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The Magnolia Review Volume 6, Issue 2 January 2021 Editor-in-Chief Suzanna Anderson Editor-in-Chief Suzanna Anderson Editor: David Anthony Sam Editor: Aretha Lemon Note: “Skimming the Water” by Donna Emerson was first published by COG magazine, Spring, 2020. “After Winter Rains” by Donna Emerson was first published by COG magazine, Spring 2020. “Riding Bareback” by Donna Emerson was reprinted by Pudding Magazine, and originally placed in her second poetry collection, “Beside the Well,” editor Cherry Grove Collections, December 2019. “The Kippah Drawer” by Robert Granader was first published by JewishFiction.net, March 2020. “Dickinson and Triumph” by Robin Long was first published by 8 Poems Every Month. “Marx Eulogy” by Mark A. Murphy was first published by New Reader Magazine. “He Who Has the Youth” by Mark A. Murphy was first published by New Reader Magazine. “Red” by Charlotte Edwards was first published in Spill Words. “Afterwards” by Hanna Komar was first published by the Blue Nib. Welcome to the twelfth issue of The Magnolia Review! We publish art, photography, poetry, comics, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, experimental work, and fiction. The Magnolia Review publishes previously unpublished work and reprints of previously published work. We publish two issues a year, and we accept submissions year-round. The issue will be available online on January 15 and July 15. While The Magnolia Review will not have physical copies at this time, the editors may compile a print version if funds become available. Sales of physical copies are part of fundraising efforts to pay for two free contributor copies and mailing costs for each contributor. Upon publication, the copyrights of the published work(s) revert to the author. For more information, please visit www.themagnoliareview.com or email us at [email protected]. Dedicated to Joan Colby Table of Contents Art Fabrice B. Poussin Pure Kristin LaFollette Oak + Second Fabrice B. Poussin To the Night Fabrice B. Poussin Invited Kristin LaFollette Oak + Second Kristin LaFollette Oak + Second Fabrice B. Poussin To the South Fabrice B. Poussin The Blues Again Kristin LaFollette Oak + Second Fabrice B. Poussin That Last Day Fabrice B. Poussin Too Late Creative Nonfiction Angela B. Harris The Race Finn Janning A Borderless Life David Moris A Man’s World Cyndie Zikmund Resettled Carmelinda Scian Pumpkin Seeds, My Mother, and Other Dangers Megan Duffey Butterfly Kisses Megan Duffey Grow-a-Father Nancy Wick Friends and Lovers Fiction Paul Lamb Icarus J. T. Townley Balloon Letters Ryan Thorpe Trading Orbs Margot Hughes I-81 South Cathy Ulrich The Children, Waiting for Someone to Fall Christina Kapp Under Glass Christopher X. Ryan The Open Jaw Mary Sophie Filicetti Anniversary Robyn Blocker Chiaroscuro Robert Granader The Kippah Drawer Ankita Chatterjee Aspirational Desire Orit Yeret Head in the Clouds Meg Martyr Casey Woods Escape Ashley Scott Tomatoes Marlene Molinoff No Regrets Poetry James Croal Jackson Today Barry Peters Road Trip Jennifer Christgau-Aquino Portland Phelan Tinsley High Places Alison Hicks An Open Door Is an Invitation in the Same Way as a Closed Box Mark Jackley Not Waiting For the Mothership Shwetha Mahendran M(ark, ilwaukee, anchester, artha) Alison Hicks From a Prescribed Distance Charlotte Edwards Red Donna Emerson Skimming the Water John L. Stanizzi 5.17.19 Donna Emerson In the Dark Charles Joseph Albert Nineteen Alison Hicks Island Michael Hogan You Know Who You Are Adriana Stimola In August, Afloat Gary Beck Park Abuse David Hargreaves Prān Juliana Mei In the Sickroom, Again Charles Joseph Albert A Saturday Evening in January Kevin M. Scott Sunday Doug Van Hooser Scilla Lisa Stice The Mystic Alison Hicks Branch Barry Peters Long Shot Juliette Sebock Act II Interlude Serena Agusto-Cox Hide-and-Seek 2.0 Kevin M. Scott Emerging from Below Dana Robbins Give Me Blue Robert Fern Last Kevin M. Scott Seeking Comfort in Oak Martina Nicholson Moons of Jupiter, Rings of Saturn Juliette Sebock Supermarket Naomi Lowinsky In the Air Serena Agusto-Cox Gun Safety Juliette Sebock Viewfinder Ada Pelonja things i want to tell mom but can’t Gary Beck Money Talks Angelica Whitehorne Better than Water Donna Emerson After Winter Rains Madelon Bolling How to Continue in the Rain Caroline O’Connell Minnesota Sam Rose Forgotten Touch Gary Beck Advanced Communication Ivy Marie You Asked Me for a Less Clichéd Way to Describe Love Caroline O’Connell The Fall Mark A. Murphy To Havana or Not to Havana Madelon Bolling Depths Do Not Leave Us Carolyn Martin From the Stellar’s Jay in Your Backyard Ivy Marie Gray Feelings Donna Emerson Riding Bareback Sam Rose [untitled haiku] Jennifer Christgau-Aquino Memory Care Carolyn Martin Playing Second Violin Mark A. Murphy Marx Eulogy Serena Agusto-Cox Is this the worth Dana Robbins To Paint a Horse Mark A. Murphy He Who has the Youth (has the Future) Hanna Komar Afterwards Gary Beck Enduring Goodness John L. Stanizzi 5.18.19 Ivy Marie aspartame Juliana Mei A Much Better Mistake Angelica