Dawn/Dusk by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios Dawn/Dusk om tiny blaze in squash blossom sea fire in Ferrari- red maples flutter scarlet cardinal wing the promise of coffee & toast in tenderness staining everything it touches: kitchen table your clean shirt hem of...
Two poems by Jennifer Yáñez-Alaniz Jen Yáñez-Alaniz identifies as Chicana Mestiza (she/her). She advocates for human rights as a community organizer facilitating equity-driven cultural conversations focused on the preservation of language, language literacy, and food...
#1, #63: Last Request to Alpha and Omega By Karla Linn Merrifield #1, #63: Last Request to Alpha and Omega When I die,have the coronerremove my pelvic girdle,bones of hip— ilium ischium pubis—fused, luckily for you two:bowl of my bodythat bore your...
Two poems by Monica Raymond Learn. When We Were Island Monica Raymond writes poems, plays, librettos, lyrics and sometimes prose from an old house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A MacDowell Colony Fellow, Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellow, Swan Fellow (Vermont...
Two poems by Laurie Kuntz Balance The girl on the dirt road rides a thick tired bike with ease, skimming over sun streaked rocks that match the bows in her braided hair, the streamers whisper at upturned handlebars, and her red laces flap against white trimmed pedals....
Two poems by Carmen Calatayud Swollen Heart I remember the animal craziness of our life: Video porn, wet sex delirium on the living room floor, banging the wooden loveseat frame against a thin apartment wall— Who cared if the neighbors complained? Red tulip walks with...
