"Rogue" by Katy Naylor
I always found it funny that Rogue’s skin held so much power that her touch could take you whole knock you out suck you dry The thought...
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Apr 3, 20221 min read
"Rien de rien" & "Alice" by Annick Yerem
Rien de rien You now believe you know me. You send letters laced with praise, stories about your good daughter. But I remember I was like...
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"Sweet Corn", "Memory Is a Broken Disguise", & "My Father Is a Human Curse" by Anastasia DiFonzo
Sweet Corn You were tough as beetroot, cracked skin and bloodstains, seeped through my guts until my waste was only you. I was loose...
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"Cheap Beer, Madden and Hold 'em", "Active Shooter 101"... by Matt McGuirk
CW: references to violence Cheap Beer, Madden and Hold ‘em How would I have known there was so much more, just a kid with a 30 rack of...
Apr 3, 20222 min read
"Tuesdays in February", "Why do storms have names", & "Council Estates"...by Sean Smith
Tuesdays in February Distracted, I stare blankly out the window- The frosted glass obscures The view I'm not even looking at. People pass...
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"The Balloon Artist," & "The Farmer and the Alien" by Tanya Sangpun Thamkruphat
The Balloon Artist For many years, I was a clown traveling and performing with an infamous circus company. I enjoyed sparking smiles and...
Apr 3, 20221 min read
"To a Photograph of Someone I Don't Know Named Orene" & "Recipe For Losing" by Kyla Houbolt
To a Photograph of Someone I Don't Know Named Orene Orene your name makes me want to sit down at an oilcloth covered table and eat...
Apr 3, 20222 min read
"Hedone", "The Cruise" and "Little Beast Upside Down" by Joan García Viltró
Hedone I take pleasure in telling the truth, in not telling all the truth, in not telling lies, in hiding so everyone can have a good...
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"Gerty", "Spit", and "Blush" by Arden Hunter
Gerty He had a binder clip holding his hat together. It was one of the first things people noticed when they met him, though most were...
Apr 3, 20221 min read
"Fear", "Forgiveness", "Scent of Sorrow", & "Rose Petals in Your Mouth" by Chella Courington
Fear It isn’t the tumor then but the tumor remembered cut from the breast the breast chiseled from the bone rising in dreams or at the...
Apr 3, 20222 min read
"Former Lives In Last Night's Dream", "Kite", & "The Girl Who Spoke Swords" by Tim Moder
Former Lives In Last Night’s Dream I follow her through candlelit mazes. I watch her bathe herself in flowers, painting her wings one...
Apr 3, 20221 min read
"1984" by Lorraine Murphy
I bet I'll forget the clammy shirt collar, sheepskin lined coat and brown angola school jumper, uncle-close to my skin in the September...
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"Midnight Apple Picking" & "For Amelia" by David Hay
Midnight Apple Picking In the harsh despondency of night, When tears have dived into their sepulchers And the mists, heavy with every...
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"Advice" & "Chicago" by Lisa Thornton
Advice Don’t be stupid he said to her and I saw the cannonball leave him and hit her splintering her sternum and entering the cavern...
Mar 20, 20221 min read
"Honeydew" by Courtenay S. Gray
For Stewart Nestled in the coves of Paris, with amaretto biscuits and an egg cup of espresso, I listen for your call. As the daylight...
Mar 20, 20221 min read
"self-portrait as your worry-stone" by Liane St. Laurent
I taste of salt. salt of the ocean and salt of your palm. you move your thumb back and forth / back and forth across my back / across my...
Mar 20, 20222 min read
"A Reflection at 35,000 Feet" by Saroya Whatley
Flying west as the sun sets It’s like we’re trying to catch the last bit of light Before the night rolls in, Vainly attempting to remain...
Mar 20, 20222 min read
"North Fork of the Skykomish", "Thursday Night", "Fall gently"...by Mercedes Lawry
North Fork of the Skykomish She stands in the hurry of the river. Sunlight bends among Sitka spruce. Memories loll in shady places and...
Mar 20, 20221 min read
"There Is a Penny Under My Tongue" by Lindsey Heatherly
I cannot hold this muscle, this lashed-out grit turned limp. It tastes of metal and Vienna sausages straight from the can. Straight down...
Mar 20, 20221 min read
“Emotional Regulation” and "May 4" by Eva Swiecki
“Emotional Regulation” CW: Suicidal Ideation My boyfriend thinks I have issues with “emotional regulation.” “Yelling…” he says, “I can’t...
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