"The New", "Scrub", "Fade" & "You Ask If I Want Children" by James Croal Jackson
The New If someone jumped I’d jump into the warm whatever of mid- May I’d not leap as the maneuver’s overused– I understand these liminal...
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- Nov 26
- 2 min
"dangerous breed", "other people", & "channeling the baddie" by J. Archer Avary
DANGEROUS BREED i was mauled by a dangerous breed in the Burger King carpark left me maimed, disfigured for life may as well been a...
- Nov 26
- 1 min
"A Murder of Crows" by Alicia Hilton
“The pied au gratin is magnificent,” the waiter caws. “What sort of foot?” the husband squawks. “Free-range, organic,” the waiter caws....
- Nov 26
- 2 min
"I Am Not Chewed Gum!" by Britney Garcia
At the tender age of 6 The pastor I saw every Sunday- The one with a booming voice And a blinding Cheshire grin- Spoke from a...
- Nov 26
- 2 min
"Collector’s Item" by Dani Brokaw
The license plate on the garage wall once belonged to a farmer named Harold who suffered from hemorrhoids and didn’t love his wife. Every...
- Nov 26
- 1 min
"Violoncello" & "That Scary Feeling Of The Being A Freed Balloon" by Kushal Poddar
Violoncello In a Wednesday subway train, undulating, the fresh boyfriend tucks his girl in the U his hands make supported against the...
- Nov 26
- 1 min
"Produce" by Devon Neal
“In the produce department, everything is dying, but there are two things still living— can you name those two things?” The district...
- Nov 26
- 2 min
"I Hate Dreams", "Green”, "The Last Miracle of St. Nicholas", & "Body and Sol" by Aaron G.H.
I Hate Dreams A synaptic celluloid that burns after every frame. Vivid realities inhabited/ experienced Constructed curiosities unwanted/...
- Nov 12
- 1 min
"Farmers’ Market" by Luís Costa
instead of allowing myself to be happy I keep trying to find you exploring the tight curves of bell peppers, your laugh echoing within...
- Nov 12
- 2 min
"Grandma’s Letter to Her Son in the Army" by Ifunanya Georgia Ezeano
Maybe this is not a good day to write you but I will write you anyway. My son, you are a boy. Your heart is made like cheese, it goes...
- Nov 12
- 1 min
"Slant" by Marc Isaac Potter
The slant The revocation of his voice We are revoking his voice from society His poet's piercing and longing Song of how things really...
- Nov 12
- 1 min
"Distant Rumble" & "Get Your Perfection Off My Lawn!" by Peter Kaczmarczyk
Distant Rumble The child could hear the highway As he lay awake at night The distant rumble filled him with wonder Where were they all...
- Nov 12
- 2 min
"I’m worried that I’m not following/the instructions" & "There is nothing about..." by Cailey Tin
There is nothing about the dirt-smeared past that debates can’t rise from but people are now distracted with the argument that this...
- Nov 12
- 1 min
"Incidental Passengers" by Andrea Damic
they journey together, on the breaths of winter blinking under streetlights, in twilight intricate, in their remarkable essence it’s...
- Nov 12
- 2 min
"Darling (Sometimes)", "Darling (Always)" & "Rain" by Allison Thung
Darling (Always) What lies behind those inscrutable eyes, darling? The longer I watch you gravitate towards that which glitters, the more...
- Nov 12
- 1 min
"This Umbrella" by Will Staveley
I was talking to a friend of mine. It was early but we were both late out And we mouthed at the reflection In the other's eyes. And as we...
- Nov 12
- 1 min
"En Garde" by Jackie Meekums-Hales
As ever, on the silent fields, wind whipped across the fresh-mowed grass. The grateful turbine blades were whizzing, whirring frantic...
- Nov 12
- 1 min
"the state of being unaware or unconscious" & "lemon (haiku)" by Charlotte Amelia Poe
the state of being unaware or unconscious a lie i told in between truths okay, but i want you to rip me apart did my heartbeat stutter -...
- Nov 12
- 1 min
"Line" & "Real" by Nolcha Fox
Line Not drunk, he walked between the spaces, spaces where the faded yellow line would stutter, change its mind, begin its job of...
- Nov 12
- 2 min
"Loop: A Reductio", "TO THE RIVER", & "Nanaimo" by Ryan Keating
- Photo provided by the author —Loop: A Reductio— A bowl of fruit loops completes another revolution in the microwave, making 13.7...
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