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Jul 24, 20222 min read

“The Ask” & “Thrill” by Kimberly Reiss

THE ASK It's easy to spot a man who's having an affair. At least now it is. Absence where the was once presence. It starts out benign,...

"He Came Back Years Later but I Was Already Damaged Goods", "Longingness"...by Suzanne Richardson

Jul 24, 20222 min read

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"He Came Back Years Later but I Was Already Damaged Goods", "Longingness"...by Suzanne Richardson

HE CAME BACK YEARS LATER BUT I WAS ALREADY DAMAGED GOODS Bright parrots chirp glass songs near your lunette window <<>> I want to keep a...

“Coevolution” & “Systems of Navigation” by Liana Kapelke-Dale

Jul 24, 20222 min read

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“Coevolution” & “Systems of Navigation” by Liana Kapelke-Dale

Coevolution I’ve never dreamed of wolves only of the stars above their ears. My dog sleeps next to me still green from a roll in...

"Existential 1", "Existential 2"... by Siân Killingsworth

Jul 24, 20222 min read

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"Existential 1", "Existential 2"... by Siân Killingsworth

Existential 1 First, we were killing the bees. Then, people cultivated outrage & condescension & put white cubes of bee colonies on roofs...

Jul 24, 20222 min read

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"Moon Girl" by Simon Leonard

I’d recognise you from any distance — even with your back to me, all packaged up in Petit Bateau, remote at the edge of a puddle,...

Jul 10, 20222 min read

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"Forkless at Noon" by Kyla Houbolt

Helios got very weary of driving the sun so I agreed to help out. But on the way I lost my forks and had to stop long enough to call the...

"Colder" & "Hammer and Tongs" by Jane Zwart

Jul 10, 20221 min read

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"Colder" & "Hammer and Tongs" by Jane Zwart

Colder Playing Hot and Cold we hid a silver dollar and, being young, we heard no warning in the splutter hotter; we thought nothing of...

Jul 10, 20221 min read

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"Sometimes a Fire" by L.M. Cole

Sometimes I’m a fire you say, distant stare you’re thinking of oil slick, flame lit, tossing black clouds upward to an unreachable sun ...

Jul 10, 20221 min read

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"Average Sun" by Tim Moder

I kissed a girl here, our first lips were sour and tight; our tongues dead weight. (where to breathe?) (How to hold my head?) She bit me....

Jul 10, 20221 min read

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"Brain vs Flesh" by B F Jones

I try to wrestle Your naked body Out of my mind Hold the door Open wide And tell you Firmly yet Eyes lingering That you should go (Looks...

"Southern Crucifix" by Melissa Wabnitz Pumayugra

Jul 10, 20222 min read

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"Southern Crucifix" by Melissa Wabnitz Pumayugra

These colors don’t run, which is to say this criss-crossed flag, this faux heritage, this emblem of pride, white superiority seems to...

"Memories of the mountain near Ninh Hoa" by Gareth Greer

Jul 10, 20221 min read

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"Memories of the mountain near Ninh Hoa" by Gareth Greer

In his transcendental state, what must he have felt, did he retreat to his hermitage in the lonely mountains? As the glowing flames...

"The Body on Fire Inside Me" by Julia Watson

Jul 10, 20221 min read

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"The Body on Fire Inside Me" by Julia Watson

woke up new / limbs less / charred & / hot head hot collared / lightning bugs wink / in out / the mountain’s curve / can you...

"Still Life with Frying Pan, Fight, and Flower Pot" & "Mr. S" by Frances Klein

Jul 10, 20222 min read

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"Still Life with Frying Pan, Fight, and Flower Pot" & "Mr. S" by Frances Klein

Still Life with Frying Pan, Fight, and Flower Pot How beautiful it is to break an egg into the waiting pan to repot a plant grown too...

Jul 10, 20221 min read

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"a/c" by Taylor Devlin

vapor-compression constant inside bedroom the hot condensed by water compressed then carried away by water every slight abnormal buzz...

Jul 10, 20221 min read

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"Penchant" by Anna Abraham Gasaway

Peach juice trickles down fingers, to knuckles, to wrists to elbows on a sweltering Northwest Indiana day. The steel in the air...

"How the Girl Became a Poet" by Mathieu Cailler

Jun 27, 20221 min read

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"How the Girl Became a Poet" by Mathieu Cailler

For Lyuba Yakimchuk In a vast bomb shelter, hundreds of citizens cup candles. The soft light gives a warm hue to the coldness, and the...

Jun 27, 20221 min read

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"Untitled" by Brianne Reilly

silver tongued words fall from my lips as the clock strikes midnight suspend me take me to new heights make me cum my Sunday dress hangs...

"In Shared Movement, the Clocks Stop", "The Knowledge of Loss"...by Oisín Breen

Jun 27, 20222 min read

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"In Shared Movement, the Clocks Stop", "The Knowledge of Loss"...by Oisín Breen

In Shared Movement, the Clocks Stop Through me exists a succulent kaleidoscopy, Warmth through me and over me and in me, Moments...

"Driving Home", "Everblue, & "Island Saga" by Thomas Zimmerman

Jun 27, 20222 min read

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"Driving Home", "Everblue, & "Island Saga" by Thomas Zimmerman

Driving Home a Coltrane solo’s loping from the stereo. The GPS keeps chiding, “Route recalculating.” The music fills my head and chest. I...