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June’s suspicious eyes by Raphael Maurice

You would say root and I saw it, the deep goodness of brittle earth. Blossom, you’d sing, as I licked my lips & fell against a hill of dirt, laughing at this, our good [...]

March 15, 2017

Poetry Quintet by Jessica Mehta

Ma’am, I Am Tonight Rare are the great moments recognized in the making. That night in Nashville, the rooftop, the five of [...]
Two Poems by Raphael Maurice

My Better Life in the Country I suppose I should tell of the things I liked here. I liked the way hay bales looked [...]
Another Word For ‘Birthday Hamster’ by Laura Pavlo

There were one thousand “e”’s in the “please” Lucia’s son sung into the pet store window as he furiously pressed [...]
Out on the Eastern Slopes and other stories by Steve Passey

My Grandfather hunted. My father hunted. Everyone we knew hunted. Everyone knew someone on the reserve. A treaty card allows [...]
expletive exclamation comma by Lindsey Thäden

Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton First Presidential Debate, 2016 Broadcast by NBC at Hofstra University Hempstead, NY [...]
When the sun is close and other poems by Miriam Calleja

What do you do if you’re that close to the edge, And you don’t know how you got there? How do you feel when, Just by [...]
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 [...]
I just wanted to be sinister and other poems by Stephanie Valente

it’s just a little drop of blood on my shirt collar, nothing really – the lipstick is harder to rub out. [...]
Versions of the Truth by Richard King Perkins II

For J.P. In gym class, I saw his legs five times a week for three years of middle school. Those tortured limbs never stopped [...]
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, [...]
Two Poems by Jenya Doudareva

Tightly Packed Sardines Forget the niceties And note the following: While you are tightly packed Like sardines in a can, [...]
Seasonally Affected and Disordered by Judith Cody

Sky stuffed with leaden clouds seeming ready to suffocate like a soggy pillow feeling like the regulation issue California [...]