Five Minutes

Five Minutes explores five minutes of a life in one hundred words. Five minutes is edited by Susanna Baird, with editorial support from managing editor kate meen and founding reader bobbi lerman, plus our rotating team of guest readers, who you can meet in the latest newsletteR. Five Minutes was founded in October 2020, with the Salem (Mass.)-based writing group Carrot Cake Writers supplying the journal’s first pieces. We’d love to read your five. Submit here.

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Oct 4
Oct 4 Sinking Unseen

I climb aboard the giant orange pillow, socks sliding on the rubber, and find my spot in the jostling hordes.

Aug 10
Aug 10 Wish

Neelakantan Keshavan

We passed a line of peahens. “I wish we’d passed elephants,” she said.

Jan 4
Jan 4 One Phone Call

Linnea Peterson

When I pick up the phone, she’s sobbing. CW // suicidal ideation

Dec 20
Dec 20 Stealing Lilacs

The lilacs on the best corner of the block touched us as we took our walks, their blooms too plump, persuasive.