Whitehorne The Future is an Elusive Lover: You Know She is Coming but She Will Not Show You Her Face Hanna Komar Listen Mark Tulin Walnut Hulls Gary Beck Congestion Juliana Mei Growing Pains Lisa Stice Defending Eve Kevin Norwood Tiger Lilies in the Dell Mark Tulin Changing Winds Gary Beck E Volution Ivy Marie a self-portrait of all the things poets have said about their lovers Juliana Mei Lessons for a Young Witch Carolyn Martin Replaying the Lethe Myth Mark Tulin Calla Lilies in Watercolor Emily Unwin Sit Kevin Norwood Ten Turtles Seen Mid-March Juliana Mei A Prescription for Madness James Croal Jackson The Continuum Mark Tulin Conversion Tactics Kevin Norwood Red-Tailed Hawk Leela Srinivasan In Florence I Saw the Sun Step on the Earth & Leave the Sky Behind Lisa Stice Out of the Cradle John L. Stanizzi 5.19.19 Juliana Mei Christmas with the Devil Mark Tulin Reflection of My Inner Self Vanessa Frank Miles from Burgos Martina Nicholson Brain Waves Adriana Stimola You Three and Saraswati Kevin Norwood Peacocks in the Afternoon Nichole Brazelton Tell Me Vanessa Frank 81629 Maria Picone A Moment of Silence Lisa Stice Vigor of Thought Vanessa Frank A Morning Perfect for Birds Nichole Brazelton A Visitor at Dawn Kevin Norwood Finding a New Home Adriana Stimola This Is Where James Croal Jackson Prop Vanessa Frank Mission Statement Gary Beck The Rule of Wealth Holly Day Still Life at the Beach John L. Stanizzi 6.1.19 Ed Hack Still Maria Picone Tell the Story Shwetha Mahendran unconvincing entertainment James Croal Jackson Highland Square Shruthi Shivkumar september thirtieth Nichole Brazelton First Sign Holly Day Shut Me Down John L. Stanizzi 6.2.19 Ed Hack Hope of Storm Holly Day When You Want Me Least Doug Van Hooser Stamen and Pistil Martina Nicholson Fabregé Egg Maria Picone Migration Daniel Edward Moore No Fear Here Kevin M. Scott A Year too late Shruthi Shivkumar neck Holly Day Spring James Croal Jackson Frosty Holly Day Out in the Distance Emily Unwin Act 3 Michael Hogan Morning Walk Shruthi Shivkumar i reached the mountaintop early Barry Peters Crucifixion Joan Colby Migration of the Broadwings Ed Hack Psyche Juliette Sebock Shudderfly Joan Colby Elements: Lead Isaac Black My Jazzy Poem Peter Mladinic Schaffer and the Stones Charles Brice The Truth about Luaus Heather M. Browne Dissolving into Dark Charles Joseph Albert Breakdown Sam Rose darkplace Daniel Edward Moore Magnify Me Not Shwetha Mahendran A Day To Twenty Ed Hack Like Everything Lisa L. Lynn Earthly Conundrum Charles Brice The Truth about Rumplestiltskin Caroline O’Connell Manifest Destiny Susan Chock Salgy The Last of the French-cut Green Beans Shruthi Shivkumar reversed day one David Hargreaves BAldwin 7-1387 Isaac Black Dangerously In Love Joan Colby Transubstantiation Jennifer Christgau-Aquino god rides a lawn mower Joan Colby At Good Samaritan—Nightsong John L. Stanizzi 6.3.19 Robin Long Lesser Captures Heather M. Browne Elephant Feet Lisa L. Lynn November—II Ed Hack First Time In Days Lisa L. Lynn Crone Madison Barlow butter Richard Weaver The War to End All Michael Hogan The River Beneath Us Emma L. Staffaroni Your father and I are trying to figure out why you watch so much TV these days Doug Van Hooser Anniversary Barbara McHugh All Is Absolute Perfection Shruthi Shivkumar lace for grandma (4/20/18) Leela Srinivasan Foreshadow Leela Srinivasan on the first day of quarantine— Barry Peters Slice of Life Juliette Sebock Fifth Avenue Courting Ritual Robert Fern under the surface Richard Weaver World Amnesia Michael Hogan After the Argument Naomi Ruth Lowinsky Hunger Susan Chock Salgy Everything Upright Can Speak Naomi Ruth Lowinsky What is it Like? Robin Long Dickinson—and Triumph Richard Weaver White Morning Peter Mladinic Schaeffer Lights a Candle Madison Barlow bad habits Robin Long Amherst Madison Barlow confessional Daniel Edward Moore A Thousand Candles Kevin M. Scott A Day Spent Mark Tulin Yahrezeit Candles Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas Vespers Beneath My Window Naomi Ruth Lowinsky In the Jungle Kevin M. Scott Silence Suspended Barbara McHugh Artist Richard Weaver When the new world wakes Marc Janssen Kairos II Leela Srinivasan Before the Meteor Shower Shwetha Mahendran brain lice Daniel Edward Moore Addiction Cure Barbara McHugh Ascension Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas The Piano Mark A. Murphy Song for Tussy Martina Nicholson Fossil Fish Shwetha Mahendran Time, as a dinosaur Robert Fern I don’t know where she lies. James Croal Jackson Nadir Emily Unwin Six Alison Hicks understanding Lisa L. Lynn Desire Lisa Stice The Living Desert Doug Van Hooser R O R Richard Weaver The War Comet Charles Albert A Photo Just Surfaced Michael Hogan Aftermath Marc Janssen Kairos III Marc Janssen The Fire Elemental Lisa Stice How to Solve a Riddle Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas The Life of After Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas Dear Mister Yesterday The Magnolia Review Ink Award Letter from the Editor Reviews Contributors The Race I did not wish to participate in this particular race.