The Last Rancher
David Watson
“Ranchers in the Paradise Valley area should be vigilant for grizzly bears migrating out of Yellowstone Park. Sow bears with new cubs had been reported in the southern part of the valley near Gardiner. Report any sightings to the DNRC…”
Space Between
Shakiba Hashemi
The nothingness around everything
is what makes all the difference.
I Kept Allison Kramer from Harm and Danger
Jeff Tigchelaar
because strangers
invaded the playground time and again
Two Poems
Elliott Carter
When I crawled out the creek
and looked into the water,
there wasn’t a single feature on my face.
Shedding Wilderness
Jonathan Greenhause
The egret, her beak muddied, fishes
on beanstalk legs
by the pebble-strewn and infinite
laid-down ladder of the freight tracks
