Fresh-Cut Lit & More
ISSUE NO. 53
SPRING 2026
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VISUAL POETICS FINALISTS
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published poetry gathered from each quarterly issue.
House Flag for Fathers
by Warren C. Longmire**
Pith Vispo / Pith Translation
by Amy Beth Sisson**
Life Loop
by Alison Powell
I Work at a Dog Kennel
by Jack Brummett***
Lightning Strikes
by Beth Kephart**
820 The Beach – Hare
by Kristen Gallagher
Disaster Is a Politic
by Alan Pelaez Lopez
Poem about a Portrait My Ex-Wife Hung in the Kitchen, and Nothing Else
by G. Dylan Sessoms*
FICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published fiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
FLASH
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published flash gathered from each quarterly issue.
This Is Who We Are
by Jamie Holland
Spilling Over
by Lauren Woods
How to Say Goodbye to Your Dad and Hello to Your Babies
by Ellen Winn*
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published creative nonfiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
The White-Walled Office
by Amy Beth Sisson**
VISUAL NARRATIVE
CONNECTICUS DIGGS, Cultural Detective Episode 5: The Path
by Clifford Thompson
Read earlier episodes of Connecticus, or peruse Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published visual narratives gathered from each quarterly issue.
Illustrations by Karen Rile unless otherwise noted.
*Cleaver Emerging Artist
**Artist of Philadelphia
***Both an Artist of Philadelphia & a Cleaver Emerging Artist