Issue 27 | Fall 2022
Let There Exist For Us…
Eva-Maria Sher
(Sappho fragments stitched into one poem)
Let there exist for us
not one further sorrow
Come to me once again
clear-sounding myth weaver
On a soft pillow lay down your limbs
blessed by the muses—
You have come into bloom
with the spring flowers—
Let me weave garlands
around your soft throat
Reawaken the sweet-flowing lute
the pure grace of your arms
Like roses—
The wisdom teaching
of your honeyed voice
About the Author
Born in Germany at the end of World War II, Eva-Maria Sher created poems as soon as she could spell. After emigrating to the United States at seventeen, she studied literature and expressive arts, became a citizen, married, and raised a family. Once her children were grown, she began writing in the language of her adopted country. She lives on a farm on Whidbey Island with her husband Ron, their two Leonberger dogs, a herd of Cotswold sheep, and a black cat named Trouble.
Prose
Nonie in Excelsis (Excerpt from About Ed) Robert Glück
Dirk Julia Kohli, translated by Rob Myatt
Panthera onca Jasleena Grewal
The Border Solomon Samson
Tikibik Dominic Blewett
Mistake or Accident Laurie Stone
Excerpt from Mice 1961 Stacey Levine
The Cathedral of Desire Nina Schuyler
The Gorge James Warner
In This Case, He Killed an Innocent Person Carla Bessa, translated by Elton Uliana
A Chinese Temple in California Alvin Lu
Poetry
you have become an archive. Lorelei Bacht
thunderclouds
On the Things I Did at the End of the World Beatriz Rocha, translated by Grant Schutzman
In this movie David C. Hall
Spot Rolla Barraq, translated by Muntather Alsawad and Jeffrey Clapp
Let There Exist For Us… Eva-Maria Sher
That I Would Cameron Morse
Surf
Cover Art
Image 001 Richard Hanus