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Oct 4, 20211 min read
Dana Rodney - Letter to a Childhood Friend
As for me, I am living tucked away beside a forgotten vineyard. Like me, the grown shaggy and fruitless, misshapen, thirsty for...


Oct 2, 20212 min read
I am not his sub. - Ma’Dussah Park Edmonds
I am not his sub. I am his wife. I am his college sweetheart. I am the mother of his children. I am his secretary at the office when she...


Sep 30, 20211 min read
Shower Thoughts - Kylan Carter
Did you know the word familiar has liar in it? Right there at the end. I’m not saying this for some well planned Extravagant metaphor,...


Sep 28, 20211 min read
Lost Girls - Taylor Marie Graham
Digging holes in the town hall Phantom birds flying through the atmosphere Soft strands among the trees Awake among the flames hot breath...


Sep 26, 20211 min read
My Garden in Shadow - Louise Novotny
My little garden is in shadow. Beyond the beige brick wall surrounding it, the sun shines. The tree outside the wall stretches its long,...


Sep 24, 20211 min read
this body - Noor Charif
i wonder how it would feel to feel good in this body to wake up and not wish this stomach away the only mountain there a home for a child...


Sep 22, 20214 min read
Christi Krug - The Hiccup Man
Two little monkeys jumping on the bed. When it’s raining, we jump from Theodore’s bed to the folding chair, but it’s a long way and...


Sep 20, 20212 min read
The Pleasures of Today - Ashley Brie Myers
Today is both ordinary and singular, for it is a Saturday in August in the midst of a pandemic, and I’m alone in Vermont. When I say...


Sep 18, 202110 min read
Bodies Of Women - Sylvia Woodham
Saturday night is the best time for training. No competition with juniors or masters teams crowding us out, making us feel like maybe two...


Sep 16, 202110 min read
Snowfall - Clarissa León
It was a winter night when my mother told us she deserved more. A car had stopped on the side of the road and she reminded us then about...


Sep 14, 20212 min read
Teeth - Martha Taylor
My cousin Jackie and I are five years old, standing on the shore of the Patuxent River, white sand under our bare feet, fine as ground...


Sep 12, 20211 min read
Naming Nail Polish - Corie Johnson
Last night I managed to renew my lease in my sleep indeed it did bring me worry not because I had plans to move but because of my...
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