by Rebecca Chhay | May 19, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry 2021
Going Out I went out todayfor the first timein a while. I thought about wearingmy new black dressbut decided it might be betterfor a date nightthan a funeral. I was sure toaccessorize appropriatelywith a black mask. Rebecca Chhay Publab Fellow 2021 Rebecca Chhay is a...
by Breanna Byrd | May 19, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry 2021
afloat Water is Life We all begin, cradled in the water. The storm of our mother’s womb, we, torrential in our desire to be known and know the world, initially seek out of the water. But it is the first home we have ever known how to be in, and the water, no matter...
by Alyssa Ranola | May 19, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry 2021
Soulmates I. Walking in the park at 12 on a Sunday, watchingthe trees and people writhinghow could they have risenso early? I nearly droppedmy Cherry Delight ice creamwith blue M&Ms (The tree branches cross-hatchedabove our straw hats hidingus from sorrowful sky...
by Nanya Jhingran | May 19, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry 2021
The Princess Writes by Candlelight Artist Statement: I first came across the myth-like story of the infamous “Royal Family of Oudh” in Ellen Barry’s New York Times piece titled the “Jungle Prince of Delhi.” Begum Wilayat Mahal and her two children, Prince Cyrus and...
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...
