by Jonahs Kneitly | Jul 24, 2024 | Poetry, Poetry 2024
Fragment 52: I do not expect to touch the sky i do not expect to touch the sky—Sappho I Aphrodite,my once-was friend.your gift seems no blessing.you pull bodies togetherunmindful of the priceto be paid. you showed me a world called We:a universe made just for two....
by Phoebe Pan | Jul 24, 2024 | Poetry, Poetry 2024
Untitled, Still for 奶奶, in the land of steady hands Upstroke, downbeat, the waves fathomtowards the shallow surface of spring— hiss lake foam of thin rain slicked...
by Yazlin Juarez | Jul 24, 2024 | Poetry, Poetry 2024
Decompose “Witches’ Butter” (2022), Yazlin Juarez. Courtesy of the author. Al fin del díavuelvo a mi tierray como tu cuerpocomo la setaAquí descansamosen el suelo del bosqueconsumiendo cuentasen la media nocheI eat youand you eat meThis is how I...
by Gabriella Graceffo | Jul 24, 2024 | Poetry, Poetry 2024
Theory of Care “yellow textile on brown wooden table” (2020), Noah Morgan. Courtesy of Unsplash. Magnolia trees that open their flowerslike doves coming to wingspan. Freshsoup dumplings, hot gelatin runningdown my face before I flick a napkinacross the downpour....
by Kiana Perez Granados | Jul 24, 2024 | Poetry, Poetry 2024
Portrait of My Mother, Circa 2001 Lost in the leaves’ swing, I am trying to shake off their green, buttermilk yellow. The refrigerator hums and drums like a whining giant.This house song draws me to her, captured, hanging from a California magnet. Obsidian hair covers...
by Harriet Weaver | Jul 21, 2023 | Poetry, Poetry 2023
What Occurs to Me This Morning When I wake up you are raving about home renovations and Duane Allman and showing me doubling guitars— like how sometimes you walk around strumming the one you built yourself, or play beats you soon forget but I can sing for months. My...
