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I’m Heading SouthPoetry

I’m Heading South

John AustinMay 28, 2019

As the days draw in I will head south, past the lake’s glacial blue, up the curving road where the mountain shines, beyond the…

Softer Truths in City ParksPoetry

Softer Truths in City Parks

Tara HagenMay 27, 2019

I found them there in a still spare spring under cottonwoods grown in unnaturally straight lines in small-eyed ducks and a young girl balancing…

after the reading,Poetry

after the reading,

May 26, 2019

a reporter for the student paper asked me what career i would take if i wasn’t a writer. i looked at him and said:…

The Atom of LanguagePoetry

The Atom of Language

Michael AckerMay 26, 2019

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Some MenPoetry, Showcase

Some Men

Lyn LifshinMay 25, 2019

So when he left I longed for the old house I had. So often, late summer in that house, marigolds on the steps for…

VoidPoetry

Void

Amanda VillafrancoMay 23, 2019

We will speak, all wind and hail icy tambourine of tin roof or nights I sat on your bed folding warm towels, pairing socks,…

OFFICE THIEFPoetry

OFFICE THIEF

Jefferson CarterMay 21, 2019

I’m not hungry.  I appraise the contents of the office fridge anyway: a carton of soy coffee creamer, three sack lunches, a four-pack of flavored…

Those who look straight forwardPoetry

Those who look straight forward

Michael AshleyMay 20, 2019

jaded by the complexity of it all sometimes it's best to focus on a single thing: the tops of your shoes we just keep…

UntitledPoetry

Untitled

Amanda VillafrancoMay 19, 2019

After the Violin Gypsies from Spain cause their own heartbreak Anthony Bourdain said I don’t know what that means maybe we all cause our own…

Heart AttackPoetry

Heart Attack

Randi CramerMay 18, 2019

She tells me I am panicking, to try to take steady, slow breaths. I wasn't panicking when this started, I was asleep. Asleep sitting…

Abstract Art Is Better in the AbstractArt, Poetry

Abstract Art Is Better in the Abstract

David E. MatthewsMay 17, 2019

After a long period of introspection, I have come to believe two things: 1) that human intelligence is vastly over-estimated and 2) that human…