Issue 12, Spring 2023
Foreword
from “Hackberry” by Paul Placial
Spring seems to bring out the poetic spirit in our contributors each year as Ovis Issue 12 follows past trends of a poetry filled issue.
Included is work from Martha Aguilar, Samantha Burkes, Kaitlyn Cativiela, Ryder Holmstedt, Joe Ketchum, Levi Kilburn, Douglas Kondziolka, E. A. Mc Kinney, Paul Placial and Erin Roper.
Aguilar, Kilburn, Kondziolka, Placial, Roper and Holmstedt reflect and reminisce in their poems.
Holmstedt and Mc Kinney bring longer pieces in the form of creative non-fiction and fiction.
Burkes, Ketchum and Roper share their contributions to MCC’s 3rd Annual Flash Film Festival.
Finally, Placial and Cativiela close out the issue with whimsical art selections.
Contents
Fiction
Horse with No Name by E. A. Mc Kinney
Film
Yorkie Peppery Patty by Samantha Burkes
Bet the Farm (A Game of Rats) by Joe Ketchum
Why pickleball? by Erin Roper
Non-fiction
Controlling What I Can by Ryder Holmstedt
Poetry
Truth Kills and In Memory and Façade by Martha Aguilar
Just Another Day in America by Levi Kilburn
Easy Easy Swordplay by Douglas Kondziolka
Hackberry and Fond Memories of Grandpa by Paul Placial
Long Beach Grand Prix and NARDCORE 4 LIFE by Paul Placial
Thirteen Stepped by Paul Placial
Rosewater by Erin Roper
Visual Art
Caricature – A Collection by Kaitlyn Cativiela