Three Poems by Ronda Broatch

“I read Ronda Broatch’s submission and fell in love with every word. The hard part was deciding which poems not to publish.” ~ Poetry Editor Shaindel Beers. Ronda Broatch is the author of Shedding Our Skins (Finishing Line Press, 2008), and Some Other Eden (2005) and poetry editor for Crab Creek Review.

Three Poems by Ronda Broatch

Encyclopedia Floridiana

by Lia Skalkos
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There

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There is a jasmine vine on the corner of 9th Ave. and 5th St. It weaves across a fence around a 1938 house that holds the vault of a former bank robber. You will find its combination scratched into the garage wall. The bathroom vault was locked, but empty. This is not that story. The [...]

Restraining Order

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I am sitting in the attic closet with the cobwebs and mothballs, holding my baby, her hiccups ceaseless as the paint can smashes through the window below and the diaper rash is getting worse and cradling the freshly coated doorframe, they climb the pull-down ladder. They are dressed as clowns but they are my ex-wife’s [...]

To Ipswich

by Edward Mc Whinney

They sent me to London for a summit on Global Water Leakage. I lasted no time at all because feeling like a lame duck I soon began to sweat. We were in a convention centre, some stuffy four star hotel near Marble Arch. Waiters deposited jugs of water. Buzzards fiddled with microphones, wearing expressions that [...]

Houses of Spirit

by Crista Cloutier

At Contrary Blog, former Guardian columnist Crista Cloutier is reviewing worship services and settings. Read about the Society of Friends, the London Spiritualist Mission, the Guild of Vergers, the chapel at Arizona’s Turf Paradise Race Track, and more.

Curl Up With One

by Contrary Magazine

In this issue, Contrary features reviews of books by Michel Houellebecq, Greil Marcus, Pamela Uschuk, Jeremy Grimshaw, and Michael Downs. Visit Contrary’s Index of Reviews or the individual links to the right.