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"prayers for the namesake" by Jamilla VanDyke-Bailey
in your grandfather’s knotted old rolex, i left a piece of myself in the reflection. there’s sadness in the grime of that mirror; rub...
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Apr 291 min read
"Combustion" by Michael Brosnan
Even when the summer heat numbs the heart and we’re hard stuck in the urban rim’s rut of traffic, choked down the funnel of construction...
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Apr 291 min read
Three poems by Noah B. Salamon
Noah B. Salamon is the English Department Chair at Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, California. He received his MA in English from...
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Apr 291 min read
"Bananas" by Robert Fillman
No matter where they are, on a kitchen counter, paper plate, or a bowl, they find a way toward love, spooning in bunches, growing old...
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Apr 291 min read
"Tomatoes and Beans" by Russell Rowland
Ladies are bringing in squash, tomatoes, from little outside plots; and Mo has his baked beans ready for the barbeque picnic on Monday,...
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Apr 113 min read
James Bourey reviews Canticle For Remnant Days, Poems By Jane C. Miller
Canticle For Remnant Days Poems By Jane C. Miller Pond Road Press 2024, $18 Full disclosure: I have known Jane Miller for several years,...
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Mar 143 min read
"Even heaven aches to hold the earth" by Rue Huang
In October, I confess my love in the shape of bloodstains and fingerprints. As if I am a dead body who believes in reincarnation, holds a...
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Mar 141 min read
"SR 44 Westbound : Harlan, Iowa” by James Maynard
James Maynard lives and writes from his hometown of Portland, Oregon. He received his MFA from the University of Alabama. His poetry...
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Mar 131 min read
"Dream With Colours" by Carl Boon
It matters that her eyes were greener than most of the land where I grew up. It matters that she moved toward me, wanting but not...
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Dec 31, 20232 min read
Two poems by Kathleen Hellen
city of flaneuse, in crayolas with lines from the Rolling Stones Peach that used to be flesh-colored Indian Red (extinct)—now comes in...
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Dec 31, 20231 min read
"Stop Tagging Me in Photo Albums" by Vicki Liu
My first date’s hobby was going to therapy. The conversation was excellent then I never called him back. Amazing how I once ate a frozen...
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Dec 31, 20231 min read
"Ill-Conception"by Jacob Griffin Hall
Growing up, I never wanted to be anything. Someone walked with me, a babysitter maybe, and watched as I pocketed a handful of thorns. I...
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Dec 31, 20231 min read
"The Findings" by Devon Miller-Duggan
Amok and wolves prowling shady woods and brambles. Rabbits reabsorb their fetuses in times of crisis. It’s not hard to draw a map:...
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Dec 31, 20232 min read
Three poems by Heikki Huotari
Expected Value 1 God said let that be a lesson and it was a lesson then God rested. If the president did it then it was not just not...
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Dec 31, 20231 min read
"Nearby" by Kenneth Pobo
As I take in our garbage cans, a car blares “Within You, Without You” by The Beatles. George sings that love could save the world. For a...
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Nov 27, 20231 min read
Two poems by Will Cordeiro
Winter Stars The mirrors fatten in the bare white room. Outside, spare branches jewel with tiers of rime. A snowfall’s novas scatter...
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Nov 21, 20233 min read
Three poems by Alex Carrigan
No Images for Infinity After Maureen Seaton’s “Planes Fly in Formation over My Backyard, As in War Movies” Normally I would say there are...
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Nov 21, 20232 min read
Two poems by Jason Abbate
I Know it Shines on Something Every morning, Lake Christopher ignited into an uncanny glow, as if a magician huddled in a watchtower...
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Nov 21, 20232 min read
"John Glenn Thinspiration Mood Board" by Olivia Payne
The fantasy Olivia Who is ~ * Thin * ~ Uses that body to the extreme She rides fast horses And not even just that She can stand on their...
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Nov 21, 20231 min read
Two poems by Siobhan Jean-Charles
Holographic “When I was three/ three, maybe four/ she left us at that video store.” –Sufjan Stevens At the immersive Van Gogh experience,...
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