I Think I’m Better Looking by Joylyn Chai FollowFollowFollow …than I actually am. I dared to have an open discussion about this for the first time a few weeks ago. The style of my appearance has been a preoccupation of mine for a lifetime, however it’s not something...
[Robert]: A Lipogram Apology by Monica Prince FollowFollowFollow [Robert]: A Lipogram Apology Note: A lipogram is a type of Oulipian constraint where each stanza represents each letter in a word that is missing;the stanza must use every other letter of the alphabet...
After Dark, by Ellie Altman FollowFollowFollow After Dark Relishing permission to sleep,I wrestle the day to surrender the pulled curtains, narrow the second-floor window view into a nearsighted blurwhere Queen Street meets Riverside Terrace— a three-way,...
SWIM by Jonny Ransbottom FollowFollowFollow SWIM I found my femininity with him inside of meI was unfamiliar with the skin beneath the tuft of thick hair, that spiral flowerAnd the triangle it forms between my legs I let it grow long like a jungleLeaves cowering and...
The Plan by Irene Watson FollowFollowFollow The Plan Capture shade of sundials in curled hands. Shutter hours passing with a shield of metal marker. Ponder elegance of stone numeralsin their plainspoken steadiness, their correctness. (If) I can move the trapped...
Devour by Eve Croskery FollowFollowFollow Devour I run the shower, water hot to wash off the day.Almost instantly comes the soundof small palms slapping on cold tiles. You crawl desperately towards my undressed form, my body your lighthouse, reach your arms...
Watercolor Study, Incarnate by Alison Lubar FollowFollowFollow Watercolor Study, Incarnate I. —– PM when the suburban navy blue becomes——————–matte-black...
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh FollowFollowFollow Lapvonaby Ottessa Moshfegh Penguin Press 2022$27.00ISBN: 9780593300268 Book review by Ariel Jennings The lamb on the cover of Ottessa Moshfegh’s fourth novel, Lapvona, stared at me for months. I picked it up long ago, got...
Poems by Sandra Kolankiewicz FollowFollowFollow Masterpiece In the painting, he is about to getwhat each time is his heart’s desire: access, the surge, the insecurity turninginto affirmation, fulfillment, release. Her face shows she feels it too. She is thefruit bowl...
The Women I Remember by Sarah Cooke FollowFollowFollow The Women I Remember I awoke to shoutingand shadows cast by a small fireat the far end of the room.They say memory is a temple to a past best seenwith technicolor eyes. But I remember the storiesabout fires at...
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