Francine Witte is the author of four poetry chapbooks and two flash fiction chapbooks. Her full-length poetry collection, Café Crazy, has recently been published by Kelsay Books. She is reviewer, blogger, and photographer. She is a former English teacher. She lives in NYC.
you are like an old man who, thinking he once saved a jar of starlight, believes that he can sprinkle it anytime. You look at me, our love gone like a daughter we lost to disease, who now sits each night at our dinner table and refused to be fed. We prop her up anyway and coax silver spoons into… Read more →
3rd Place -1000 Below: Flash Prose and Poetry Contest Judged by Michael Martone After watching the nature channel, you decide to go live with the bears. You like their simple simplicity. Mouthsalmon, tree paw, and backscratch. You won’t miss the human things, the traffic, the money, or the clothes. You travel to find an appropriate forest. One with lush foliage… Read more →