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Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge—River meets Coyote 

River slipped into the refuge from the east and stashed her car in the cottonwoods off the service road. She stepped across the trickle that in wetter years is the Rio Grande.  Her need for open air justified the trespass. The New Mexico bosque had called to her in a dream, and late the next day she headed north from Las Cruces. 

She pitched her pup tent ...

Chupacabra

By Elaine Webster

(An artist’s rendition of the cryptid known as the chupacabra. The image was labelled for re-use by uploader Jeff Carter on Flickr.)

     River chewed her tongue—a childhood habit that comforted her in some basic way. Ari would be unlocking the door to their apartment just about now. It would take him awhile to unearth the note she left on the bar next to the ...

Borderline

Quiet along the border,

Stars and moon reflect on water,

Who would have guessed the effect Power had,

On woman, man, and beast?

Six hundred fifty miles,

Not long enough to stop the mix,

Of peoples, of places, of life.

Must build stronger and longer,

Wider and higher until the heavens can’t see,

The love of a boy and girl,

Divided at the Borderline.

Katrina learned early to be silent,

When asked about family.

She joked about her father wolf,

Uncle coyote and mother earth.

Shy smiles and ...