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#100 and other poems by Elizabeth Schmuhl

I have a certain fantasy: the earth that holds me swallows me deliberately. No one digs me a grave. What a luxury to slip [...]
What Light Makes a Star? by Joanna C. Valente & Stephanie Valente

who i decide to take as a lover might be one of life’s great mysteries – listen lover, when you ask me if there are [...]
My Empty Stomach by Ashlie Allen

I am too dizzy to eat, though the lemon cake smells good. She made it for me because she knows I am sad. We will argue when [...]
Interview with Elizabeth Schmuhl

What was your early life like? Where did you grow up? During the week, when not at dance or school, I was out playing in the [...]
Three Poems by M.F Nagel

Love or a trick of light Somewhere East of the the pale moons of twilight Cometh the iceman Sing ‘in memory in vespers’ [...]
Interview with Jenya Doudareva

1. What was your early life like? Where did you grow up? I was born in Russia and lived there until my teenage years when I [...]
Example 52 by JD DeHart

That lack of response to my chance Good Morning, the stare when I wave hello, yet another example of why I dislike most [...]
Three poems by Eileen Hennessy

ABOUT MAKING MY HOME About making my home smaller and clearer: I am past caring for your expectations. I’m rediscovering [...]
In Retrospect and other poems by Z.M.Wise

I should have looked both ways. I should have seen your forceful wishes to confuse me into mental paralysis. If I should [...]
Six Poems by Daniel Burttram

Another Draw She waits for him in their car, out in the parking lot, hoping that a train won’t pass—cutting through [...]
SALT AND LIGHT ~ A COVENANT by Lisa Harris

I. Evil, like most things, takes time to grow— small steps taken and subtle masks worn, nudges and whispers, a wink and a [...]
All types of powerlessness by Ashlie Allen

I like when I get dizzy and feel like talking about my misery after drinking. I can admit I am suicidal and laugh about it. [...]