Cover art by Pepper Powell
Editorial Board
Editors’ Letter
Courage by Meghna Thomas
Classical Jazz Fusion in Db by Orion Yedidia
Anatomy of a Hand by Karen Liu
Handmade Mug by Mariam Farag
Congee by Danielle Kong
confetti by Swathi Sowmitran
Your Name by Sanjana Sharma
parking by Grace Lee
Growth Goals by Zakery Dabbagh
Hidden Wonders by Anthony Peterson
Improvising by Kenzo Lacuarta
Waltz no.1 “Peculiar Child” from ‘Waltzes for Children’ by Orion Yedidia
The Mess Of It All by Zephyr Hameem
Quiet Observations by Danielle Kong
Her Helpless Helper by Jack Noto
in blooming spring by Naomi Szabo-Wexler
This is the Path I Chose, Mom by Mobinuddin Ahmad
Equanimity Revealed by Laurie Sullivan
Untitled by Leigh Plasil
Garden Variety by Daniel Silverstein
The Prior Auth* by Raymond Huang
Winter Light by Karen Liu
unknown objects by Bryna Patel
The Beauty of Passing Moments by Tomaima Yousef
The Secret She Carried by Gun Ho Moon
Sunsets by the River by Zephyr Hameem
Climbing by Karen Liu
The Gift of Pemphigus Vulgaris by Staci T. White
The Day my Accountant Made Me Cry by Miriam Hoffman, M.D.
Heart and Butterfly by Priya Bhave
Basil by Mariam Farag
winston cigarettes by Susannah LaPointe
Sanderlings on the Shore by Anthony Peterson
The Fragments that Hold by Raymond Huang
HANDS by Sarah Mohideen
