The Prairie Light Review
Volume 45, Number 1 (2022) Fall 2022
Prefatory Notes
Editor's Note
Will Anderson
Artwork
Front Cover - Tiles in the Sky
Christine Cianciosi
New Orleans, Spring Break 2022
Lisa Higgins
Rabbit and Robot
Joe Herrmann
And Like A Sunflower, We Rise
Christine Carroll
She Lay in The Dark and Knew Everything
Tess McBride
It's A Little Cold Here
Renee Tran
Red Madonna Speaking Truths
Carolyn Faivre
Trees in Wonderland
Kimberly Smuksta
Skankin' Puffin
Joe Herrmann
Wading in the Columbia River
Daniel Rische
Egg Rock Lighthouse
Jim Waters
I swear, I try to stop...
Natalie McKenty
Make Some Noise!
Ross LaSalle
Taking a Break
Nancy Heil
Thor's Well At Sunset
Adam Romanowicz
When I Was Not Looking
Kathryn Parenti
Forest Dream
Christine Cianciosi
The Dysphoric Teenager, from the Lanna Series
Kayla Hedlund
The Closeted Child, from the Lanna Series
Kayla Hedlund
Route 42 Aerial
Adam Romanowicz
What the Crone Enjoys
Madeleine Church
Ballet Folklorico Xochitl
Keith Yearman
The Margaret Todd
Jim Waters
White Orchid
Kimberly Smuksta
A Little Romance
Allison Klein
Digital Fashion Rainforest Korean Hanbok Dresses
Angelo Mendez
Doubled Over at Bus Stop
Keith Yearman
It'll be okay
Kathryn Parenti
Queen Luna
Vasileia Petsakou
Weight of The World
Lauren Evans
Philae Island Boatman, Egypt
Nancy Heil
Pure Form (PUFO)
Angelo Mendez
Sunday's Best
Devona Barnes
Back Cover - Tiles in the Sky
Christine Cianciosi
Into the Light
Kathryn Parenti
Selections
Morning Chai
Khalid Mukhtar
On the News
Karen Kuchar
A Daughter's Plea
Mary Campbell
I Yearn For
Kristy A. Belton
Making Art
Carolyn Faivre
Skating, 1976
Jason Snart
Some Things To Remember
George Karavolos
To My Sister
Kait Harland
Selkies, Shells
Tricia Marcella Cimera
Snippets from My Autobiography
Wilda Morris
Rattlesnake
R.G. Ziemer
To Be Safe
Jason Snart
Sandhill Cranes
Karen Kuchar
Bramble Bush
Tricia Marcella Cimera
Slow Drive through Town
Wilda Morris
Peanut Butter Cookies, 12-'83
Ray Makowski
Funeral For My Past
Fred Bonnano
Unfinished Symphony
Mary Laffey
Universes of Us
Mariana Quezada
Lost At Sea
Lex Truby
Yours Truly
Khalid Mukhtar
Are You Awake?
Mardelle Fortier
Contemplating Matrimony
Ixta Julieta
Hector, My Boy
Mia Skaliotis
Blood Stained Glass, an excerpt
Bee Bishop
San Francisco, Connections
Mardelle Fortier
Bitter Thoughts
Abdul Malik Mandani
Love Full of Loving
Ayesha Khan
You Write and Let Me Cry
George Karavolos
Eve's Last Message
Madeleine Church
Silent Twilight
Abdul Malik Mandani
Sky Full of Fireflies
Juno Nightingale
Back Matter
Editorial Team
- Editor in Chief
- Will Anderson
- Production Editor
- Starr Herring
- Marketing Editor
- Bee Bishop
- Assistant Editors
- Sophia Copper
- Kait Harland
- Ross LaSalle
- Faculty Advisor
- Adam Fotos
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