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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

After the Darkness and Thunder

“That October was particularly dreary. / The clouds slid through the sky / Like lazy gondolas weighted down by unfurling ropes.”

by Peter Taylor on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

Displaced

“To erase the blankness, / masked the cleaner’s sting / with lavender and sage, / found places for my mother’s / good omens”

by Mina Quesen on October 4, 2020October 3, 2020

Sure

“I’ll take any reason, / absurd to God, for something new. / That’s why I stood up, no doubt— for a little color.”

by Andrew Zacks on September 27, 2020September 27, 2020

Standstill

“and so came this sudden invention: /
Fourth-of-July firecrackers /
dipped in sour wine”

by Christien Ayers on September 20, 2020September 20, 2020

Hikari

“When electricity crawls across them / They glow in eerie light / Or crack in spiderwebs”

by Mina Quesen on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020

Anatomy of a Bleeding Heart

“The aorta / Is a warzone within my chest / Where I bleed out for the genocide of my ancestors”

by Gina Feliz on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

Eliot in Love

“Despite being intended to clear his name, the response instead came off as spiteful and cruel. It did little to save his reputation, especially since his letters tell another story.”

by Mina Quesen on April 12, 2020June 30, 2020


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