What AM I Looking For? by Paula Boyland Despite a mountain of unfinished drafts, I am compelled to start another book. While drafting an essay something clicked, a connection was made in my […]

White by Holly Day Once upon a time, there was a woman who wanted to have a baby. Or rather, this woman, named Jane, didn’t particularly care whether she had a baby at t […]

Lowcountry Tragedy by Erika Raskin First off, I’m just going to put right out there that I have been known to watch live courtroom TV like it’s a job, attending to whatever case is […]

Rain in Dublin by Gary Beaumier Gary Beaumier has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2022 Poetry Contest Rain in Dublin I want to know what happened to the 90 year old […]

Stay In Your Own Lane by Erika Raskin The back of my old CRV is adorned with a nearly forty year-old license plate (you can still read it if you squint in a certain light) and three […]

New Photography by William C. Crawford   There is beauty (and aspects of interest) in most everyday things. I am not a technically gifted photographer, however, I like to tease out […]

A Small Marvel by Trudy Hale After an eighteen-hour flight with a connection in Dubai, my daughter, Tempe, and I landed in Delhi. Throughout the trip I posted photographs on […]

Progress Report 50 Years after Reading Black Elk by William Prindle William Prindle has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2022 Poetry Contest Progress Report 50 Years after Reading Black Elk Last night […]

Some Trepidation by Fred Wilbur I am scheduled for a tri-annual colonoscopy soon and like most people, I buy into the statistics of cancer prevention, though it is not an event […]

Arson by Matt Dhillon Matt Dhillon is the 3rd place winner of Streetlight’s 2022 Poetry Contest Arson Blistering heat, mother of me. A little gasoline makes the […]

When Writing Isn't Fun Anymore by Lauren Sapala I was working with a new client who had come to me because she said she hated her writing life. As I sat with her on Zoom and asked her questions […]

The Sink by Eric Odynocki Eric Odynocki is the 2nd place winner of Streetlight’s 2022 Poetry Contest The Sink glints like a boneyard, white plates peeking over the rim […]

A Case of Spiriting by T. J. Masluk “To Live Until . . . ” Many know the rest of the title: “We Say Good-Bye.” It is from Kübler-Ross’s well-known book about terminal patients, […]

Put Some Meat On Their Bones by Erika Raskin I once wrote a piece for Publisher’s Weekly about how even people who are terminally disorganized can craft novels. I offered a five-step […]

Appeasement by John Cullen John Cullen is the 1st place winner of Streetlight’s 2022 Poetry Contest Appeasement Three hundred pounds of pasture mix in the […]

wish by Harry James The morning sun dappled the kitchen wall with an outline of wind-fumbled leaves loosely hanging on trees, cooking in the early morning heat. On […]

Fisher Samuel Harris Shows at McGuffey Art Center     I didn’t start making art until after I’d graduated from college. While I never got much of an artistic education, it turns out that […]

Time Traveling by Bill Glose   Driving switchbacks on Shenandoah’s spine, dipping into valleys and screaming up again, we scorch speed warnings from yellow di […]

A Very Small Adventure by Susan Shafarzek Many, oh, many, many, years ago, a friend and I took a plane trip to Minneapolis, Minn. It was not a first flight, but it was a first time west for […]

Dear Portland: a Love Letter to My Childhood Sweetheart by Melissent Zuwalt We first met holding hands at the outdoor Saturday market, vendors selling tie-dyed tee shirts and us eating foods that seemed exotic to me, like […]