‘Caught in the sickness of war’ (can we still read poems about flowers)

Zero Particle

Brides on Far Off Stairs

Rappel (knitting scarp into a sweater)

Tasting Snow with a Teaspoon, a Million Crystals

Mary Cisper, author of Dark Tussock Moth (Trio House Press, 2017), The Particles (Thixotropic Press, 2023), and former chemist, lives in northern New Mexico. Recent poems and reviews can be found in New American Writing, Colorado Review, Newfound, Interim, Lana Turner, and elsewhere.

Artwork by Mary Cisper for Issue #3