Appendix

Theme

Form

Title

Author

Page

Just Being

Poem

A Place to Breathe

Christine Hartman Derr

18

Just Being

Poem

Bill-Bored

Glenda Funk

19

Just Being

Poem

Pitch Black

Stacey Joy

20

Just Being

Poem

Tracks

Karen J. Weyant

21

Just Being

Poem

High School

Joe Bisicchia

22

Just Being

Poem

North Dakota Snow Angels

Samuel Stinson

23

Just Being

Poem

Zit Ode

Stefani Boutelier

24

Just Being

Poem

How to Accept the Apology You Never Expected to Come

Hope Goodearl

25

Just Being

Poem

Wounded Healer

Darius Phelps

26

Just Being

Poem

My Voice

Melissa Heaton

27

Just Being

Poem

Cracking

Karen J. Weyant

28

Just Being

Poem

Bridge

Laura Shovan

29

Just Being

Poem

Step Father

Emanuel Xavier

30

Just Being

Poem

Hunger Is A Weapon

Federico Erebia

31

Just Being

Poem

Fragments

Laura Zucca-Scott

32

Just Being

Poem

Reality Bites

Rachel Toalson

33

Just Being

Poem

A Sweet-Smell Memory of School

Stacey Joy

34

Just Being

Poem

Psalms of My Broken Heart

Darius Phelps

35

Just Being

Poem

Let Me Tell You the Truth

Rachel Toalson

36

Just Being

Essay

On Being Armenian

Aida Zilelian

38

Just Being

Essay

Up Kahuna Road

Jonathon Medeiros

41

Just Being

Essay

Letter from Your New Psychiatrist

Dr. Sonia Patel

44

Just Being

Essay

Family Portrait in Scars

Kayla Whaley

47

Just Being

Essay

Slow Burn

Erin Murphy

50

Just Being

Essay

An Indian in Yoga Class: Finding Imbalance

Rajpreet Heir

51

Just Being

Essay

The Heroine

Rachel Toalson

54

Just Being

Essay

Crabby Hermits and Simone Biles: Using Satire and Experimental Forms

Carlos Greaves

55

Just Being

Essay

Zilelian from Zile

Aida Zilelian

58

Just Being

Fiction

Hot Lunch Petition

Aimee Parkison

63

Just Being

Fiction

The Blue Jay

Tamara Belko

65

Just Being

Fiction

The Reason

Val Howlett

67

Just Being

Fiction

This Story is Against Resilience, Supports Screaming As Needed

Jen Ferguson

70

Just Being

Fiction

Spontaneous Combustion

Kristin Bartey Lenz

73

Just Being

Fiction

Her Story

Padma Venkatraman

76

Just Being

Fiction

Get Ready With Me

Taylor Byas

81

Just Being

Fiction

Am I Okay?

