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A Good Morning

“She left her feet behind in bed, tucking them in/like children.”

by Lara Katz on April 18, 2021April 17, 2021

Ode to a Faraway Maiden

“I turned into a constellation, fathomed into form /
By your dispassionate gaze.”

by Kristiana Filipov on April 18, 2021April 17, 2021

Slanted Perspectives

“The sliver of sunlight, orange, on your curves / I could trace all day”

by Emma Mohrmann on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

Enfleshment

“If the body cares not for itself, / who would care for it? / What is the use / of wasted breath?”

by JuJu Lane on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

Stretchers

“They are not allowed to know the embrace of the sisters next to them”

by Mina Quesen on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021

In Heat

“my body / remembering / it exists, unmoored, / metamorphosing, moistening / peeling lips.”

by Lara Katz on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021

My Fair Math Tower

“A brutalist chic makes my heart quite weak / Dare I describe the wonders of Fine Hall?”

by David Chmielewski on February 28, 2021February 28, 2021

How a Rock Is Cut

“So long as nothing blocks your persistence, / you arrive one day at solution caves and gaping gullies.”

by Gavin Keasler on February 21, 2021February 21, 2021

Fragments

“sharpened pencils, winning teams / in the same elusive dream”

by Hope Perry on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

after mother

“the catching of blood / & buttercream pipes / around edges as the mattress coils / find a home in my ribcage.”

by Nicolas Gregory on November 15, 2020November 15, 2020

Bruise

“First dusty lilac, hints of navy. / Sailing on the bay at dusk, aloft, / the dappled rising surface.”

by JuJu Lane on November 8, 2020November 8, 2020

Delaware

“Pine air, peace of mind. Quilts from your childhood with that sense of déjà vu, & then erasure”

by Sabrina Kim on November 1, 2020November 1, 2020


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