Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Grade School Blues Poetry By Derk Otsuji I put olives on my finger tips—and made grapes of brine. I counted street lamps like beads of a rosary—on the cold walk home.   I drew with magic markers on the…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Ms. Peters and the Thou­sand Paper Cranes Poetry By Joanne Durham How can I make the world a better place while I’m still alive? –Sadako Sasaki, Hiroshi­ma   After Ms. Peters’ purple dresses sagged on her frail frame,…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Hive Mind Poetry By Mar­galit Katz Metal clangs and shriek­ing rever­ber­ate down the hallway before we’ve even hit 8am. My stu­dents found a dainty line of ants cas­cad­ing down their lockers is all   prob­a­bly drawn to a lunch­box left…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Trophy Poetry By Charles Carter My first land­lord had jowls like an old Walter Matthau and walls covered in exotic animal car­cass­es.  I’m getting married and want to add my spouse to the lease. Well. All right, he…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Col­lo­quy For The States-after Archibald MacLeish (1939) Poetry By Nina Bar­u­fal­di There’s talk, says Illi­nois    There’s always talk, says Alaska    There’s talk on the east wind, says Illi­nois    Talk about what? says South…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA This is the Place Mul­ti­me­dia by Z! Hauke­ness and Ali Brooks Mul­ti­me­dia Water­col­or by Ali Brooks Poem written and read by Z! Hauke­ness This is the place where I under­stood mag­no­lia trees mir­rored the beauty on my insides. And…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Why I Became a Physi­cian Poetry By Natalie Marino Because there were no magpies in the ark.   Because there was nothing new at the zoo.   Because the iris I held wilted in Sep­tem­ber.   Because I…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Brother in the Bardo Poetry By Cynthia Bargar You on your porch-perch lookout, Quincy Bay  & what will they do with your eyes, blue-green-grey  like mine & don’t tell me they scoop them with a spoon.  Your undertaker,…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA I Read the Chapter Where Char­lotte Dies Poetry By Andrea Krause while waiting for the biopsy results. The book­mark is idling there for us, untime­ly, in the worn copy; it’s almost bedtime, so we open our ritual…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Leaving Beirut 5 Poetry By Elmaz Abi­nad­er Sit on the ambu­lance floor, rubber mat rutting your legs. Cradle your daugh­ter lifted into your arms when your husband called, you ran ran ran    The day was hot,…