Volume 3 – Poetry
Dead Applaud: Two poems by Karla Linn Merrifield
Two Poems by Karla Linn Merrifield Kinesthesia My dead husband gets in on our carnal act: how exquisite the hot-hot-heat stirred with wit, his blissful lesson imprinted on my clit. This dead husband of mine left me richly endowed with the visceral certainty— laughter...
Sex Education: Two poems by Jennifer Lagier
Two Poems by Jennifer Lagier 1965 Sex EducationIt was the summerhigh school boys bloomed with octopus hands, inescapable tongues, atomic erections. At slumber parties,we compared contraceptive folklore, thirteen-year-old girls with awakening hormonesin shortie...
July by Michele Mekel – poetry
July by Michele MekelSummer fruit sundered. Gently thumbed rents reveal flesh— overripe, swollen— like her sex, trickling pungent nectar at the least caress. Michele Mekel is a writer and editor; educator and bioethicist; poetess and creatrix; witch and woman. Her...
Bedtime Voice: Two poems by Judyth Hill
Two Poems by Judyth HillSilk CamisoleLove on a hot day-bouquet of weak in the kneesdark night toss and turntwisted sheets wind in the pines,the way sand stays warmlong after dusk, and stillthe waves of that sultry sea wash in and in. Oit’s part tropical,mostly...
Your Hands: Two poems by Uzomah Ugwu
Two Poems by Uzomah UgwuMy Body Spoke His NameYou spoke my name havingMy body echo your intentionsWhen your hands raised the hairs Left on my body up not cut fromThe most recent shaveWanted to hideTo be perfect and smooth for you For you to slide with ease not feel...
The Tortuous Dark: Two poems by Kate Falvey
Two poems by Kate FalveyBound and GaggedMass. Inertia. Friction.Movement was never a prayerbut always a shambling lamentation. Air is an impediment, will,its own remorseful friction. Ghosts weigh tons. The handsof a thready child gasping, grappling. It is now...
Blue-Violet Heart: Two Poems by Chelsea Fanning
Two Poems by Chelsea Fanning Gumball Machine Standing red and erect in the drugstore window, still more than half- full of rainbow, I wait for bright quarters, anticipating the click of metal on metal, slow turn and crank before release – another candy-coated piece...
Slipping Into Unconsciousness: Two poems by Jaime Speed
Two poems by Jaime SpeedInsmonia (1)I wanted youtall and leanthe tapered architectureof your torsomoulded in clayand turpentineI wanted the dandelion coloured stainbetween your fingertipsto know my mouthto call the taste of you home I wanted you to have an appetitefor...
Zucchini Queen: Three poems by Eva Monhaut
Zucchini Queen: Three Poems by Eva Monhaut Les Sexuelles Our first night togetherwe spent below each other's waistswith the glow from the bathroomsprinkling shadows across our bodies,fragments of light exposing the rose gold ofmy breasts against the stone grey of the...