Lies to Tell the Body and other poems by Alyse Bensel
To become the opposite of orgasm, I practiced ………..breathing with the cyst nestled in my left ovary, where the pelvic ………..bone juts up to [...]
Tight and other poems by Meg Johnson
I was not a child of product demonstrations. I would tie myself up in string. Each tug a prayer to be rescued from the midwest. I also wanted to be a villain, but no one knew [...]
Like Breath, Like Air by Mari Pack
Oh, for fuck’s sake when I die, don’t tell them I was full of life say instead, that I was air and that I swept through the valley of the damned in the deadest places [...]
End Times by Amy Saul-Zerby
I am a bridal registry at a sex shop. You are a plane crash. I am the dental records used to identify your corpse. Our teeth are the same, you know. All teeth are the same, [...]
The Prescription by Jenya Doudareva
It was about time to renew summer. Traditionally, a person or a group that had the necessary power would do it. It was unclear why it was done, or who in particular was [...]
Angry Young Man by Raphael Maurice
I dropkicked the Holy Book before the morning Mass. You don’t, barring dreamless sleeps & drugs, tend to believe all of that yourself. Don’t give yourself a pass. [...]
sometimes people ask me if i’m mad and i say no by Shy Watson
order me caviar you cheap fuck order me caviar my bones become dismantled in the rain what more could you want from me my tender fragility signed, i promise im interesting [...]
Vixen by Kieron Walquist
After Ma died, the fox appeared. Black-mittened, face and fur scorched in red, the vixen would prowl our neglected hayfield, prey on cottontail rabbits, pounce for moles deep [...]
Family of Four Lokos by Jane-Rebecca Cannarella
Stephanie, John, and Hector spent an evening in early July selling their art on a sidewalk in Old City. The money – all pooled together – was enough to buy plenty of Four [...]
#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 beneath into cool darkness. On my skin: worms and [...]
Nine by Sarah Boland
Fall left with a heavy sigh As the willow trees bid farewell to the leaves with tears in their eyes. The willows wish for them not to leave. On days I walk my brother to [...]
You are what you eat and I’m not meat by Edward Birt
Bacon. Ham. Sausage. Steak. None of this gets on my plate. Chops. Chorizo. Squid and offal. Divine to some, to me just awful! “Why?!” folks say – “Meat’s so [...]
scars and other stories by stefan lutter
Dim lights and crowded room shoes scuffing and embarrassed cell phones. Prominent man, stands, emphasizes his qualifications: family man, long-time resident, father, human [...]
church tit-mouse witch and other poems by Jacklyn Janeksela
so easy to call them chicken bones & even easier to read them should the weather be just right, clank a bell or a chime if you listen up, i’ll tell you where they came [...]
Planting Flowers and other poems by Paul Wiegel
Each one blooms a beginning. They look like white teacup tops, or like a lobes of the brain with all those tucks and folds carved or etched or buttoned down tight. In mid [...]
Slick as an Albino Seal from Knee to Toe and other poems by Jeremiah Driver
lit by moonlight, she said I want you to know I’m beautiful. Her shirt folded above her head like a jellyfish. She hid her nipples behind her knees, and seemed afraid, on [...]
Dark Cloud by Jenya Doudareva
He hid inside Nimbostratus Gardens. Heavy damp smell of vegetation filled his throat and made his glasses foggy. For a gracious minute he was alone and unseeing, navigating [...]
ross from friends emoji set by chuck young
two smiling mouths / pressed against each / other gospeling secrets / down ticklish throats. / personal history roleplay / the intimacy of nostalgia / i like to think of [...]
Sadness and other poems by George Franklin
I talk about sadness as though she were a dinner guest Who’s overstayed her welcome. It’s one in the morning and She’s still here chattering about philosophy, asking [...]
