poetry

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Pilliwinks and The Boot and My Head is a Cat B Jug

By Joseph Long

Ain’t that done yet? Ain’t that done? Three words which, // if spoken too soon, sears itself upon // my balloon.

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Liquid Courage and trying magnesium for anxiety

By Jia Yan Tan

but if that doesn’t work then call your mother

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Elegy for Overachieving

By Charlotte Maiorana

And yet nothing is as satisfying // as scratching the pen back // and forth over having it all // done and evidenced.

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A Time Traveler's Guide

By Devanshee Soni

If you move a chair, // the Pharaoh's curse may turn out // to be a fact.

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Archipelago and Two Other Poems

By Nicole Dufalla

Swollen raindrops burst, folding // into your cornucopia

[poetry]

Knolling Photography

By Hibah Shabkhez

Outside, the morning sun // Is sitting in the sky // Like a cake plate crayoned

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Never Forget and Psychosomatics

By A.R. Williams

I will never forget // how quickly your scooter sped down the hill

[poetry]

The Final Act

By Mike Wilson

Lifted up from the stage // the script drops

[poetry]

Blank Verse and Epistolary

By Elizabeth S. Gunn

disappearing into numbers // and words alone keeps havoc at bay

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Children of Earth

By Noah Walters

It’s I chose // t’walk the county line

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In Traction

By Matt Gulley

a quick search, a type and tap // or a phone-sought friend, at longest last

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The Long Arm of the Past Hangs on Forever and You Are with Me Still

By Cecil Morris

The embryo that bloomed ectopic in the wife // who left me would be 45 this year and lives // in the cryogenic regions of my brain