KELP JOURNAL

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[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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—...

[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...

[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...

[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...