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February 8, 2019 | Poetry

Pan and the Nanny Goat

Andrea Jurjevic

Pan and the Nanny Goat

                         After ancient Pompeii marble sculpture
 

The God of the Wild yanks his lover's chin hair, 
clasps her knee, his godhood fully aroused.

January 30, 2019 | Poetry

Two Poems 

Sophie Ruth

If I put on my socks from
seventh grade
if I told you I was made
of strawberry filling would you

January 28, 2019 | Poetry

w/ a poor understanding of language 

Christina Firl

"Intake" and "Progress"

January 24, 2019 | Poetry

The Tension

Leisha Douglas

THE TENSION

Sliced peach cool

under fresh yoghurt,

steaming creamy coffee,

the slow, dark wake of an October morning.

Difficult to pull myself

away from comfort and

the waves of

January 22, 2019 | Poetry

Three poems 

Marcia Arrieta

fire inherent spectrum

 

the martyr no longer I walk beyond the cradle the peach tree the alphabet

a horizon infused revolution imagine the light the door in the mountain

stitches of time

January 16, 2019 | Poetry

Along With the Memory

Ana Cottle

 

along with the memory

 

The height of fall.  The streets are buried in leaves.  Morning is rising.  Red-tinged shadows extend over the green, crunchy carpets.  The air took on its own

January 15, 2019 | Poetry

Two Poems 

Yasmine Eve Lucas

MEASUREMENTS

How great must a shock be to determine X number of years? We go to therapists to answer such questions. To be told: shock of nth degree yields so many years. Powers on which to

January 10, 2019 | Poetry

Two Poems 

Cassie Garison

Reverse Invocation 
 

To the god of thresholds: for is it not
tradition to call upon a deity

with a voice crackling like the lull
of aged leaves, of a petal shifted

by wind. To the

January 9, 2019 | Poetry

dogged night 

JoAnna Novak

dogged night

the moon is black

or green i go

a little nuts

flaying flowers

from the brocade

i cord the stems

& swallow the steak

tenderloin

January 7, 2019 | Poetry

Hollowing in Three Parts

Janika Oza

Hollowing in Three Parts

 

 

1

Although it’s the last day of September and the talons of winter have taken hold and although between the two of you you’ve lost sixty-five pounds in the

January 4, 2019 | Poetry

Two Poems 

Adriane Quinlan

America

The radio is on a pledge drive

and living in America

is starting to feel like staying 

in the bad hotel.

Nothing to hear but selling

or silence. I’m thinking of the

January 2, 2019 | Poetry

Two Poems

Sara Mae

Ja

I keep writing about orgasms as crying & then I think about that.
I spent too much money on baby pink earrings & ginger
because the men in my life believe me & still starch their

December 31, 2018 | Poetry

Happy New Year

Emily Alexander

I tried to look / like I was looking for someone above...

December 28, 2018 | Poetry

Two Poems

Josh Gaines & Ben Clark

"We argue about whether we should be more frightened" and "I tried to lose myself once"

December 21, 2018 | Poetry

Arts and Crafts

Rachel Tramonte

Today I bought blue yarn and brand-new silver nails...

December 17, 2018 | Poetry

Two Poems

Aaron Smith

"Blooper Reel" and "A History of Sex"

December 13, 2018 | Poetry

Two Poems

Rainie Oet

"Wild Seeds of Plums" and "Old Name"

December 10, 2018 | Poetry

Two Poems

Elliott Sky Case

"Nereid, Compromised" and "Day One"

December 7, 2018 | Poetry

Two Poems

Chris Campanioni

"Give Us the Runway & We Will Lift the World" and "Instructions in the Event of an Emergency"

December 4, 2018 | Poetry

Two Poems

Crow Jonah Norlander

"Unlikely to Condemn" and "Different Circumstances"

November 29, 2018 | Poetry

My Old Man Poems (from 'Elizabeth Ellen')

Elizabeth Ellen

I thought Roger Waters was full of shit, I mean

November 27, 2018 | Poetry

2 Poems

Margaret O'Connell

I'm Sorry but Your Childhood Pet Can't Recognize You on FaceTime

people say I move like my mother     they say my sisters
& I have the same eyes          only way to tell we are sisters
they

November 26, 2018 | Poetry

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November 23, 2018 | Poetry

Heart Sutra

Maria Genovese

The slow stacking of weight or the flinging down of a toe while the torso is already ahead. There are always new body parts to hit on sides of doors. I like to put my legs into pants in front of an open window, then stick my head out to see who’s around.

November 21, 2018 | Poetry

Man on Phone at Gas Station

Sarah Edwards

O Build-A-Bonfire, O
Blue Subaru

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Elizabeth Ellen

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