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Tag: Issue7

A Letter From Our Editor

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

It is always a challenge to put together a new issue of River and South Review.  Each of us reads every submission.  We discuss the…

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The New Jim Crow Pantoum

Charles Payne

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

Imagine a large herd of zebras grazing on grassy green pasturesFrom the scrub, a Lion sprints towards the optical illusion of black and white stripesInstincts…

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The Fertile Mountains of West Virginia

John Repp

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

She adored rhododendrons & the festivaldedicated to them.Imagine each lung is a sponge said the pulmonologistbearing the shiny frown of his profession. She smoked those…

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Vladimir

Donald Capone

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

It was just past noon when the county cop stopped Vladimir as he walked along the grassy shoulder of the Saw Mill River Parkway. The…

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The Barbara Jean Story

Charles Payne

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

Built by big, broken, and blistered Negro handsto serve the citizens of South Bend.They named me Public Natatorium,the largest indoor swimming pool in Indiana.I could…

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Signs

Alan Perry

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

He looked troubled as the requestcame over the intercom.Blind and deaf, he didn’t hearthe flight attendant or see the girlwho pressed the call buttonand said…

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Leave No Mousie Purse Behind

Leah Lederman

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

The lights came up and lifted me from my trance, the last note of the orchestra still vibrating from my seat into my limbs. The…

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Night School: A Cadralor

Carolyn Martin

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

1. Exhausted sheep have left the room.Too many nights fence-jumping beneathtoo many pounds of wool, they headfor pastures greener and compassionate. 2. A poem that…

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Florida Man Breaks into House He Used to Live In Because He ‘Felt at Home’

Paul David Adkins

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

Who hasn’t wanted to do that?He probably had the key,felt the familiar give of the tumblers. He knew the house wasn’t his,but wasn’t it? He…

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Felicity

Carrie Magness Radna

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

I wanted to walk down the aisle& see your beaming facethrough my lacy veil but my car was slammedinto the river; the veilthat now covers…

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Earlier, and Again Since

Brendan Todt

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

The delivery driver usually leaves your packages at the garage, but the muddy footprints lead up to the door.  They cluster on and around the…

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Botfly

Susana Case

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

Vaseline, to get the botflyout of his forehead again.He’s had to do it three times; they creepthrough the sticky film to breathe. Do it, the…

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Absolution

Diane Kendig

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

For putting the coffee cone back in the cupboardwith its used wet grounds, I forgive youas I forgive you all your lapsed cleaning, the tubscrubbed,…

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See Translation: Evil Tongue

Shoshana Tehila Surek

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2021June, 2021

Rascal was a small horse with club feet, rescued from a slaughterhouse feedlot where he had learned how to fight for every meal. At feeding…

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