poetry  
Michael McFee  
Melinda Blount  
Ajahn Sucitto  
Pamela Harrison  
Theresa Morris  
Colin Momeyer  
Susanne Dubroff  
Mary Ann Sullivan  
Kristine Ong Muslim  
Patricia Gomes  
Claudia Serea  
 

photography
Mari Seder 
Penny Harris 
John Willis 
Collamer Abbott 
M.B. Gaisser 

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This Issue's Editor 
 
Laura Foley 

Kristine Ong Muslim

The Grasp


The little girl tells us
about her hands
and what they cannot do:

"This is how you hold
a thing in your hand
so it will not want
to be let go."

Then she shows us
her empty palm.


Kristine Ong Muslim lives in Maguindanao, Philippines. Her publication credits include Bellevue Literary Review, Caveat Lector, Chronogram, Cordite Poetry Review, Knockout,Pearl, The Pedestal Magazine, Porcupine, and Turnrow.