Issue 10 - We are currently open to prose poetry & lyric nonfiction. Guidelines here.
Eastern Iowa Review's 2019 Best Lyric Prose Plus print anthology will be available soon. Choice selections from Issues 1-6 & 8.
Eastern Iowa Review's 2019 Best Lyric Prose Plus print anthology will be available soon. Choice selections from Issues 1-6 & 8.
ALL THINGS ANNE (GREEN GABLES) - SUMMER ISSUE
ALL THE ALTERNATE ANNES
by Lisa Timpf
what if the penning of a book
sparks the spinoff of
dozens of alternate worlds,
shadowlands where characters
live out different lives
in the alternate lands
of Montgomery’s book,
perhaps, sometimes, Anne
is sent to live with Mrs. Blewett
and Marilla’s harsh edges
never do soften
maybe sometimes
Anne is Andy
the boy Matthew
thought he wanted
Continue reading.
by Lisa Timpf
what if the penning of a book
sparks the spinoff of
dozens of alternate worlds,
shadowlands where characters
live out different lives
in the alternate lands
of Montgomery’s book,
perhaps, sometimes, Anne
is sent to live with Mrs. Blewett
and Marilla’s harsh edges
never do soften
maybe sometimes
Anne is Andy
the boy Matthew
thought he wanted
Continue reading.
A VISIT TO ANNE'S HOUSE
by Kathleen Serley
I have walked the twisting paths of Lover’s Lane wandered deep into the Haunted Wood to wait by your window lamp at the ready and wonder what message you might send Diana as Japanese school girls gather hushed at your front door they’ve met you I am told through their school books their teachers holding you up repeating Live to beautify your name
Continue reading.
by Kathleen Serley
I have walked the twisting paths of Lover’s Lane wandered deep into the Haunted Wood to wait by your window lamp at the ready and wonder what message you might send Diana as Japanese school girls gather hushed at your front door they’ve met you I am told through their school books their teachers holding you up repeating Live to beautify your name
Continue reading.
