Issue archive

Soft Spoken

50 issues · One poem each
Clark J. Madsen
Issues

Archive · 50 numbers

One poem. One issue.

Fifty magazine covers. Open any number like a letter kept in a drawer.

No. 01Awaking From A Dream
Awaking From A DreamA second chance at life and love, sealed by the sign of a dove.
No. 02Faith
FaithThe quiet compass when the path is not yet lit.
No. 03Baptized
BaptizedWater, covenant, and the name written on the heart.
No. 04Master's Hand
Master's HandThe battered violin and the hands that make it sing.
No. 05Angel's Breath
Angel's BreathHours lost, then found in a single holy breath.
No. 06Destiny
DestinyTwo lives braided by a will larger than chance.
No. 07Our Deepest Fear
Our Deepest FearNot inadequacy — but the light we are meant to hold.
No. 08Whole
WholeBecoming one piece again after the shatter.
No. 09New
NewAfraid of loving again — then willing to bend.
No. 10Fifty Times
Fifty TimesBeauty counted past any modest limit.
No. 11Good Morning My Love
Good Morning My LoveDawn as invitation — an adventure for two.
No. 12Your Love Is The Sun
Your Love Is The SunA grin that cannot hide what the heart already knows.
No. 13Two Become One
Two Become OneSealed together — stronger than either alone.
No. 14Heart
HeartThe organ that speaks before the mind catches up.
No. 15A Part of Me
A Part of MeThe sleeping piece of soul woken by her smile.
No. 16Blue Eyes
Blue EyesA gaze that undoes every careful defense.
No. 17Do I Know You
Do I Know YouPremortal recognition on a cold new world.
No. 18The Gift
The GiftA possession more precious than gold.
No. 19Worth The Cost
Worth The CostLove that rearranges every priority.
No. 20Eternal Love
Eternal LoveLove that remembers a life before this one.
No. 21The Timing of My Love
The Timing of My LoveQuick as lightning, deep as vow.
No. 22From a Soft Spoken Wind
From a Soft Spoken WindThe journal's namesake — wind that carries her home.
No. 23Casualties of War
Casualties of WarLove as battlefield — and the hope of rising.
No. 24Wounded Heart
Wounded HeartBleeding again, praying the angel returns.
No. 25Inward Battle
Inward BattleDoing what is expected while the soul feels foreign.
No. 26The Darkest Night
The Darkest NightHeadlights through black — and what they reveal.
No. 27The Fall
The FallThe ledge, the drop, the honest horror beneath.
No. 28My Funeral
My FuneralSitting at a funeral of a man you almost were.
No. 29How Do You Lose A Love
How Do You Lose A LoveLosing what you never fully held — and still trying.
No. 30The Habit
The HabitPractice until the better self becomes muscle memory.
No. 31The Game
The GameShe did not catch the eye — until she held the heart.
No. 32Score
ScoreWho lives for tomorrow, who for today.
No. 33Silence
SilenceHer face, and the pain that answers it.
No. 34Memories
MemoriesDaylight falling behind the mountains.
No. 35One Year
One YearA full orbit around the day two lives met.
No. 36Two Weeks
Two WeeksA short span that rearranges the heart's furniture.
No. 37The Shoe Box
The Shoe BoxLong-form essay: dust, a hidden heart, and the willing return.
No. 38Simple Moments
Simple MomentsGathered, gone — and still the gold of a life.
No. 39Trail
TrailWalking a familiar path toward an unfamiliar self.
No. 40The Night
The NightDark hours that teach what daylight cannot.
No. 41River
RiverMeltwater from clean white snow.
No. 42The Date After
The Date AfterThe soft calculus of when to call again.
No. 43Mirror Image
Mirror ImageLooking in — and meeting the man you are becoming.
No. 44My Smile
My SmileThe smile returned when care became possible again.
No. 45My Smile 2
My Smile 2A second sitting with the same soft light.
No. 46For a While Now
For a While NowAutumn leaves passed — the season of waiting ends.
No. 47If I Had a Wish
If I Had a WishThe oldest question, asked with a full heart.
No. 48Puzzle
PuzzlePieces face-up and face-down on the floor.
No. 49The List
The ListFear of pushing too hard, too fast — and still showing up.
No. 50Eternity
EternityLearning how much it is possible to care.

Source poems drawn from MD Hub Knowledge Base Poetry (id 66). Magazine presentation for Soft Spoken — one issue per poem, photoreal covers.