2nd Place Poetry Contest Winner - Bella Cosentino
THE FAVORITE my mother and I argue whether the burger is raw. she was hospitalized from...
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Oct 4, 20232 min read
3rd Place Poetry Contest Winner - Ella Lukowiak
what it feels like to drown I. it is slow, the cold settles into bones unused to the weight of water lodged in socks and coat pockets you...
Sep 28, 20231 min read
…astray… - Nirvana Margaret
I don’t believe in wishes and yet I find myself wishing I could hear echos of your thoughts across sunsets and beneath words spoken for...
Sep 22, 20231 min read
blueberries and basil - Jarrett Adamson
I see you in impossible saturation and at an incredible distance. I’m a perennial being holding onto an annual bloom — you’re perfectly...
Sep 18, 20231 min read
On These Nights Out To Drink Away One’s Sorrows - Carmen Corridan
You nearly spew lemon vodka but rough peels wedge your throat. You use that as an excuse for the tears when the strobe lights neon your...
Sep 16, 20231 min read
Ophelia I - Lauren Genevieve Smith
Take the flowers from the ground to weave into a wedding crown. Don the finest gown you own. Wander from the house alone. Into the night...
Sep 14, 20231 min read
Everything - Molly Dickin
I didn’t realize how many feelings Were left unfelt while you were gone Until I was in your arms again Smiling into your lips and feeling...
Sep 12, 20231 min read
Waiting - Noah Reese-Clauson
I’m as sentimental as I’ve been. You’re my friend. I’m tired of waiting— For happiness. For what others take for granted. For the world...
Sep 7, 20231 min read
Rewind - Hayden Robinson
Leaves that flew away from our hands crumble in my mind like sand. Smiles and twirls of the curls in your hair turn dark and grey the...
Sep 5, 20231 min read
In Another Life - Sophia Alexeivana
The porch squeaks as I make my way outside And sneakily find my way into the nook of your neck It feels like we’re twentysomethings again...
Sep 1, 20231 min read
Hands on a Hard Body - Lucy Steward
First published in Poet's Choice. Hands on a hard body, that’s what we were A tangle of broken bones, souls slowly interwoven into...
Aug 28, 20231 min read
all you need is one good disaster friend - Megan Rilkoff
When the heat wave set records in Albuquerque by 6am, I sat in my closet and called my disaster friend in Chicago. She listened, murmured...
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