Drinking Mom
by Laurie Barton

The Morning After the Oscars
by Laurie Barton

Out of Doors
by Susan Cohen

Chamber Music
by Susan Cohen

Extraction
by Susan Cohen

Stalk
by Kristin Berger

Thoughts on Maternity
by Jackie Cornog

Mr. Goldfish and Vicky
by Judith Baumel


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POETRY

Thoughts on Maternity
by Jackie Cornog

Narrow ledges
not wide enough
for hauling and guiding,
my hips aren't ready.

A friend's newborn
pressed to my chest
like a tern searching shells,
mouth pecking at flatness.

Some women hear clocks ticking
For me, the sound is like water
washing up and back.
I could listen forever.

Jackie Cornog, at an early age, would be hoisted up on the counter to recite "The Purple Cow" by customer demand at her parents' luncheonette in South Jersey. Since then, Jackie has been the recipient of several poetry awards, including, The Academy of American Poets Award, The Lillian Lorraine Jones Memorial Prize for Creative Writing, and the David A. Kennedy Memorial Prize for Poetry. Her poems have been published in Poetry Motel, The Watermark, Ha! and The Boston Poet. Jackie is currently a professor of Creative Writing and Composition at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston.