Tag: poets
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“ligament (loose triptych)” by Lianna Schreiber
Artist Statement Somewhere between a poem and an internal monologue, “loose triptych” is a contemplation of life, life beyond life, and the meaning in it all. (“What is a legacy?” “Planting seeds in a garden you will never see in full bloom”, to paraphrase; but also to cite a late night conversation, “Before […]
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THE SNAKE BRIDE
When I came into myself, again Yet another awkward re-awakening of this body I saw an imprisoned cage of where a young woman was residing, It was right behind my Mother’sss eyesss A tiny fire lit between the iris of two gazing hazel stonesss One of yearning Death and one of burning Honor Where ssshe […]
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“A Clove Scented Winter” by Zeny May Dy Recidoro
83. To Make Poor Paper not Flow When You Write on it. Dip the paper in alum water. I, Hohman, will hereafter pour a little water on the alum and moisten the paper. Then I will see whether one can write on it. From “The Long Hidden Friend”, Journal of American Folk-lore (1904) […]
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“another self-deprecating joke about my criminal record” and “Why Quit When You Can’t?” by Nicholas Alti
Nicholas Alti writes with and about trigeminal neuralgia, depression, addiction, and an affinity for strangeness. He’s an assistant editor for fiction and poetry at The Black Warrior Review. There’s more of his work at Dream Pop Press, Hypertrophic Press, The Hunger, Pretty Owl Poetry, and elsewhere.
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“Landslide” by Amanda McLeod
rules caught in the landslide swept away in madness and diamond filled rocks reason is an unmarked map the unfamiliar wild envelops me I am lost in chaos theory there is no light on the windowsill to guide me home I will not be entombed in this bottomless dark […]
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“It’s All Happening at the Zoo” by Amy Soricelli
How odd to be him, here in this place of fierce thoughts and solid fur. All the best games in the sun, the cold windy bars keeping us tight from one another. She says “look up” I see long necks with spotted long lashes eating from trees. Bears with paws settling down into the pounce […]
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“A Mental Breakdown” by C.A. Scheherazade
C.A. Scheherazade is an Indo-British poet, whose work has previously been published in Figroot Press and Kingdoms In The Wild. Her fickle muse can occasionally be found wandering under @caliphascheherazade on tumblr.
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A Series of 3 Poems by Samuel J. Fox
An Update from Baptist Country Like a ghost swallow, Christ was lifted into the wide, empty fields of heaven by the wind. Yes, wide. Indeed, empty. You don’t want to die before you see the face of God in the eaves of a pink dogwood tree. If you don’t, you weren’t truly […]
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“and then She was shipped across the world” and “Document2” by Parag Desai
and then She was shipped across the world to work and produce, and to work and produce, in a fortress of infinite greed, tending slot machines, for donald trump in february of ’93. She met the man she married after a lapse of two years. his belly had grown since then, his smile had […]
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“Life // slip // stream” by Elisabeth Horan
It’s nothing / hangs / like toile / white gauze / surgery / comes and goes / lab coats I never wore / monkeys & rabbits / guilty / I am always / I hate the inaction / I hate the mascara / raccoons flood my airways / knowing what I don’t or won’t do […]