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once, Chagall

“Jubilation—that is the meaning / of this anti-reminiscence.”

by Lynn Kong on October 9, 2022

Cold Spell

“an indecisive sea that steeps, stains / my shoes, once white, gore-aged /
too far gone.”

by Mirabella Smith on October 2, 2022October 2, 2022

The Flower Rouge

“The perfect flower’s perfection/ is to smooth this funereal mound.”

by Sam Himmelfarb on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022

from a costco gas station in california

“but roots are live wires, and you never saw / that I’m more brick than concrete…”

by Mirabella Smith on August 6, 2022August 5, 2022

The Apotheosis of Washington

his brush-stroked / countenance / and plaster-backed / powder blue / dress coat / dragged down / into the crypt

by Alexandra Orbuch on August 6, 2022August 5, 2022

Light

“Unaided / my eyes can only see so much / Beauty.”

by Daniel Vergara on August 6, 2022August 5, 2022

Songs of the West

“…how will we escape when the sun meets its rise?”

by Chisom Nwadinobi on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022

Please leave a voicemail, I’m out of the wheelhouse

“Mysticism twists herself in circles, gnawing at her purple train..”

by John Slaughter on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022

highs and lows

“i swallowed your lies / and they came back up as tears”

by Andrew Somerville on April 10, 2022April 10, 2022

A Trilogy of Poems About English Mountain, Tennessee

“The cemetery pointed the old Dutch pharaohs / Toward their heaven.”

by Dylan Fox on April 3, 2022April 3, 2022

Review of DISIAC’s HEADLINES

A poetic assessment of a student dance group.

by John Slaughter on April 3, 2022April 3, 2022

Persimmons of another tree: a transfem’s song of love and rejuvenation

“When I say room I mean this space that contains me. / When I say this space that contains me I mean I fill this space. / When I say I fill this space I mean this space is my body.”

by Sophie Lockwood on March 27, 2022March 27, 2022


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