Ruh se Roobaroo
By S. Rupsha Mitra — Allow the exterior voices whizz past like parallax. Listen, deep within a rhythm plays – slowly
Aug 12, 2020
Masked Men
By Robert Knox — Those without masks are the least honest. You see them, pushing their way to the front
Aug 7, 2020
Loneliness
By Ojo Olumide Emmanuel — I lost my first tooth when I first learned how to stretch my cheeks in smiles & laughter.
Aug 6, 2020
Myself, Again
By Maureen Sullivan Keleher — I am my mother. I am not my mother. I want to keep everyone happy. I want to speak up and
Aug 3, 2020
Deep South
Theresa C. Gaynord — In our world of foldout maps,
we spread out our gypsy fingers letting them roam free all over the globe.
Jul 31, 2020
Refuge of My Skin
By Kate LaDew — She has seen me, through and through, another woman living barely 12 feet from her,
Jul 29, 2020
I Don’t Like Needles
By Caroline Lodge — We laugh behind our masks
and reach out with our
sanitized hands. Warmth and
Jul 26, 2020
Dead Bones Rise Up
By Katia Joseph — In my dream, I saw millions of black men and women’s dried dead bones, Bone to bone
Jul 25, 2020
Trying to Get Over While the World Drags Me Under
By Adrian S. Potter — Ask me for honesty and I’ll supply more truth than you could ever handle,
Jul 19, 2020
Nobody
By Áine Greaney — Who am I here? Nobody. In fact, I have come here to be nobody. I have come here because I
Jul 18, 2020
I Feel Like a Sandwich
By Arianna Sebo — How do you feel? I feel like a vase of flowers wide mouth clay vase, Muted mud colours
Jul 11, 2020
Late
By Gary Beck — Trump shut down the government,
so we’ve all been furloughed.
Now what do I do without a salary?
Jul 10, 2020
Fear of Assault
By Dee Allen — I fear sudden weakness, I fear an assault, Worse than a hate crime, Worse than the occult
Jul 6, 2020
Warm Light Wandering
By Sylan Lewis — The tension starts in my jaw, as it always does. A clenched-teeth premonition of an
Jul 1, 2020
Don't You Understand?
By Jenny Ham — Midday tides clashing against verona beaches, your ocean eyes, sand-colored skin, golden laughter
Jun 29, 2020
Chrysalis
By Lynne Weatherill — Today I am a butterfly in the making. I am in my chrysalis. I am probably made of goop
Jun 27, 2020
Coronavirus Has Nothing on Retirement
By John C. Krieg — This Thing is Getting Serious. In all seriousness, I know this is a legitimate National Emergency
And I must do what I c
Jun 23, 2020
The Patrick Hutchinson Photo
By Carol Keegan — Who are you, Patrick Hutchinson? How did your personal code of morality become so richly complex?
Jun 19, 2020
Migraine in 10 Movements
By Megan D. Henson — Sometimes I imagine I have swallowed a little yellow canary and he’s nesting in my larynx.
Jun 18, 2020