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Willows Wept Review publishes poetry, prose, and visual art that interrogates the relationship between people and the world.
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As fall lingers in cool wisps and skies that smell of rain that doesn’t fall, our new issue explores the liminal space between renewal and ruin, where bodies, memory, and land carry “burdens...vast like the sea of my god.” Read online for free or order in print: willowswept.com/2025/09/20/i...
Issue Thirty-Eight: Fall 2025
Fall has begun to arrive—slowly, and felt more in cool wisps of pre-dawn air than anywhere else. Storms linger offshore and make their afternoon way here less frequently, but the afternoon sky hold…
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September 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Issue 37 arrives with the storms of the season, tracing tension between stillness and motion, knowing and unknown. This issue sits with uncertainty, gestures toward meaning, and embraces experiences language can’t always hold. Read online for free or order in print: willowswept.com/2025/06/14/i...
Issue Thirty-Seven: Summer 2025
Here in central Florida, the heat of early summer already hums beneath every layer of being. Mornings arrive thick with the promise of afternoon storms. There’s a gathering density to the days—a we…
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June 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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I spend a lot of time looking for beauty in nature. Sometimes it takes a lot of looking.

I was trying to write a poem where each column could be read separately, but also as the whole lines.

Thanks to Troy @willowswept.com

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June 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Spring arrives with shifting moods—cool mornings, heavy afternoons, and a tornado that skipped through town. Issue 36 lingers in spaces between destruction and renewal, exploring both physical and metaphorical boundaries. Read it online for free or order a print copy: willowswept.com/2025/03/15/i...
Issue Thirty-Six: Spring 2025
This year, spring has come to central Florida with shifting moods. Cooler temperatures in the mornings remind me that winter has not quite left, but the air thickens in the afternoon and reminds me…
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March 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM