NOT AN ODE TO EARLY DISMISSAL by El Williams III
noon. and the cafeteria is as cold as a morgue. we fill the space with...
TWO POEMS by Mejdulene B. Shomali
I AM TRYING TO BE THE RIGHT KIND of arab girl/ tell you about the jasmine tree i birthed in my mouth/ dot the sky with the letters i...
SADDLE by Terrance Daye
I give my nigga dominance/ that is, I let my nigga dominate me/ who’s the nigger now/ he riles me with the small bit/ of his body/ in my...
TWO POEMS by syan jay
A LETTER TO YOUR DYING BIRTHPLACE Embrace the damp fur of home, with lungs perforated by decay and oak. Bury your face in its mane, feel...
FOR THE GARDEN WE SHARE by Travis Tate
Green, how I desire you, green. -Federico Garcia Lorca The garden is green, muted tones of lilac. I rush to your side. I hold your hands....
TELLING MY MOTHER I MISS HER by Jody Chan
I. vestigiality: the retention of structures, organs, or processes that have lost their evolutionary function in a changing environment....
DEPARTURE/ARRIVAL by Saquina Karla C. Guiam
I. The distance between the Fortress and the General's city is two decades worth of crushed flower petals dipped in red, salt and sour...
CORRELATIONS by Laurel Chen
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ABDU MARKET AS THE SUN SETS by Inam Kang
Door open, old sleigh bell jingle, same floor board creek, and a dust lift, dense cloud here in this place I so love. Been 20 years of...
PRAYER OF ACQUIESCENCE by I.S. Jones
Not the neck’s calligraphy or the blade’s singular desire to divide spirit from flesh, but Baba, bless this animal for offering up its...