prose poetry

"Preserving Ecosystems" & "My Fading Reds" by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury

Preserving Ecosystems Three generations—one of each, huddled around the living room at evening tea, our ancient shawls against the...

"Lactic Acid" by Jenny Wong

Overseas. I lie awake again. Attempt to reconcile the hollows of old debts. I think of inheritance. Parents. Grandparents. The way my...

"Mrs. Hasty’s geese", "Part-time protester" & "The light of others" by Derville Quigley

Mrs. Hasty’s geese We swung into Hasty’s yard in our Datsun Bluebird, holding the car door shut with baler twine. My granny swapped soap...

"What Scares A Mountain" by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury

I am a snow-capped mountain, my flesh—old Himalayan terrain. Weathering winds from the poles I lay barren—uprooting seeds before they can...

"We need the rest to scour the sea" by Leslie Cairns

I’m weird, I say into saltine-air: dry, and untasting. I forget what I used to like to do, when I’d envelop boys and come back for more,...

“Summer School: 19” & “Summersalt” by Ruby Rorty

Summer School: 19 The summer I learned to swim I also learned that one can survive three sticky months on popsicle melt and Lou Reed....

"Red and Green Apples" by Faiza Bokhari

The plane swayed a little, and Leena steadied herself against the small bathroom sink. The ground beneath her felt sticky. Her reflection...

"Still Life with Frying Pan, Fight, and Flower Pot" & "Mr. S" by Frances Klein

Still Life with Frying Pan, Fight, and Flower Pot How beautiful it is to break an egg into the waiting pan to repot a plant grown too...

“Snorkmaiden” by Tom Snarsky

I spent $100 on pizza and gas today. It was nice pizza and regular gas. I don’t really have $100 to spend in this way because I owe a lot...

"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...

"Re:Vision" by Howie Good

Among the few items on the store shelves were jars of contaminated baby food, flags of no known country, and slippers made of bubble wrap...

"New York, A Town That Is Swell" by Stephen Snowder

New York is a town that contains many people. The people are like rats, except instead of tails they have no tails and instead of four...