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"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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Dec 31, 20234 min read
Review of House Parties, the new short story collection by Lynn Levin
House Parties (Lynn Levin, Spuyten Duyvil, 2023, 435 pages) by Anne-Adele Wight In House Parties, Lynn Levin has produced an ambitious...
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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, 20232 min read
"Premonition" by Jack B. Bedell
My son finally hit me with a request I didn't want to answer the other day. He asked me if there was ever a fight I refused to watch. If...
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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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Nov 21, 20232 min read
Two poems by James Miller
Five Stanzas on Service In seventh year I walked to the 7-11 without shoes, hopped from shelled street to lawn. Honeysuckle choked two...
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Nov 21, 20234 min read
Two poems by BEE LB
it only took eighteen days out there, the sky is emptying itself in a fit. flurries in the air like a dance choreographed by mania— like...
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Nov 21, 20231 min read
"Atlas Moves the World" Emma Johnson-Rivard
The poet gathers stones. Mirroring, she says, the kaleidoscope eyes of black cat luck, ex-girlfriend luck, a seven-year spell. What do...
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Nov 21, 20233 min read
Two poems by Daniel Brennan
Hide Me Between Doorways I’m having trouble saying anything to you, you know? Let’s start with: night is a doorway. And every door way...
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