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Feb 13, 20211 min read
To Make Curves - Sophia Lauer
i it is as easy as having sex, primal and delightful and intuitive. like sex, do it how you want, let them converge in a space or spread...
Feb 11, 20211 min read
To a dirty blonde girl in a purple, oversized coat from Goodwill - Hayley Stoddard
I felt her inside me, the little girl so frightened, a tear stained face looking around anxious and alone looking for a stay, an anchor...
Feb 10, 20213 min read
a full human being - Jo Lamm
another black body down. face smashed into the gravel like so many rocks driven over until they become the road; no relief from the...
Feb 9, 20211 min read
This is Not Normal - Stacy Doney
We were the grandchildren of cigarette burns And peacocks in the front yard. Of jumping into muddy pond water after frogs. Of blessings...
Feb 7, 20212 min read
Eighth Avenue Line - Allie Fehr
The clock hand spins Rounding the hours Of another late Manhattan night Awaiting our subway Our faces twist inward Drab air bats against...
Feb 5, 20212 min read
Revision is Always an Option - Jen Schneider
There’s a setting for every story and a season for all senses. Though not all pages pair with all potions, and not all parchment promises...
Feb 4, 20211 min read
Dust - Megan Michelotti
1. So many poems were written for you, 2. about you, but none of them with you. 3. You never even cared enough to read them. 4. I guess...
Feb 3, 20212 min read
Baldessari’s Urns - Carson P. Hardy
In 1966, John Baldessari burned his entire collection of paintings. The ashes were returned in Nine urns, One URN was the size used for...
Feb 2, 20211 min read
Anxiety - Reilly Cook
…latches onto the nearest passing thought like a leech on fickle flesh. it won’t pry or peel, but remains stuck like clothing left on...
Jan 31, 20211 min read
Crumble. - Laurie Montemurro
Just when I think I’m done, said everything that can be heard, reached the end of sharing it all Just when I think there are no more...
Jan 30, 20212 min read
Poetic System - Joan A. Vargas
The pumping won’t cease. It pumps. And it pumps. And it pumps. A poetic heart races with creative resilience. Never changing its left...
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Lives Lost in 2020 - Marsha Johansen
Stuart gave David a ride in his cab while still pursuing his lifelong dream creating African American art then bumped into Alan a...
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