“…Alone in a church,/I feel like I have/To reflect,/On principle/If nothing else…”
Theo Belci
Image: Afreen Ahmed, Water Mirror (Winter 2018)
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“Swinging so long/ That my brain becomes soup—/ Spinning like a swatted fly,/ Dizzy like a screaming siren,/ Dizzy like a dentist’s drill,/ So dizzy that I’m out of breath…”
Renee Kenny
Image: Carolyn Hammond, 蜻蜓, (Spring 2019)
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“floors/caressing, caressing floors, floors/caressing, caressing floors…"
Aaron Capelli
Image: Teis Jayaswal, Chamber of Ignition (Spring 2019)
“Burt ate all the fucking bees. He said the last time would be the last time…”
Abby Estes & Rachel Wurstner
Image: Adrián Mandeville, The Blob (Spring 2019)
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“this is the fourth poem/ i am writing about you. none of the others have/ blossomed into an orchard. the roots are choked/ underfoot with rot. the soil is stillborn, drained/ of meaning…”
Anonymous
Image: Victor Almaraz Argueta, Color Studies 19/01/18-6 (Spring 2019)
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“Mama is coming! She sucks each one up,/ gulp gulp gulp, for cannibal breakfast…”
Victoria Constant
Image: Alvin Shi, Triangle Mountain
“White satin coat—/ And pillows for our heads…”
Felipe Urrutia
Image: Haley Wellman, Evolution (Winter, 2018)
“I want to grasp your thumb in my whole / hand. I want someone to see me, / loved…”
Elizabeth Fierro
Image: Elena Whitney, Shadowed (Spring 2019)
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“You far superior nugget! no other silhouette compares, / with all your nooks and crannies, / your appendages make for superb rations of dip…”
Sherry Guo
Image: Connor Fieweger, Shh (Spring 2017)
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“Thrones of lightwood / sea-glass and sea-weed…”
Aster Taylor
Image: Adrián Mandeville, The Dominion of Light (Winter 2020)
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“He has a one syllable laugh / that is released like a sob…”
Susy Liu
Image: Carlotta Verita, Santa Maria del Fiore (Spring 2019)
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“You make me want to, / indecisiveness and all, / shave off my eyebrows…”
Nat Nitsch
Image: Giovanna DeCastro, Morning After (Spring 2017)
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“She swept the remaining sun- / light straight out the front door…”
Aaron Capelli
Image: Dasha, Russian Blues (Spring 2019)
“A heart-a-day, or playing games; the plain / Before this after dream: mean Hoops, and Wing,…”
E. Le Charmier
Image: Andrea, Tábora, el mercado (Spring 2019)
“Nighttime bathroom trip / I spy on the toilet seat…”
Sophia Fisher
Image: Isaac Tannenbaum, Clenched (Spring 2019)
“A floating, soundless chord breathes / underneath a choir of mist,…”
Amber Keahey
Image: Carlotta Verita, Grand Canyon (Spring 2019)
“Eggs will be children / They will catch dewdrops / On their fingers…”
Jake Weiss
Image: Adrián Mandeville, The Blob (Spring 2019)
“Romance is pretty, romance is sleepy, romance / has pink in all of its eyes. Rumor says our guy is coming / back again tonight…”
Mireille Farjo
Image: Geoffrey Baring, Archer’s Line of Sight (Spring 2019)