Kaleidoscope
Are you there? Please, clutch those memories of half-forgotten dreams of waves that cradle sparkled sand. Quick, listen closely and...
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Michael Schwab
- Sep 24, 2023
You
August the 2nd, 2016 The wind blew hot and the windows flew open in the early morning. The same humid breeze drew in cold that night. You...
Gary Bolick
- Sep 24, 2023
A Venus Lives Just East of Reno
cacklin’ ezzie is made of earth and cotton manure and plastic roses she grows light: a garden of frying pans warped, brillo-worn and...
Lindsay Michele
- Sep 24, 2023
The Gun Cabinet
The gun cabinet was prominent, a gleaming walnut and glass display, free of dust and fingerprints, which was noteworthy as the rest of...
Jasmine Aguila
- Sep 22, 2023
Last Things Remembered
When I leave, to a land that knows not of grief, don't go looking for me. I’ve gone to a dreamy island lost between reality and eternity....
Sandra Rollins
- Sep 22, 2023
ALIGNMENT
Stars, planets, and moon, in a sky seldom clear to witness an alignment. Tonight, an alignment of Mars, Moon, Uranus Venus Jupiter and...
Kailie Knutzen
- Sep 22, 2023
Star Bathe
Howl at the moon. Percolate under the stars. Stare straight at her, unashamed. She is consistently inconsistent. Sometimes, doesn’t show...
Samuel Rucks
- Sep 22, 2023
FOOTSTEPS ON THE SNOW
On the corner of Sixth, the stars and sky turn simple, white bits in a lot of black, in the time it takes to look at them. It’s hard work...
Raymond Hoffman
- Sep 21, 2023
Watch Out
Fallen clouds Giddy Dizzy A shaken up soda People pushing Hoping for confetti Soft voice like a girl Abuse like artillery Deplorable...
Raymond Hoffman
- Sep 21, 2023
Lucky
I’m stuck Born pigeon toed With a stutter OCD—hands bleed Life a tripwire I’m a glasshouse to be peeked in Depressed at 16 Given a SSRI...
Cassidy Fesmire
- Sep 21, 2023
Wait for Me
In the waiting is where I find myself hurting the pain of arthritis attacking my joints at an age way too young for brittle bones...
Charlie Ross
- Sep 21, 2023
The Natural Complexities of Womanhood
Made it Just Fine The patio door is unlocked deep in the suburbs and my night door stays locked for a rare, shameful time. I drop myself...
Piper Williams
- Sep 21, 2023
Piper Williams
- Sep 21, 2023
Miranda Clarity
- Apr 8, 2023
WINTER
By Miranda Clarity your flakes fall in a flurry meandering their way down from heaven above to frost the world in your cold embrace...
Jack Westmore
- Apr 8, 2023
NOVEMBER
By Jack Westmore — I have eaten the last of the oranges we brought back from Valencia. I did it whilst you slept, tearing piece after...
Ryan Rahman
- Apr 1, 2022
Spacefarer
Ryan Rahman On this interstellar journey Through the infinite cosmos Regret comes speeding past. Out here in the vast emptiness,...
Kate MacDonald
- Jan 31, 2022
My Way
ULTIMATUM When I said I don't want to be alone That it's not enough just speaking on the phone Somehow I felt your face in my hands, I...
Andrew Brilliant
- Jan 31, 2022
Stromboli not a Cannoli
Stromboli Not A Cannoli. A story “Have you ever seen that movie Stromboli?” “Can’t say that I have,” Molly says. Frank tries not to look...
M. Zaman
- Jan 31, 2022
Cherub’s Fallowed Morning
(Southern Celestial Hemisphere) His face aching, emotionless and unflinching, he declared, 'my parents are getting a divorce'. Mother...
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