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The N is Not Silent

“My name commands the full tongue, the breath of a whole lung”

by Chisom Nwadinobi on November 20, 2021November 21, 2021

ON WAR AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE

“the human can only know themselves to be human /
because we condemn the three dimensions /
of our thoughts”

by Brittani Telfair on November 14, 2021

camelot (2021, elastane)

“you were always guinevere /
and jfk, and i arthur of the cul-de-sac”

by Brittani Telfair on November 14, 2021

Effect of Fog

“I can’t wake up from the things I wanted– / I can’t ever bring myself to come clean.”

by Hope Perry on November 7, 2021November 6, 2021

Voyage

“Yesterday evening, / life coalesced in rain: dripping streetlights, storefronts reflected / onto glossy black pavement. Liquid incandescence.”

by Daniel Viorica on November 7, 2021November 6, 2021

The Subway Car

“Jacob and / the angel / jostling in the / subway car”

by Alexandra Orbuch on October 31, 2021October 30, 2021

In Princeton with You

“Your clothes are spilling from their drawers / It seems I’d rather stay indoors / When I’m in Princeton with you.”

by Peter Taylor on October 11, 2021October 11, 2021

Once Kin

“Now / she / shrouds / her / s k e l e t o n / in / oversize / d / sweatshirts.

by Alexandra Orbuch on October 10, 2021October 9, 2021

Gingko Leaves

“All / Cicero said we need is a library and a garden, so I’ll keep / little brown pots on the windowsills.”

by Lucia Brown on October 10, 2021October 27, 2021

Night-Blooming Flowers

“The sharp tenderness of Night’s long sigh / leaves the drunken hawk moths / dizzied from delight.”

by Nathalie Charles on October 10, 2021October 9, 2021

Christ, Sympathea

“Every door was a chilling / tile of a mosaic / made of the sins / we have yet to commit.”

by Nathalie Charles on September 26, 2021October 4, 2021

On My Way to You

“Are you there yet? Hello, dear. I’m on / my way, lost myself at the intersection /
between the bottomless sea and the swan / that wanders between the traffic lanes.”

by Lara Katz on September 26, 2021September 24, 2021


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