“…As she walked, she noticed the concrete sidewalks matched the coloring on the sky above her. She took comfort in feeling like she was embraced by one collective, the sky and city working together to curate a concert themed gray. She figured her grandmother must hate the cloudy day…”
Sasha Diaz
Image: Dasha Aksenova, russian blues 5 (Spring 2019)
Read More“…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)
Read More“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)
Read More“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)
Read More“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)
Read More“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)
Read More“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)
Read More“Thrones of lightwood / sea-glass and sea-weed…”
Aster Taylor
Image: Adrián Mandeville, The Dominion of Light (Winter 2020)
Read More“He has a one syllable laugh / that is released like a sob…”
Susy Liu
Image: Carlotta Verita, Santa Maria del Fiore (Spring 2019)
Read More“You make me want to, / indecisiveness and all, / shave off my eyebrows…”
Nat Nitsch
Image: Giovanna DeCastro, Morning After (Spring 2017)
Read More“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)
