Dashboard Horus: A Bird's Eye View of the Universe

  Los Angeles poet Rick Lupert is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. He created PoetrySuperHighway.com and hosted the Cobalt Cafe reading for almost 21 years (which lives on as a virtual series). His 29 collections of poetry include “God Wrestler” and “High Moose Alert.” He edited the anthologies  “A Poet’s Siddur”, “A Poet’s Haggadah”,“The Night Goes on All Night.” and “Ekphrastia Gone Wild.” Rick works as a music teacher and graphic designer. He writes a weekly Jewish poetry column for jewishjournal.com and can also be found online at jewishpoetry.net . He’s fond of his wife, their son, and cats. A Whole Day Has Gone By  A whole evening has gone by and we’ve found more ways to put food inside of us. I thought we were running out of room but the miracle of vacation stomachs is here. Addie’s ankle may or may not be injured and we’re hoping she doesn’t have to be airlifted to Miami. All of our previous cruise injury experience involves someone being airlifted t...

  Lynne Bronstein is the author of Nasty Girls (Four Feathers Press) and four other books of poetry. She has been published in magazines ranging from Playgirl to Chiron Review , from Lummox to anthologies in England, Ireland, Israel, Canada, and India. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies and has been read on National Public Radio. She also writes a column on Facebook and Substack called Show Biz Cats. Safety Exit You’re not going to believe this story. I am telling you that right now. I have been living it and I still can’t believe it. When we dream, our dreams seem real, so anything that happens that is not possible in real life seems like a kind of breakthrough. I have experienced this breakthrough and yet I pinch myself and I am indeed in the real world. I can’t offer any scientific explanation for why it is happening to me. Maybe there is something about computer screens, a special aura, or maybe there is an ability within some of us, a latent magic tha...