poetry 9/38

Dec 12, 20231 min read

"Baggage" by Zakaylah Shyanne

I admit, there's nowhere left to bury you I've never been good at graveyards, at leaving what's dead behind there are so many corpses...

"Playground", "On The Edge" & "Heavens Open" by Melanie Joy

Dec 12, 20232 min read

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"Playground", "On The Edge" & "Heavens Open" by Melanie Joy

Playground I lie In a basket swinging, looking at the clouds, feeling a chilblain of sun on my face. Watching an Irish flag wave its...

"Remnants of You" by Shruthi Senthilnathan

Dec 12, 20232 min read

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"Remnants of You" by Shruthi Senthilnathan

I think of you more than I need to. I don't know how to make it stop. When I try to write, I find myself bursting with stories of you -...

"The New", "Scrub", "Fade" & "You Ask If I Want Children" by James Croal Jackson

Nov 26, 20231 min read

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"The New", "Scrub", "Fade" & "You Ask If I Want Children" by James Croal Jackson

The New If someone jumped I’d jump into the warm whatever of mid- May I’d not leap as the maneuver’s overused– I understand these liminal...

"dangerous breed", "other people", & "channeling the baddie" by J. Archer Avary

Nov 26, 20232 min read

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"dangerous breed", "other people", & "channeling the baddie" by J. Archer Avary

DANGEROUS BREED i was mauled by a dangerous breed in the Burger King carpark left me maimed, disfigured for life may as well been a...

Nov 26, 20231 min read

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"A Murder of Crows" by Alicia Hilton

“The pied au gratin is magnificent,” the waiter caws. “What sort of foot?” the husband squawks. “Free-range, organic,” the waiter caws....

"I Am Not Chewed Gum!" by Britney Garcia

Nov 26, 20232 min read

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"I Am Not Chewed Gum!" by Britney Garcia

At the tender age of 6 The pastor I saw every Sunday- The one with a booming voice And a blinding Cheshire grin- Spoke from a...

Nov 26, 20232 min read

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"Collector’s Item" by Dani Brokaw

The license plate on the garage wall once belonged to a farmer named Harold who suffered from hemorrhoids and didn’t love his wife. Every...

"Violoncello" & "That Scary Feeling Of The Being A Freed Balloon" by Kushal Poddar

Nov 26, 20231 min read

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"Violoncello" & "That Scary Feeling Of The Being A Freed Balloon" by Kushal Poddar

Violoncello In a Wednesday subway train, undulating, the fresh boyfriend tucks his girl in the U his hands make supported against the...

Nov 26, 20231 min read

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"Produce" by Devon Neal

“In the produce department, everything is dying, but there are two things still living— can you name those two things?” The district...

"I Hate Dreams", "Green”, "The Last Miracle of St. Nicholas", & "Body and Sol" by Aaron G.H.

Nov 26, 20232 min read

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"I Hate Dreams", "Green”, "The Last Miracle of St. Nicholas", & "Body and Sol" by Aaron G.H.

I Hate Dreams A synaptic celluloid that burns after every frame. Vivid realities inhabited/ experienced Constructed curiosities unwanted/...

Nov 12, 20231 min read

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"Farmers’ Market" by Luís Costa

instead of allowing myself to be happy I keep trying to find you exploring the tight curves of bell peppers, your laugh echoing within...

"Grandma’s Letter to Her Son in the Army" by Ifunanya Georgia Ezeano

Nov 12, 20232 min read

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"Grandma’s Letter to Her Son in the Army" by Ifunanya Georgia Ezeano

Maybe this is not a good day to write you but I will write you anyway. My son, you are a boy. Your heart is made like cheese, it goes...

Nov 12, 20231 min read

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"Slant" by Marc Isaac Potter

The slant The revocation of his voice We are revoking his voice from society His poet's piercing and longing Song of how things really...

"Distant Rumble" & "Get Your Perfection Off My Lawn!" by Peter Kaczmarczyk

Nov 12, 20231 min read

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"Distant Rumble" & "Get Your Perfection Off My Lawn!" by Peter Kaczmarczyk

Distant Rumble The child could hear the highway As he lay awake at night The distant rumble filled him with wonder Where were they all...

"I’m worried that I’m not following/the instructions" & "There is nothing about..." by Cailey Tin

Nov 12, 20232 min read

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"I’m worried that I’m not following/the instructions" & "There is nothing about..." by Cailey Tin

There is nothing about the dirt-smeared past that debates can’t rise from but people are now distracted with the argument that this...

Nov 12, 20231 min read

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"Incidental Passengers" by Andrea Damic

they journey together, on the breaths of winter blinking under streetlights, in twilight intricate, in their remarkable essence it’s...

"Darling (Sometimes)", "Darling (Always)" & "Rain" by Allison Thung

Nov 12, 20232 min read

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"Darling (Sometimes)", "Darling (Always)" & "Rain" by Allison Thung

Darling (Always) What lies behind those inscrutable eyes, darling? The longer I watch you gravitate towards that which glitters, the more...

Nov 12, 20231 min read

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"This Umbrella" by Will Staveley

I was talking to a friend of mine. It was early but we were both late out And we mouthed at the reflection In the other's eyes. And as we...

Nov 12, 20231 min read

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"En Garde" by Jackie Meekums-Hales

As ever, on the silent fields, wind whipped across the fresh-mowed grass. The grateful turbine blades were whizzing, whirring frantic...