jacqueline markowski

Three Poems by Jacqueline Markowski

Mania Pulls six figures living paycheck to paycheck, a dry tongue away from homelessness. It takes out steel window loans sticky with mafia points. Mania minimizes its [...]

February 1, 2015

Two Poems by Benjamin Blake

March 19, 2016

Capilano and Marine Cheap car stereo sings an overplayed radio rock song As little rivers run down the dirty windshield [...]
Four Poems by Dorothy Chan

January 7, 2017

Sonnet XXV: Hong Kong Crabs Hold on for Dear Life Hong Kong crabs are holding on for dear life as Dad takes the tongs and I [...]
Grocery List by Elizabeth Bolton

August 21, 2017

There is, here in my hand, a small blue rectangle of grocery list like the looping invitation to a banquet that awaits and [...]
Science and Change and other poems by Sarah Sarai

October 23, 2017

I declined a knighthood honoring my heroic efforts at keeping heroism effortless, something I perfected while [...]
I WANT TO BE LIKE CIRCE POISONING THE SEA by DEIRDRE COYLE

March 19, 2016

When the god, Glaucus, fell in love with the sea nymph, Scylla, and Scylla rejected him, Glaucus went to the witch, [...]
Pollen for the un-buried monster by Ashlie Allen

March 12, 2017

Grandma sat on the steps with me, not to spend time but to show me mercy. “You stink, little man.” she coughed. “Are [...]
Ready for Texas by Nicole Bennett

December 10, 2016

Digging into the sweet potatoes with the two knives held between his ﬁngers like chopsticks, he asked me, “Where are [...]
I’ve Been Interrupted Here Before by Jenya Doudareva

August 7, 2017

Crowd pours onto the pavement like a viscous liquid. Swallows yesterday’s residue – traces of discarded food, pocket [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #8

February 1, 2015

Photo by: Johannes Huwe The very fine writers for Issue 8 are: Dying To Leave By Ashlie Allen French Press by Hannah White [...]
Snippet from Soft Opening by Alexandra Naughton

October 11, 2017

Playing with this power because I can and because it’s been done to me and it’s something I’ve always had and never [...]
End Times by Amy Saul-Zerby

March 2, 2017

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 [...]
Observer Effect by Jenya Doudareva

July 11, 2017

Sparrows flying close to the ground means that it will rain. Sparrows bathing in sand means that it will rain. Is that how [...]