The Wave 4/10

Apr 164 min read

[Photography] Interview with Janina Aza Karpinska

[KELP JOURNAL] Janina, you are such an accomplished photographer, the very first thing I must ask is what do you look for in a shot? What...

Apr 111 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by John Hansen

Solitary in Des Moines County Early spring, a copper swallows the outlines of clouds, horizontal light plunges amid boughs of splayed...

Apr 95 min read

[Book Review] 6 Poetry Collections

In honor of National Poetry Month, we thought we’d spotlight six different collections of poetry. Read on and pick your favorite, or...

Apr 41 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Lori Zybala

The River emotions / black rocks of carved perception born / take shape / solidify impermanent / the river flows constantly changing...

Apr 210 min read

[Fiction] Only in her Dreams

By Susan Delgado The distance between the two of them used to be 2,253 miles. Now, the distance is even greater. They had communicated...

Mar 282 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Greg Bachar

SEAGULLS Seagulls standing in the rain in a parking lot at eight in the morning don’t know how ridiculous they look, nor would it ever...

Mar 265 min read

[Essay] Don Quixote’s Bear Spray

By Sean Stiny A hiker strolled past us with a baby on his back and a Glock strapped to his chest. We feigned nonchalance, gave a trail...

Mar 212 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by CLS Sandoval

My Tree Trunk When the boy sits on the tree’s stump at the end of the Giving Tree, I used to think it was sad because they had both lived...

Mar 195 min read

[Photography] Interview with el Kallpa

[KELP JOURNAL] The first thing I always love to ask photographers is what they look for in a shot. What is the thing that makes you click...

Mar 141 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Alfred Fournier

How to Swim once, you knew your feet like flippers beach inviting as the heartbeat of the world now saltwater weeps from nine trillion...

Mar 123 min read

[Book Review] The Pickle Index by Eli Horowitz, Illustrated by Ian Huebert

By A.M. Larks The Pickle Index is another dystopian satirical novel brought to you by the minds that created The Silent History. And like...

Mar 73 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Lucie Chou

The Odyssey of 7000 Plastic Ducks Big blue built burgeoning towers of clouds, hurtled hurricanes, smashed massive muscular ramparts of...

Mar 515 min read

[Fiction] We Will Take It Slow Now

By Hunter Prichard Tracy bought them McDonald’s for a treat. Dutch had gotten a perfect score on his minute-math quiz and Beth was acting...

Feb 292 min read

[Poetry] Three Poems by LA Felleman

Impressionable Age Our clan's picnic lunch wrapped in Wonder Bread the ham sandwiches she spread, Granpa gifted everything to the Wintu...

Feb 272 min read

[Essay] My Essence My Peace

By Stephen House I stop my car on the top of a familiar cliff. Below, perfectly formed green-blue waves hit a rocky point and peel into a...

Feb 224 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Sam Kaspar

energy in cartooned time, billions of years presented on microscopic slides from professors – slimy ancestor, amoeba-like, bound for...

Feb 206 min read

[Interview] with Leslie Gonzalez

[KELP JOURNAL] Leslie! Did you know that you are our first graphic artist to be featured on The Wave? I am so excited and as always, I...

Feb 151 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Melinda Jane – The Poet Mj

Mighty Southern Ocean Surfers in full steam, greenish-emerald extremities, the southern beaches, wild-brumal coughing up strewn seaweed....

Feb 132 min read

[Book Review] Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

By A.M. Larks Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal is a humorous and brilliant blend of a novel. Weaving together a...

Feb 81 min read

[Poetry] Two Poems by Daniel Rabuzzi

A Spotted Sandpiper at Little Compton I teetered myself, in my excitement to see you, on those small boulders, I think you knew this, you...

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