Issue 243

1. Thank you so much for the opportunity! Will be sharing far and wide.

2. Wonderful contributions. Especially loved BirdSong by Jim Cole. Beautiful imagery and weaving and fascinating use of second person.

   • Thank you, Linda. So glad you enjoyed Birdsong. I don’t usually use second person, so this was a fun challenge for me.

3. I enjoyed Birdsong. Vivid and dreamlike a nice interruption to the reality of the day. Thanks!

   • Thanks Bren!

4. Enjoyed “Birdsong,” by Jim Cole. Nice way of using an out-of-place bird as metaphor in a relationship story.

   • Thank you Joseph. I’m enjoying your fall issue of http://www.summersetreview.org/

5. Jim Cole’s Birdsong is full of wonder, longing, heartbreak and the mysteries of the human heart. Such a span of emotions evoked in such a short piece. I especially loved how onlookers try to define and understand the bird, and when they cannot, they paint its cage and capture it in other ways….

   • Thanks Angela. I’m glad you enjoyed this piece.

6. Beautiful looking issue! Love the artwork. I also love Jim Cole’s Birdsong, Lazlo’s sorrow and the Sirens silent beneath the surface.

   • Thanks Pam. I love Crack the Spine’s artwork as well – always beautiful and thought-provoking.

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