Uncivil

Prince A. Bush

Uncivil

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I don’t know who my great-great-grand- mother was, but I know she would tell me to stop crying, don’t run away, respect what the devil says, reciting Bible parables of…

Travis D. Roberson

Nomads

Nomads https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/8BED32F8-E2A8-4F29-A232-8F01EEBA90C1-e1537034751261.jpeg 1729 747 Travis D. Roberson Travis D. Roberson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/53315df8976c730f0438e34a6a2794bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g 09/19/2018 11/12/2018

He pushed his cart to the end of the benches and left it sitting there. The benches were empty, snow heaped on them. He watched his breath form on the…

Jonathan Humble

Forty Years On

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Walking in snow towards this young ash triggers memories that surge and well, overflowing as uncontrolled gasps of breath. This scar deepens with every visit; a vicious erosion, an abhorrent…

violence

Uncivil

Nomads

Forty Years On