by Franny Plovan

by Franny Plovan

The thing about loss  is that it isn’t immediate  you don’t feel it until you reach for her  only to find that side of the bed cold and empty.  it’s when you’re at the grocery store  And a freight train hits you with a memory of shopping for celery  ripping the...
by SD

by SD

Fortunately, someone already said “What’s in a name?”: RED JUNGLEFOWL  [gallus gallus] Etymology; and Biology; and sometimes Ontology; and we will lick it all; put it all in our mouths; and insects (wait, that’s Entomology!); dentist, tell me about                 my...
by Grace Corbett

by Grace Corbett

 i can feel it.  every single  breath inside me  i can feel it.  acutely aware  (of everything)  they’re closing the box  and sealing it tight;  “it’s out of love!”  no, it’s out of spite  i can  feel it.  the answers i found  were finally clear  the second the words ...
by Em Williams

by Em Williams

I remember when I cut my hair.   Stuck inside in 2021, I’d pleaded to slice off the strands That brought me discomfort beyond end And separated into coils like snakes That filled its venom into my veins And rendered me paralyzed as they Flatly stuck to my round...
by Hayley Smeraldi

by Hayley Smeraldi

His was given his life sentence five years ago  But he wouldn’t let a life sentence stop him from living the way he wanted to  Despite the odds and pill bottles stacked against him, he remained resilient, fighting the evil that was allotted to him, hoping one...
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