"The slow return to dust" by Gavin Turner
The neighbour’s cat licks its lips, and mimics a human hello In our bottom of the bag road We are people who see, but are not seen...
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"Splitting times with my hands" by Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi
I I think the rooms in my books were amusing moments after I rang it to their ears that there is still a sea of words to stack to the...
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"My Darling" and "Perhaps Someday, I Will Find A Word..." by John Chinaka Onyeche
My Darling i woke up this forenoon as every thought of you walls around me i turn to the side of the bed in search the sweet wet bouquet...
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"Last Shot Down" by Paige Johnson
My palms sweat on the bottle of Bacardi, But it’s claustrophobia of my phone, Not the temperature of the room That my fingers cry for and...
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"the history of our school" by w v sutra
the history of our school is a history of love of lovers lowered through the night on ropes through dormitory windows swarming up...
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"The World is Full of Academics" by Matthew Freeman
Oh, I tried to tell it slant but I guess I didn't tell it slant enough. Like any of the old fuckers I thought I was slippery and...
Mar 6, 20228 min read
"Of Naming Convention & Recollections" by Jennifer Schneider
to long to remember __ flavors of home__ from too long ago 1. A favorite breakfast food 2. A favorite pantry item 3. Another favorite...
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"A Song for George" by Andrea Taylor
You reminded me death is a part of life itself even as we live. Winter has always been my favorite, February feels free somehow, full of...
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"A Sestina" by Anne S. Crossey
I thought this poem would be easy to write But fitting it into a prescribed form Proves difficult. I start to wonder If I have made a...
Feb 20, 20221 min read
"Devotion" and "Broda, look wetin you don cause" by Ayoola Goodness Olanrewaju
Devotion ‘After this manner therefore pray ye’ Matthew 6:9 (KJV) I hide Behind The Mouth Of My Son And whisper, God, are you listening to...
Feb 20, 20221 min read
"The Call" and "Regina" by Corinna Board
THE CALL Drawn to the edge— that tug from within, that umbilical hook. Hand of God, or my own mind? It doesn’t really matter. The void...
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"For Y" by Stephen J. Golds
As I was leaving her apartment one afternoon, she took me by the hand and led me around her building to the garage. Showed me the...
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"Into the Morning" by David Hay
Language falls from the sky, As my eyes, fleshly opened, After two days Drinking straight, Lungs full of the black weeds of time,...
Feb 20, 20222 min read
"I still want you, moon", "crying on new year’s 12:01am"...by Nicole Callräm
I still want you, moon after Brenda Shaughnessy I read righteous rage of a poet telling you to fuck off calling out all the ways you...
Feb 20, 20222 min read
"Let it ride", "Calle Sin Salida (Dead End Street)", and "It’s the only way" by Damien Posterino
Let it ride He has always been relentless when it comes to the chase. As a boy tossing coins for sweets, luck was his sugary hit. All the...
Feb 20, 20223 min read
"Macbeth and Hamlet down the Haçienda" by Ivor Daniel
a drum a drum and bass and bass and bass deep reverb echoes off my face my cranium thin vibrating party walls I knew this...
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"The Wobbling Moon" by Merril D. Smith
The world courses on arhythmic heartbeats, now too fast, now too slow-- vulture-winged clouds swoop, then fly, circling just beyond...
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"to stand still and yearn to go", "good for you", and "sunlight incarnate" by Tamara Bašić
to stand still and yearn to go you sit in silence, ground moving beneath the soles of your shoes, beneath the tracks; cities rushing by,...
Feb 20, 20223 min read
"Poem for People Who Say They Don’t Pray", "Poem for Sylvia Plath"... by Nicole Tallman
Poem for People Who Say They Don’t Pray This is a poem for those who say they don’t pray. Poem is a prayer. If you write, you pray. I...
Feb 20, 20222 min read
"Essential Services" by Ankit Raj
My cousin, the know-it-all procrastinator, Would rather host barbecues in his backyard Than sit at the shop his father bleeds his pension...
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