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Blind Faith – An Etheree by Lisa Arnold

by on 20. Feb, 2012 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

voice
calling
snowstorm looms
cold winds echo
enfolding shadows

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Skipping Memory by Janet Caplan

by on 20. Feb, 2012 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

“Skipping: first-in-line! “
That refrain suddenly echoed in my brain and I was eight years old again. That was my opening line anytime I wanted to play skipping with my brothers and the neighbourhood kids. God knows, my friends and I were always vying to be first: typical girlish competition, I guess. But on the street, my street, I was it.

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Fatherless Anyways by Montana Rogers

by on 05. Jan, 2012 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

The bell on the front door of the practice chimed loudly, and Allison looked up anxiously as she deposited one of her patients’ folders on the receptionist’s desk for re-filing. A father and his son, who was wried to a portable CD player and bobbing his head silently, walked in. The father steered his young son to a chair in the waiting room and went to check-in at the front desk. Allison stood at the water cooler, one of the paper, cone-shaped cups in her hand, making sure she had a clear view of the parking lot. They should have been here by now.

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Snap Shot by Mindy Ator

by on 29. Dec, 2011 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

Picture this
Me
Balancing
On the edge
Of the high dive
At ten years old.

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Triple XL by Patricia Parkinson

by on 29. Dec, 2011 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

I have a dead man’s clothes in the back of my van. I didn’t know the dead man. I only know that he wore triple XL and died of a massive heart attack.

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Senses of a Coffee Shop by Jamie Arthur

Senses of a Coffee Shop by Jamie Arthur

by on 29. Dec, 2011 in Feature Writings, Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

As I push the door open the aroma of coffee tickles my nose. The espresso machine whirls its greeting to me. Scanning the shop I am happy to see my favorite booth is open. I take my coat off, carefully lay it out across the dark gray vinyl bench, and place my gloves on the blond wood table; wanting to stake my claim on my favorite spot. I walk up to the counter to place my order.

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Snap Shot by Mindy Ator

by on 29. Dec, 2011 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

Picture this
Me
Balancing
On the edge
Of the high dive
At ten years old.

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Juniper Berry Game Pie by Suvi Mahonen

Juniper Berry Game Pie by Suvi Mahonen

by on 29. Dec, 2011 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

‘Hi guys, have you decided yet?’
The waiter appears next to our table, one of many for two lined up against the wall window of glass. Thin metal struts divide the panes.
‘You go first,’ I say.

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Noises Outside the Tent by Patricia Wellingham-Jones

by on 29. Dec, 2011 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

At the tag end of summer when Earth shifts
under our feet and the trees start thinking
of Autumn hues and shedding leaves
we go for one last camping trip at the lake.

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Lens Life by Patricia Wellingham-Jones

by on 29. Dec, 2011 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

Through a lens, clearly,
the woman watches life pass.
Her body a box of troubles,
her mind a scrambled nest,
her eye focuses on the square
that makes uneasy sense.

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Leap of Life

by on 29. Dec, 2011 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

What leap of life has led us here
to this unseemly place;
to scrabble in the debris
of all that we once were?

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Freestyle Feats by Amy S. Pacini

by on 29. Dec, 2011 in Jump (Jan/Feb/Mar 2012), Writings

Best friend high school buddies happily hang out every afternoon at their favorite neighborhood skate park
Practicing for countless hours to masterfully perform complex ramp stunts and thrill riding tricks
Persistently perfecting their flatland techniques and vert maneuvers

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