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Laneville poemPoetry

Laneville poem

Daniel J. Flore IIIFebruary 12, 2021

Laneville-muted sunlight, good sex, bipolar, playing Jay-Z in the morning pissing off the people below me. Laneville-crappy bars and not in a good way,…

Don’t You Worry, Jackie BoyPoetry

Don’t You Worry, Jackie Boy

james stephenFebruary 11, 2021

this game's going down in history randomly craved poetry is best take the enamel right off your teeth I saw a great grandmother reading…

Questions I Would Ask HimPoetry

Questions I Would Ask Him

Sara ClancyFebruary 9, 2021

Before you lost what was left of your mind, did you have any idea that the scales of betrayal you kept even with your…

Group ArtPoetry

Group Art

Miya KoFebruary 7, 2021

Perhaps you miss folding the May blossoms, sakura, creeping phlox, chrysanthemums; maybe your fingers are itching to fold cicadas, damselflies, moths you can hold;…

Getting HelpPoetry

Getting Help

Tom StrongFebruary 6, 2021

I try to keep an appearance of a well-manicured lawn but my moles keep showing up hungry, silently heaving sod. And I gotta lot…

Beatles Fan from Buenos AiresPoetry

Beatles Fan from Buenos Aires

Mark Anthony PearceFebruary 1, 2021

Wishing my penis could detach itself and crawl off somewhere far away from me She insists she understands how I feel especially the moments…

The Day Squirrels PreachPoetry

The Day Squirrels Preach

Soodabeh SaeidniaJanuary 28, 2021

some days, a squirrel jumps up from the oak's branches above the grandma's balcony and tells us how to pour our grief in a…

QuacksPoetry

Quacks

Daniel J. Flore IIIJanuary 26, 2021

nothing’s really wrong I’m just laying in bed in the middle of the day because I’m tired I'm thinking about all the stuff I…

Thutam NguyenPoetry

Thutam Nguyen

Lawrence GeorgeJanuary 22, 2021

you're just a stupid child she coos in broken English, mixed in with some French swirling around in there like strong Vietnamese coffee you…

AA #2 – Unnamed: We’ll Call Him MushroomPoetry

AA #2 – Unnamed: We’ll Call Him Mushroom

James SpearsJanuary 21, 2021

He doesn’t know where to start so he looks into the styrofoam cup to find a reflection he has become proud of staring from…

needing a glass of water and following the curve of your collar bone southPoetry

needing a glass of water and following the curve of your collar bone south

Daniel J. Flore IIIJanuary 20, 2021

I need dense text heavy panting flowers thrown in the creek I wanna go back to Cochranville for a week when it’s summer and…