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the sun shouts at us in tongues and other poems by William James

The sun shouts at us in tongues through the tower window. Calls us by name & we hide ourselves from its gaze. From the plague of crows circling en masse. They carried our [...]

January 20, 2017

How were we to know? by Daniel Von der Embse

April 1, 2015

A small, scented patch of paper is all that remains of the time we lived together above the all-night barbershop on [...]
Lies to Tell the Body and other poems by Alyse Bensel

March 5, 2017

To become the opposite of orgasm, I practiced ………..breathing with the cyst nestled in my left ovary, where [...]
I am my own planet by Meg Johnson

March 22, 2019

I don’t suffer from night terrors, but if I ever do, I hope I scream out, Neely O’Hara! I could scream this out while [...]
Coffee Stains by Christina Murphy

December 1, 2013

Carrying a Starbucks Venti with double cream down the steps, he trips, hits his head, and the coffee spills out into a small [...]
Shake Loose by Claire Stamler-Goody

August 2, 2017

Adam used to love his phone. He carried it everywhere and every time it buzzed, he melted. He fidgeted whenever the battery [...]
days i can’t carry by anna meister

June 1, 2015

Road trips are a good way to test compatibility. I know I love him because he doesn’t irritate me all that much even when [...]
A Modern Yiddish Dictionary by Mari Pack

March 23, 2017

I. The old Ashkenazim at my office say “nuu” when they want something like fucking Israeli teenagers they are restless, [...]
Bitter Witness and other poems by Jerry McGinley

February 14, 2017

The icy-eyed moon gnashes her razor teeth, shrieks like a wounded possum, glares at the starry-eyed lovers who pledge [...]
The Politicks of My Body by Jacklyn Janeksela

February 13, 2017

The politicks of my body goes like this. It’s none of your fucking business. My body is mine –whatever that means, but [...]
The King of Hearts is the Loneliest of Kings and other poems by Steve Passey

February 18, 2019

The King of Hearts is the Loneliest of Kings Scars and Tattoos: Every scar is a story; a tattoo is just someone else’s [...]
Vending Machine Press Issue #6

October 1, 2014

Dear Readers, Welcome to the new issue of Vending Machine Press. We would to thank everyone in the writing community for [...]
Sight-Seeing New York City Fall 2001 by Jonathan Church

September 4, 2017

A blind man steps onto the N train at 59th Street. He turns his head and seems to wait for a stranger to gently grasp his [...]

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