Jersey Baked, Laura Daniels
“Calandra on First Street in Newark / the best fresh French baguette and Italian roll / straight out of the oven if you’re lucky”

The City of Thieves, Corbin Hirschhorn
“My city is a city of thieves. Our national anthem is ‘Stand and Deliver.’ Our national bird is the magpie. Our adopted hero is Robin Hood. It is difficult to get around this city for obvious reasons. They say here to hold onto your bag when you see your shadow.”

Stop-Motion Animator Faces Her Talent, Jessica Fordham Kidd
“I’m pleased with this geomancing king— / the way sand grains appear to slip through / his fingers and the way his eyes are both / proud and cowardly.”

Lughnasa, Tony Kitt
“Flame tigers float / across the moonlit mystery. // Be your greenest self, / be the star harvest. / Unzip your inner zoo.”

Skywatch, Kenton K. Yee
“My eyes that once searched for saucers now stare at the big sky tulip. There are more, of course—all beyond reach or so it seems. I am of you, it says.”

Cover art: Winter Magic, Natalia Lavrinenko