Tamara Belko

84

Just Love

Poem

Daniel, My Brother

Federico Erebia

88

Just Love

Poem

Runaway

Emanuel Xavier

89

Just Love

Poem

landrover

Laura Kumicz

90

Just Love

Poem

Between Boys

Valerie Hunter

91

Just Love

Poem

Árbol

Emanuel Xavier

92

Just Love

Poem

Couples Skate

Karen J. Weyant

93

Just Love

Poem

Fill Me

Joe Bisicchia

94

Just Love

Poem

Graduation

Chris Crowe

95

Just Love

Poem

Haibun: My Girlfriend’s House

Laura Shovan

96

Just Love

Poem

Alienated

Emanuel Xavier

97

Just Love

Essay

Remember

Jennifer Guyor Jowett

99

Just Love

Essay

Ready

Kate Sjostrom

101

Just Love

Essay

Twan’t Much

Lee Martin

104

Just Love

Essay

Founding Haiku Festival

Regina Baiocchi

106

Just Love

Fiction

Bittersweet

Kennedy Essmiller

110

Just Love

Fiction

As Petals Fall on Asphalt Roads

Aimee Parkison

113

Just Love

Fiction

A Decent Human

Valerie Hunter

114

Just Love

Fiction

Natural Selection

S Maxfield

117

Just Love

Fiction

Promposal

Tamara Belko

119

Just Land

Poem

Thesaurus: Word Journeys

Jennifer Guyor Jowett

124

Just Land

Poem

Pebbles in My Palm

Jamie Jo Hoang

125

Just Land

Poem

Chase

Sandra Marchetti

127

Just Land

Poem

Herencia

Alicia Partnoy

128

Just Land

Poem

Inheritance

Alicia Partnoy

129

Just Land

Poem

The Queen of Bees

Kacie Day

130

Just Land

Poem

Witness

Sandra Marchetti

131

Just Land

Poem

Erased

Erin Murphy

132

Just Land

Poem

Jibaro Dreams

Emanuel Xavier

133

Just Land

Poem

(Mapping: A Key)

Jennifer Guyor Jowett

134

Just Land

Poem

La abuela y el mar

Alicia Partnoy

135

Just Land

Poem

The Grandmother and the Sea

Alicia Partnoy

136

Just Land

Essay

Living Near St. Catherine School

Jonathon Medeiros

138

Just Land

Essay

Stupid Girls

Jen Ferguson

141

Just Land

Essay

Swinging

Karen J. Weyant

143

Just Land

Fiction

Lights Out

Brittany Saulnier

146

Just Land

Fiction

The Stillness of Flight

David Schaafsma

149

Just Land

Fiction

The Listener

Aimee Parkison

152

Just World

Poem

Moonscape

Zetta Elliott

155

Just World

Poem

Juneteenth is Not Freedom

Stacey Joy

156

Just World

Poem

Girls’ Playground, Harriet Island, St. Paul, MN (1905)

Jennifer Guyor Jowett

156

Just World

Poem

Belonging

Joe Bisicchia

158

Just World

Poem

We Gather Here Together

Rachel Toalson

159

Just World

Poem

Just Word(le)

Jennifer Guyor Jowett

160

Just World

Poem

Family Stories

Mary E. Cronin

162

Just World

Poem

There Must Be a Gate

Laura Shovan

163

Just World

Poem

I Refuse to Be Underestimated

Rachel Toalson

163

Just World

Poem

Unconstitutional

Stacey Joy

165

Just World

Poem

Peace Play

Linda Mitchell

166

Just World

Essay

Irish Whistle

Kate Sjostrom

168

Just World

Fiction

Feathers

Valerie Hunter

171

Just World

Fiction

Hunterlore

Dana Claire

174

Just World

Fiction

Drive-by (In Three Acts)

Jennifer Guyor Jowett

175

Just Futures

Poem

Chasing the American Dream

Laura Zucca-Scott

179

Just Futures

Poem

We Need Stories

Jennifer Guyor Jowett

180

Just Futures

Poem

Envision

Joe Bisicchia

181

Just Futures

Poem

A Remembrance

Rachel Toalson

182

Just Futures

Poem

Illuminated

Erin Murphy

183

Just Futures

Poem

Star Gatherers

Jennifer Guyor Jowett

184

Just Futures

Poem

Word of the day: Techwright

Stefani Boutelier

185

Just Futures

Poem

Don’t Call Me A Robot

Laura Shovan

186

Just Futures

Poem

For Sale: M1k0 the Robot

Laura Shovan

187

Just Futures

Poem

MessageChatGPT

Linda Mitchell

188

Just Futures

Poem

Things Just Don’t Work Like They Used To

Darius Phelps

189

Just Futures

Essay

A Vision for Inclusive Campuses: Balancing Comfort and Conflict Through Dialogue

Alana Mondschein

192

Just Futures

Essay

Compulsory Service

S.

195

Just Futures

Fiction

My Jam Jar Ghost

Shih-Li Kow

197