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Mar 7, 20211 min read
Dominique Rispoli - Bipolar II
The realities that live in our head are our own worst nightmares that we can’t wake up from. A droplet turns into a whole tsunami, and...
Mar 5, 20211 min read
A Night Out - Aurora Roelofs
Words from my Friday bend into playlists, mascara in one hand, a drink fills my fist. I perfectly curl my dark-brown eyelashes, while the...
Mar 4, 20211 min read
Whole - Konrad Ehresman
I see how you wait for him, hoping the warmth of your breath will be enough for him to bloom into the man you deserve, but it won’t be....
Mar 3, 20212 min read
The Girl Inside Me - Eros Salvatore
When I was a little boy, I felt a girl sleeping inside of me. “Who are you?” I would whisper. “I don’t know,” she would answer. “But I’m...
Feb 28, 20211 min read
A Sonnet for a 13-year-old - Alia Clark
I wanna be a bowling ball something strong that can withstand hit after hit so my seventh grade self wearing purple glitter knows that...
Feb 27, 20211 min read
Marriage - Billie Mears
Belief follows sharp lifts and sweet hugs in a long marriage, surprising us even when rocks are encountered and bite at the throat,...
Feb 21, 20212 min read
Like Honey - Nichelle Taylor
Like honey, his words, sweet and gooey, dripped from his lips as bait, lured me in with each kiss, each whisper. I ran from my nest,...
Feb 20, 20211 min read
Single, Female, 27 - Alexandra McIntosh
Wind pulls at the Dogwood branches like travel photos of influencers holding their lover’s hand. Follow me—I think that’s the idea? Like...
Feb 19, 20211 min read
Missing the Connection - Kara Schwartz
January does not make nice. But, we are going into the light again. Soon the air, which is brittle and crunchy like Spider roll bones,...
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Vigil - Emily Benson
The wine on my lips is Unsanctified Full Heavy with berries, rich in Languid summer heat Lips parted on a red so deep Ochre, mercury,...
Feb 17, 20211 min read
The Clash - Mary Kloster
I follow my heart more than my mind Often to my own misfortune. Should I stay or should I go? I always stay, my heart Taking the driver’s...
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