by Kayla Hassett

by Kayla Hassett

Milkweed Five miles north of the Sunday Farmers’ Market, there is a rock I used to sit on when the world spun fast, overlooking the lake, hidden by tall trees,  fifty feet off the trail.  You’ll know you’re close when you see the red oak I carved  our names into...
by Edward Myers

by Edward Myers

My Only Religious Experience The night before my dog died  I had a dream about a moth-woman.  She was beautiful, inhuman, familiar.  Her skin was golden, her hair flowed down  In soft yellow waves.  She smiled kindly to me  With a love only capable in animals: ...
by Elle Oestreich

by Elle Oestreich

Ode to my Tarantula You’re always still  until your not  I pretend that you want me  when the only thing you really want is to be alone In  a beautiful arrangement of stretching limbs that tangle above and below Carrying your weight   When I am asleep and in the...
by Amanda Denney

by Amanda Denney

pain vs. hope – reverso poem nothing will ever change  so I can’t keep believing that  it will get better with time  and  my wounds will heal  because I’ve seen firsthand, it’s not true. the world is a terrible place  and it’s foolish to believe  otherwise.  I...
by Claire Lipkin

by Claire Lipkin

remedy this is how she came to us:   a heartbroken girl dove into the depths and placed a pearl on her tongue.   she sealed it behind her lips, a promise from the sea.   inside her bowels, the pearl boiled  and wept tears of acid.   that night,...
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