Violet Madrigal No bigger than horse-flies, the lawns smalt with them, each tri-heart bloom a giant’s head afloat a thread…
Two Poems, by Stephanie Strickland
Top of the World Roaring torrents of snow, trumpeting white, flailing, sifting, piling on, fleecing the town, and—not to be…
Five Poems, by Erika Bojnowski
filament Let it all fade in: glass shard glitter, far-flung nebulae— nerves twisting themselves into a phone cord. dark blooms,…
Five Poems, by Jessie Janeshek
Blue Eyeshadow Suicide Blonde Hairbrush masturbation dark passage powderpuff jazz but I’m the same as I ever was grass skirts…
Ode from a Mockingbird, by Tom La Farge
1. Tu fritchyoo wenk wenk chooble-chooble-dee Chebeck tzabira cheeva queedle whoo, Chyoo kuk kuk kuk tzee! kuk kuk kuk wee!…
Poems, by Laynie Browne
Sekhmet Transcriptions Rivers of red in Sekhmet waylaid thoughts waylaid only the voice hovers clouds hush not stop.…
The Night Was Curiously Mild, by Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Feeling the nausea rising, he ran out into the courtyard and vomited on a dwarf palm tree. —Michel Houellebecq …
Only a Cry Absent Its Mouth, by Tyrone Williams
Juxtaposition and parataxis are key techniques of composition across the traditional genres of fiction, drama, and poetry. The former refers…