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Straitjackets Magazine
Summer 2019


EDITOR'S DESK
Before the fall 2018 issue of Straitjackets Magazine, Ellyn Wolfe began seeking volunteers as editorial support. Three of us stepped...
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OUR FAVORITE BOOKS
The Editors Share Their Favorites
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CONTEST WINNER - GIRLS CAN'T DRIVE
I found a matching set.
They were vintage, parked on the curb
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NEXT SJM WRITING CONTEST - FALL
Write a story or poem inspired by this photo
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WILD BLUE: SAVING THE WORLD WITH DUCT TAPE AND WD-40
I am not brave and I am not a fan of chaos theory, and I don’t believe in coincidence. I believe things happen because somebody made them...
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SUMMERTIME
I cannot barbecue
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THE POET
So you want to know the poet
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SUMMER HAIKU
Ghosting fog muffling sea sounds
August on the pier
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TOMMY TAYLOR
Frankie was a nut to grab hold of Mrs. Edgerton's face thataway
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HORSE NUMBER SIX
Even before I was a teenager, I knew the odds of drawing to an inside straight
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SAVED
Big ears, loud bray, tiny hooves, gentle eyes
A mini donkey only 27 inches high
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A NORWEGIAN'S FIRST DAY IN AMERICA
I remember when I first come to America. Never will I forget.
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THUNDERSNOW
I've always wanted to see a snowspout
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DIRECTIONS
I trusted a bright red Royal Mail truck to outskirts with fewer cars and open roads
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DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
"So? What? You're some kind of space alien?"
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THEN AND AGAIN
"I feel like I've been here before."
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COWBOY SOUL
You read the wind, you smell the rain
You're connected to the earth
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REUNION
It was a week of looking back and remembering
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COVER ART
Summer 2019
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