How I Became and Environmentalist by
Thena Westfall
shivering in the bow of your boat, my small frame obscured by life jacket orange, I found mercy every Sunday from early spring to late fall we never spoke of God, only of fish you taught me that helping requires a firm grip

The Importance of Font by Thena Westfall
This book was set in Perpetua, a typeface designed by the English artist Eric Gill, and cut by the Monotype Corporation between 1928 and 1930. Perpetua is a contemporary face original design, without any direct historical antecedents. The shapes of the Roman letters are derived from the techniques of stonecutting. The larger display sizes are extremely elegant and form a most distinguished series of inscriptional letters.

Semblance by Todd Capetta
Sideways fingers shield white teeth
Together, they seem to hold
any audible evidence of her amusement behind them

Katherine by Michelle Fairow
I was thirteen when
A local nursing home resident’s
small, stone-gray eyes met
and sunk deeply into mine,