APRIL MAY BE THE CRUELEST MONTH – Virginia Barrett INSTANT NOODLES: I WAKE UP | VOL3 ISS1 2023 | COVER WALDENLAND | Talbot WANDERING THROUGH THE DAY | Supranowicz AWAKENING APRIL| Fitzgerald MARCH WIND | Golladay HOW TO FIND JIM MORRISON’S GRAVE ON THE SPRING EQUINOX | Hayden CRAZY LOVE 2 | Supranowicz CROCUSES| Barrett BUZZARD DAY | Sapp OVERHEAD | Bartos REFLECTION | Kein CLOSING | Ricketti EVERYTHING ALMOST | Bern BLACK WIDOW SPIDER| Fleming ONE TO BLOOM | Kam Siu MAGNOLIA | Das Gupta OH, RIOTOUS SPRING | Brace I DON’T HAVE A GARDEN | Tefft THE BIG BANG APPLES FOR A PASSPORT | Supranowicz PEEPER POND | Hertenstein THE FLOWER IN QUESTION | Harvey SERENITY AND SQUIRRELS | Jayne SPRING FEVER | Moore FUTURE MINERALS | Kam Siu BIRTHING, A MUSCULAR EVENT | Meyer MEMORIAL DAY | Tefft SHELTERING IN PLACE | Luker M’LADY CALLS | Ganshaw THE LATE FANTASTIC | Conelly THE BLUE COURT | Meyer THREE TREES | Bern BORN ANEW| Ganshaw RESURRECTING SUSAN| Walker LINKS | Ricketti APRIL MAY BE THE CRUELEST MONTH | Barrett EGGS, BACON, and CAROLINA REAPERS | Rodriguez THE BIRDS OF KINGS CROSSING | Golladay RETURN | Kam Siu ANATOMY OF A POEM | Muscatello METAMORPHOSIS | Fitzgerald UNSEEN CIRCLERS DANCE | Bern CIRCLES| Ricketti REBOOT | Maril MARKERS | Muscatello THE AWAKENING TOUCH | Fitzgerald BIRCHES | Tefft SUISIO | Allder BLUE AND WHITE ABOVE GREEN| Barrett COLD BEGETS WARMTH| Ganshaw STARFIRE| Golladay LOST IN THE GARDEN | Supranowicz WIDE-AWAKE WRITERS & ARTISTS | CONTRIBUTOR BIOS