How to Name a Saint - Laura Mulqueen
St. Catherine’s wheel, a spoked consequence of refusing the marriage proposal of emperor Maxentius, not so much a proposal as an attempt...
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- Jun 6
- 2 min
Earth Mother Rages Down at Us and Yet We Have No Clue - Kirsten Liang
She rages because long long ago, Our ancestors forgot how to pronounce Her name. So she chokes our offices With shells of ivy, corners us...
- May 31
- 1 min
3rd Place Poetry Contest Winner! on margate sands, i can connect with nothing - Lagoon Myers
I crave innocence at night. That’s why only strawberries satiate my sweet indulgence. Juicy, sweet, and...
- May 28
- 2 min
2nd Place Poetry Contest Winner! revising my father's blood-alcohol content - Sarah Leidhold
after Andrea Gibson’s “Photoshopping My Sister’s Mugshot” January 1970 I find you in salmon cutoffs and a handmedown Budweiser tee; here...
- May 25
- 1 min
1st Place Poetry Contest Winner! Time is Like Cherry Soup - Grace Downey
This poem is the 1st place winner of the Sad Girls Club's 2023 Spring Poetry Contest. 1 Avian Lover I sing to the barred owl and she...
- May 19
- 1 min
Show Me A Worse Pain - Taylor Palmer
Show me a worse pain Not a distant one Show me a hurt Staring back at me Hovering reflection in pavement Racing ahead Looking over its...
- May 15
- 1 min
2023 Spring Poetry Contest Winners
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our $500 cash prize Spring Poetry Contest! We had an incredible batch of selections, and...
- May 13
- 1 min
Snowflake - Sara Wetmore
My heart has been hung like a wet rag, twisted and wrung, left out to dry until it is ultimately forgotten.. My heart has been...
- May 8
- 1 min
You’re Going to Be a Father (Part 1) - Rosalie Hendon
You’re going to be a father. I remember you in Mrs. Taylor’s Spanish class sprawled over two desks, sleeping. I remember you showing me a...
- May 6
- 1 min
i took responsibility - Dr. Jo L
they are proud of me my level goes from maximum to medium risk i think i am happy or proud or relieved then my body becomes a ball on the...
- May 2
- 1 min
your newest primary care doctor - Audrey Coleman
i’m not a doctor. i’ve never been to medical school. hell, i can barely distinguish between the fibula and the tibia. yet somehow, i know...
- Apr 30
- 1 min
The House of My Soul - Bert Rock
I am not a whole man, a whole person, something is missing, has always been missing. I should not know what I know. No one should ever...
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