bar flies - Katey Taylor
A pale face from my past orders a whiskey and coke. His crooked grin gritting ice as his callused fingertips crawl up my femur. With a...
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- Oct 8
- 1 min
1st Place Poetry Contest Winner - Emma Conlon
notes on womanhood (abridged) liminal space 1. the place a person is in during a transitional period 2. empty or abandoned places that...
- Oct 6
- 2 min
2nd Place Poetry Contest Winner - Bella Cosentino
THE FAVORITE my mother and I argue whether the burger is raw. she was hospitalized from...
- Oct 4
- 2 min
3rd Place Poetry Contest Winner - Ella Lukowiak
what it feels like to drown I. it is slow, the cold settles into bones unused to the weight of water lodged in socks and coat pockets you...
- Sep 28
- 1 min
…astray… - Nirvana Margaret
I don’t believe in wishes and yet I find myself wishing I could hear echos of your thoughts across sunsets and beneath words spoken for...
- Sep 22
- 1 min
blueberries and basil - Jarrett Adamson
I see you in impossible saturation and at an incredible distance. I’m a perennial being holding onto an annual bloom — you’re perfectly...
- Sep 18
- 1 min
On These Nights Out To Drink Away One’s Sorrows - Carmen Corridan
You nearly spew lemon vodka but rough peels wedge your throat. You use that as an excuse for the tears when the strobe lights neon your...
- Sep 16
- 1 min
Ophelia I - Lauren Genevieve Smith
Take the flowers from the ground to weave into a wedding crown. Don the finest gown you own. Wander from the house alone. Into the night...
- Sep 14
- 1 min
Everything - Molly Dickin
I didn’t realize how many feelings Were left unfelt while you were gone Until I was in your arms again Smiling into your lips and feeling...
- Sep 12
- 1 min
Waiting - Noah Reese-Clauson
I’m as sentimental as I’ve been. You’re my friend. I’m tired of waiting— For happiness. For what others take for granted. For the world...
- Sep 7
- 1 min
Rewind - Hayden Robinson
Leaves that flew away from our hands crumble in my mind like sand. Smiles and twirls of the curls in your hair turn dark and grey the...
- Sep 5
- 1 min
In Another Life - Sophia Alexeivana
The porch squeaks as I make my way outside And sneakily find my way into the nook of your neck It feels like we’re twentysomethings again...
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