"Coordinates of Relief and Anxiety" by Shikha Valsalan
I see her in my bed, her body a few inches away from mine. Almost as tall as me, but not quite yet. She is fast asleep. Hands clasped...
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May 42 min read
"Moments in Seashells" by Andrea Damic
Inspired by the painting Beklemek (meaning: to wait), by Müfide Kadri (Turkey), 1890-1912 we feel it on our skin / the silvery powder...
May 42 min read
"Seventh-Inning Stretch," "Home Run," & "Spring Ball" by Jared Povanda
Seventh-Inning Stretch Horn-rimmed glasses and pants pressed free of creases. My arms around your middle, chin cradled by your shoulder....
May 41 min read
"Prozac Ocean" & "I Remember the Dolphin Tattoo On Your Shoulder Blade" by Joe Barca
Prozac Ocean the land is too small people tend to crowd the tide speaks to me in rhythmic intonations I spend time with fulmars, gulls,...
Mar 312 min read
"To Jessica Schwartz, From Your Designated Demon:" by Katherine Schmidt & Natalie Wolf
To Jessica Schwartz, From Your Designated Demon: In 6,000 years of existence, I have never had anyone summon me over 200 times in a...
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Mar 311 min read
"[A Continuous Note]" by Ray Corvi
A continuous note Played on a violin Suddenly stops For a moment It even looked As if I wouldn’t bleed Then the marionette climbs back up...
Mar 311 min read
"and yes, I believe that somewhere still, my reflection is walking away from me" by Megan Busbice
The black-and-white corridor smells of the memory of cigarettes, parables of ash caught above the coating of clorox. each step documents...
Mar 311 min read
"Enough" by Ralph Culver
In barely a whisper he muttered the cat’s name. She sat, ignoring him, by the sliding glass doors in the dining room, where out in the...
Mar 311 min read
"It’s On Its Way To Me Now" by Melissa Bernal Austin
It’s nighttime, and I sit wondering if I might be serial killered out here in my own backyard. It’s unlikely, I know. So I remind myself,...
Mar 312 min read
"Vascular System" by Travis Nichols
Maybe I’ll never die. Or maybe I will. Unknown pulses push through the space I’m also in. Thank you. Love is different than I expected....
Mar 312 min read
"It Is Winter, I Had No Choice" by Israel Okonji
the irregularity of monotonousness is now absorbed. the obduracy observed from white paper that was glued to its kind did not...
Mar 311 min read
"Joyride" by Maxine Chen
I leapt out my bedroom window onto my Nimbus 2000. A couple putting up pictures of their son. The bobbing of a go-getter on her daily...
Mar 312 min read
"Black Moon Lilith", "Where is the Center of Gravity?", "Pilgrimage in the Shape of a Prayer" & "As the Earth Does Her Dance With the Sun" by Naomi Ruth Lowinsky
A Word from the Poet: My poem “Madelyn Dunham, Passing On” won first prize in the Obama Millennium Contest. I also have won the Blue...
Mar 311 min read
"Old Royal Oak" by C.C. Apap
once, wandering a half-dressed, bare street—lithe and light, she led me to a bench. and forever we sat in the warm dusk, before I had the...
Mar 312 min read
"nobody told me being sober sucks" by Jack Moody
they didn’t they lied the sun would burn brighter and mornings would sail along like a great enveloping soul they said that nights would...
Mar 173 min read
"Hemingway" by Mauricio Velazquez
Hemingway could not grab a shotgun and shoot himself. He lacked the arms to do so. His namesake would be horrified at the circumstances....
Mar 172 min read
"Heartbreak in All Forms" & "Journey of Tears" by Ashlee Hoskins
Heartbreak in All Forms Heartbreak is more than just a lover. It comes in many shapes and sizes. Once from a favorite plate shattered in...
Mar 172 min read
"After the precondition" & "In the customary fashion" by Townes-Thomas
After the precondition A history of seedless planning resolved itself in purple sheets for local consul swaddling; the council...
Mar 172 min read
"Lost in the Forest", "Event Horizon", & "Volition" by Hossein Sobhani
Lost in the Forest Corsage curated for your chest, I am wearing emerald to match your eyes as we go in the forest for a walk. I point to...
Mar 173 min read
"Home Feeling", "House of Green Chairs", & "What Survives" by A. Jenson
Home Feeling I woke up to rain and pain in my stomach eagles chittering and a barge blare staring outside at the devouring grey bleeding...
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