[Poetry] An evening by the beach, I heard a Voice
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by Shailey Bellamkonda An evening by the beach, I heard a Voice A sight by the Sun A song by the moon Free and wild I have no prison I am...
Oct 12, 20231 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Uche Chidozie
My Psalm The eardrums burst into the rumble of buzz and busy Paragon of pandemonium perpetrates air carnage, When the chaotic music stops...
Oct 10, 20232 min read
[Essay] Excerpts from Homage to Green Tea
By Ch’oŭi, Translated by T’ae-yong Hŏ and Ian Haight The Book of Tea confirms that early-picked leaves have lingering flavor. These are...
Oct 5, 20231 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Bernadette Whiteley
Home Help Jar upon jar of shells fill the shelves where books, photographs, normality should be. Swathes of brittle seaweed hang in place...
Oct 3, 20236 min read
[Interview] with Tommey Jodie
[KELP JOURNAL] Tommey, I am excited for this interview as you are the first beadwork artist to be featured on The Wave! So please, tell...
Sep 28, 20232 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Ted Eisenberg
By Carmel-by-the-Sea Surfers paddle out in the April chill, but never catch the surf. Are they children -- remote, heedless and alone?...
Sep 26, 20233 min read
[Prose Poem] At the Mansplainers Anonymous Meeting by Jamie Brisick
At the Mansplainers Anonymous Meeting By Jamie Brisick At the Mansplainers Anonymous meeting we were given a maximum of twenty-five...
Sep 26, 20231 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Halle George
Anne Bonny Makes It Out when you made it to the beach was your child on your back or left on another shore? and which would be harder to...
Sep 21, 20232 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Kristen Hornung
The Long Way Depart before dawn, follow the dirt path into the valley hidden by fog, where rust-brown and dusty-gray coyotes glide...
Sep 19, 20234 min read
[Review] Reading of "Sons of Maui" by Lee Cataluna
By A.M. Larks “Sons of Maui” by Lee Cataluna **Editors note: This performance and the corresponding review were written prior to the...
Sep 14, 20231 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Laurie Rosenblatt
Laurie Rosenblatt is co-founder and co-editor of LEON Literary Review. She received and MFA from The Program for Writers at Warren Wilson...
Sep 12, 20235 min read
[Fiction] 'Ava with Cousins
‘Ava and Cousins By Mirm Hurula The wind is cold on my back. Even on the least heavy days, the air was never this cold. My body shudders...
Sep 7, 20231 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by M. Ocampo McIvor
lost at sea adrift with no consolation sunk cost misspent energy shunned so close to shore denied from mooring i am nothing to no one—...
Sep 5, 20231 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Ojasi Mehta
We have a globe in our hands “Mamma! Why don’t we go on a vacation?” My daughter pops up this question every other day. “We can go in the...
Aug 31, 20232 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Nicole Cosme
Wrestling I imagine her name is Cassandra, She hates to be called Cassie She hates wanting to fit in, but she doesn’t realize it yet She...
Aug 29, 20234 min read
[Essay] Pancake Fantasy by Lev Raphael
When dad took over the stove at Hannukah, my brother and I ate his potato pancakes in cycles—with applesauce, with sour cream, with...
Aug 24, 20232 min read
All Roads Blind Episode #2 Kauai
I had the pleasure of visiting Kauai a couple of years ago, and some of the locals allowed me to help (read, hinder), and get some...
Aug 24, 20231 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Kenton K. Yee
SPRING TERROR The surf is surging salt and quake, blue turned white like suds from soap, defects bearing mites afloat with curly languid...
Aug 22, 20232 min read
[Photography] Interview with Mackenzie Gellner
[KELP JOURNAL] Mackenzie you have the honor of being the first artist/photographer to be featured twice on The Wave! Enquiring minds want...
Aug 17, 20231 min read
[Poetry] Two Poems by Sharon Carter
Wave Theory The lagoon stumbles out, a blue sheet, rimmed by a green line of mangrove. Sky folds against ocean, a faint crease parsed by...
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