A Message from our Guest Editor, Martin Parker

Storms can arrive in many forms, bringing thunder and lightning, torrential rain, blinding snow, scouring sand, or waves of emotions. They can cause havoc and turmoil, or cleanse the air and nourish the land. Their format and effects can be as varied as the poems and other works in this collection that explore how people and elements of nature weather the events both external and internal that shape the history of the many worlds we inhabit.

Martin L. Parker
14 April 2026

Table of Contents

Meher Pestonji BANYAN

Julian Matthews Weathered Journey

Featured Poet: LAURA GREVEL

Say Goodbye to a Woman Headed Home to War

Neil Daswani The Difference Between Flotsam & Jetsam

Marianne Tefft After the Wolf Moon

Bryan Franco Irrefutable Proof Gaia Has Got It Out For Me

Featured Storyteller: LOGAN NOBLE

Long Haul Sleep-Cure

Lucia Daramus Delirium Tremens

Martin Parker Passage

Featured Poet: MERILEE JOHNSON

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EDITOR’S PICK

Lexicon of the Gale by Phynne~Belle

Henry L. Jones Stand Strong

Shwetha A A Memory of Storms

BOOK TALK

Who Looks Outside Dreams by Mona Zamfirescu | Book Review by Neil Daswani

Ravichandra P. Chittampalli The Roof has Sprung a Leak

Erica Blumfield Hold the Sky

Featured Poet: DEBORAH C. SEGAL

star of the storm

Nymphs in the Wind

The Meaning of Storms

Richard Spisak Driving After Andrew

Jennifer (Soy Avocado) Leong Brewing

David Thompson Morning

Featured Poet: PATRICIA CARRAGON

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Elizabeth Welles How I Surrender and Rise

Walker Valdez Poems Happen When You Need Them To

CREATIVORE: engage the writerly cravings

Storms in Myths, Literature, and the Performing Arts by Neil Daswani

Karen Pierce Gonzalez Midnight Tsunami

Martina Gallegos I Hope I’m Wrong

Doc Janning To Touch a Rainbow

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