Can 1

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Can 1 *

Our debut Can containing eight pieces from our contributors.

*Featuring the collective’s inaugural poem by your very own Fish Girl

Conributors

Hope K. Martin Sam Alex

Johanna E. Hall Sarah Butkovic

Rudrangshu Sengupta Kate O’Sullivan

Alison Ehringer elmo shade

Gayle Alonso 3/12/26 Gayle Alonso 3/12/26

The Sardine Poem ~ Fish Girl

Image by Virginia Frances Sterrett

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Starved - Hope K. Martin

Artwork: Girl Arranging her Hair - Mary Cassatt, 1886

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Another Icarian Manic-Depressive - Johanna E. Hall

Artwork: Slight lowering of the angle of the mouth due to depression (left); False laughter (right) - Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne), 1862

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I’ll Carry You - Rudrangshu Sengupta

Artwork: Afternoon Tea Party - Mary Cassatt, 1890

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Pearl - Alison Ehringer

Artwork: Mother of Pearl and Silver - James McNeill Whistler, 1900

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The Night I Became a Barred Owl - Sam Alex

Artwork: Woman with the Owl - Master MZ, 1500

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late lunch - Sarah Butkovic

Art work: The Strawberry Girl - Ammi Phillips, 1953

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The Heart is Just a Mussel - Kate O’ Sullivan

Artwork: The Mussel Harvest - Auguste Renoir, 1879

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A Quiet Place - elmo shade

Artwork: Woman by the Seaside - French 19th Century