Oakwood

1| Solstices — Maggie Dow 9| Prairie Moon — Carol Kapaun Ratchenski 10| The Outskirts of Nowhere— Julia Kreifels 12| Interstellar — August Ryan 14| Wednesday Matinee — Kris Knapp 21| Shore —Jana Keller 22| Luncheon at a Rural Lutheran Funeral — Jana Keller 24| To My Uterus —Tera Johnson-Swartz 25| How to Sustain —Tera Johnson-Swartz 26| It Hurts but We Will Not Die Here —Tera Johnson-Swartz 28| Substantiation —Lisa Knopp 31| Still My Days — Benjamin D. Carson 32| O’Hara in an Emergency — Benjamin D. Carson 33| Time’s Long Run — Benjamin D. Carson 34| Bones — Benjamin D. Carson 35| Reunion — Benjamin D. Carson 36| First Taste of Chili-Mac — Chad Oness 38| So He Told Me This Story About Wanda — Chad Oness 40| Sijo — Chad Oness 42| Excerpt from Pillville Diary — Ben Miller 52| East Montana Metaphysics — Alexander Etheridge 53| Snow and Riverbend — Alexander Etheridge 54| Sack of Money, Bag O’ Prayers — Betsy Blair 56| Fist — Betsy Blair 58| Nativity — Betsy Blair 60| Villanelle for the Young — Myles Weber 61| Things I Thought I’d Never Own (or Own Again) — Myles Weber 62| Regret — Myles Weber 63| Melonie’s Descent into Divinity — Julia Ramige 70| The Tamest Bird of All — Alexis Stoffers 72| Heliotropism — Alexis Stoffers 74| Weighted Reflection — Alexis Stoffers76| Gratitude — James Stemmle 77| Canary — James Stemmle 78| Word Wrappings — James Stemmle 79| Perception — Al Ilchuk 81| The Homecoming — Michael Tidemann 86| Eros — Kimberly L. Becker 90| Exile — Kimberly L. Becker 92| Fathers — Kimberly L. Becker 95| Venom — Kimberly L. Becker 97| How Time Turns— Lin Marshall Brummels 98| Local News — S.D. Bassett 99| Healthcare Visit— S.D. Bassett 100| Reading in Season — Timothy Lord 102| The Specter Speaks — Christine Doucette 103| Perfectly Seasoned — Christine Doucette 104| The Sea of Agassiz (&other histories) — Mara Adamitz Scrupe 109| Palimpsest — Mara Adamitz Scrupe 113| & faith too — Mara Adamitz Scrupe 115| Hippo— Kevin Clouther 124| Staging a Marriage— Heather Dubrow 126| Happy Birthday — Heather Dubrow 127| Of Finland and Two Flowers — Heather Dubrow 130| No Safe Harbor — Warren Woessner 131| The Dancing River — Warren Woessner 132| A Lamb’s Tale — Laurence Snydal 133| Families — Laurence Snydal 134| The Sign-Up — Ross Moslander 144| The Flowers Died on Friday— Ava Bracker 146| How We See the Moon— Ava Bracker 148| Stitched Hearts— Ava Bracker 149| Use Your Head, Or Not — Duane Anderson 150| Colors— William Snyder 151| Rhythms Muted, Days Sung — William Snyder 152| Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear — William Snyder 153| The Transitory Nature of Life — Lawrence F. Farrar 157| Your Questions Answered by the Department of the Interior — Tom Hansen 158| If I — Tom Hansen160| Waiting for You — Tom Hansen 162| Autumnal — Tom Hansen 163| Day Labor — Tom Hansen 164| Dour Old White Men — Marsha Warren Mittman 165| Choked — Marsha Warren Mittman 166| Zhanym— Amina Aidarkhanova 167| Three Brief Lessons in Veterinary Medicine— Amberly Gates 178| Contributors