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Jun 27, 20222 min read

"Ljubljana", "Small Window", "Benchmark"...by Frederick Pollack

Ljubljana “I knew he was in love with me,” she said, “but my new, wealthy husband, then one by one the children, those who lived and...

Jun 27, 20221 min read

poetry

"4 Poems" by Mark Jackley

POEM ON THE PAGE catch me, save me from the page. STANDARD OBIT fun size of this side MY EASTER ISLAND The hay bales will return. The...

"It doesn't need to be easy to love you" & "maxilla" by Sam Moe

Jun 27, 20223 min read

poetry

"It doesn't need to be easy to love you" & "maxilla" by Sam Moe

It doesn’t need to be easy to love you I want to come into your grief house and sit beside you. We don’t need to open the windows, we can...

"Clematis Vines" & "Beauty-Seeker" by Alina Hanusiak

Jun 27, 20221 min read

poetry

"Clematis Vines" & "Beauty-Seeker" by Alina Hanusiak

CLEMATIS VINES for Agata I. Like entwined vines of clematis pink —with invisible beginning and no visible end— we create a...

"Currying Forms", "On the Hacking of His Facebook Account"...by Ben Nardolilli

Jun 27, 20222 min read

poetry

"Currying Forms", "On the Hacking of His Facebook Account"...by Ben Nardolilli

Currying Forms See all this? I use this as an excuse to avoid cooking, learning about it, shopping for ingredients, setting down recipes,...

Jun 27, 20221 min read

poetry

"Small Daughter" by Peter Mladinic

I don’t remember begging my father for a leather whip, but he bought my brother and me leather whips in upstate New York the summer we...

"hello sister, hello sun" by Freedom Strange

Jun 12, 20221 min read

poetry

"hello sister, hello sun" by Freedom Strange

an approximation of sunlight on my red/gold curls the sidewalk cracks and the flowers that push through. i've always envied your...

"never/more" & "indigestible" by Jane Ayres

Jun 12, 20221 min read

poetry

"never/more" & "indigestible" by Jane Ayres

never/more fossilised (in) merciless stitches sugar-coated (gift wrapped) making your move (not without risk) hoarding moments that...

“Doomsday Turnstile” & “I Carry a Shovel” by M. E. Silverman

Jun 12, 20221 min read

poetry

“Doomsday Turnstile” & “I Carry a Shovel” by M. E. Silverman

Doomsday Turnstile The turnstile cranks. With every turn, another person slides toward doomsday. A camera clicks. A picture captures the...

Jun 12, 20221 min read

poetry

"Full Stop World" by Lawrence Moore

You canter on for years and years with abstract hopes, with shallow fears, complacency to hold your hand, ellipsis, comma, ampersand. One...

Jun 12, 20221 min read

poetry

"Circulaire" by Bex Hainsworth

La Rochelle, France It’s been ten years since I sat in the dust by the side of a dirt road, dry grass prickling my legs. Lonely girl,...

Jun 12, 20221 min read

creative nonfiction

"Queen of Wrath" by Russell Hehn

My 27-year-old mother is forever blasting down the bubbling asphalt of late-summer Mississippi in a sky-blue 1978 Mercury Cougar—so wide...

"Concrète Dasein", "Syllabic Idyllic", "Revenge of Venus"...by Rose Knapp

Jun 12, 20221 min read

poetry

"Concrète Dasein", "Syllabic Idyllic", "Revenge of Venus"...by Rose Knapp

Concrète Dasein What if Dasein encompassed the theoretical And the concrete? What if Dasein is A type of alien music? What if Dasein was...

“Moonlight in Paradise", “Betrayal", “The Countess"...by Eric Burgoyne

Jun 12, 20222 min read

poetry

“Moonlight in Paradise", “Betrayal", “The Countess"...by Eric Burgoyne

Moonlight in Paradise A vacant lifeguard tower twelve feet over damp sand guards long since gone moonlit clouds softly shifting sitting...

"the wedding feast at east haven" by w v sutra

Jun 12, 20222 min read

poetry

"the wedding feast at east haven" by w v sutra

it was in the elks lodge at east haven Connecticut that the wedding guest saw his failure clear its bitter taste mingling with weak...

Jun 12, 20222 min read

poetry

"Drunken Jazzy Night" by Daniel Groves

The piano sits resolute, awaiting its Shirley As cigar smoke and alcohol aroma fills the air. The jazz band preps; the bass, the...

"Unburied State of Life", "Deadheading Grief"...by Sage Ravenwood

Jun 12, 20224 min read

poetry

"Unburied State of Life", "Deadheading Grief"...by Sage Ravenwood

Unburied State of Life Spread fingered, bent knuckle crawling, my hands thrust deep in the moistened loam. I bring a handful of fresh...

Jun 12, 20221 min read

poetry

"Fear Himself" by Ivor Daniel

Fear fills my Roadworks Stomach. Scares Butterfly Breath. Fear is a Shiver on Sunlit Days. FearForgets Hope. BegetsFear. Fear is...

"Morning Machinery", "On Pound's Free Verse", & "Flesh Locomotive" by William Doreski

Jun 12, 20222 min read

poetry

"Morning Machinery", "On Pound's Free Verse", & "Flesh Locomotive" by William Doreski

Morning Machinery, New Orleans Fleshy, aortic piping clutches a ribbed metal building. Industrial chic. Fencing to ward off grinning...

"I Still Don't Understand How Cameras Work" by Kelli Lage

Jun 12, 20221 min read

poetry

"I Still Don't Understand How Cameras Work" by Kelli Lage

Because there you are living, with your smile screaming in my face. While your body rests under grass today. I believe not all of you is...