1. The stone you found, perfectly smooth, with a ring around it, the unbroken ring signifying big magic, wishes granted (dangerous), living core. 2. A sofa, flowered, with mahogany legs, reupholstered once but finally abandoned when its springs rusted and seats sank. You and your son wept when he dragged it away. 3. A firefly […]
Laura Buxbaum
Laura Buxbaum (she/her) lives and writes in Maine, where she also raises dairy goats, makes music, and runs on local trails. Her poems can be seen or are forthcoming in Thimble Lit, Rat’s Ass Review, Brawl, Verse-Virtual, Gyroscope, Writers Resist, Painted Pebble, La Rotonde, and elsewhere. She was a finalist in the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance 2026 Literary Awards in the Short Works in Poetry Competition. Her chapbook, Roadkill and Other Encounters, will be published by Kelsay Books in the fall. She can be found at https://laurabuxbaum.com or on social media: https://www.facebook.com/laura.buxbaum; https://www.instagram.com/buxbaumlaura/
Accidental Poetry
Jesse said the source of thunder is the oyster in the clouds. He told us, the baby sheep we ate for dinner died standing in its field & it knew it was its time. Once he was a puppy who had fallen from the sky. He was looking for a new home. The people he […]