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...
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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 9, 202312 min read
Lana Lang - Rocio Carranza
She had a choice, it was hers alone to make. Yet, the consequences were not hers alone to endure. ~ We laid side-by-side in the center of...
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 3, 20233 min read
Dream Dance - K Guerin
She wanted a boy to ask her out so badly. Wanted someone to look at her the way that she looked at high blonde ponytails and rail-thin...
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 30, 20232 min read
Asbury Park - Marisa Cimbal
To A.F. and C.F. Walking on the beach in Asbury Park, the waves creeping up my calves, the sun peeking out behind the clouds, I saw...
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...
Aug 26, 20234 min read
The Evolution of Depression - Gretchen Corsillo
It’s nearly 11:30pm, and you’re driving alone on the highway, singing along to Pearl Jam in your best (unintentional) Eddie Vedder voice....
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