The Talon Review

Volume 4, Issue 1, Spring 2026

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Table of Contents

Poetry

“Overture” by Karen Lozinski 

“pedagogy” by Emma Johnson-Rivard

“Character Sketches between tides” by Ronnel Bermas 

 “Spasmic Phantasy” by Rina Shamilov  

“Forgetfulness” by Kate Kadleck  

“Narcan” by Veronica Tucker

“We Lived Like We Weren’t Going To Die” by Mary McCall

“Bloodline’s Solarization” by Angelina Leanos

“Margins” by Craig Dobson

“False Spring” by Sarah Robbins

 “Hush Hour” by Sambhu Ramachandran

 “Hunger” by Gordon Taylor

 “Madonna of the Magnificat” by Reese Bentzinger

 “Anik-Anik” by Ronnel Bermas 

 “Holy water” by Jamez Terry

 “I wish you’d tell me what you think when you grow quiet” by Ella Newman  

 “Fall into Quiet Contentment” by Karen Lozinski 

Fiction

“Falling Mangoes” by Patrick Sylvain

“The Kallah Teacher” by Yosef Pontos

“Pig Brain Soup” by Huina Zheng

“Powerlines” by Celeste Antu

“Rotgut” by Chaz Lilly

Creative Nonfiction

“Planting without Land” by Stacey Johnson

“Eco-grief” by Davey Long

“forever 19” by Chachee Valentine

Visual Art

 “Left Behind” by Craig Dumas

“Pop Goes the Weasel” by Lindy Giusta

“Ritual” by Dirk Crawford

“Alley Window Runoff” by Willy Conley