: & Poem that Cries Wolf
by Claire Wahmanholm : future: to become another thing: to feel the air ring with songless, sudden weight: water will soften every...
breonna taylor’s final rest (or, the furies are still activists)
by Evie Shockley maybe it’s your worst nightmare :: a thundering knock on the door—or no knock, just the lightning-crack of wood giving...
An Attempt at a Love Poem & Rosalind Franklin, the "Dark Lady" of DNA
by Charlotte Pence An Attempt at a Love Poem Some atoms are intended to unhinge, expand from single flame to fire, spark on a charge,...
The Art of the Fold
by Molly Peacock A Linen Closet Ars Poetica I. The Linen Closet Recruits She practiced the art of the fold. The washcloths were lined up...
Second Cutting
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti after Claudia Emerson’s “Aftermath” in Late Wife I think by now it may be time for the second cutting. The...
Some Bones
by Brian Leung It’s not a crime in Tulkum County for an exhumed grave to come up empty, which is what happened when we got to Eleanore...
Patron Saint of the Cupcake
by Rigoberto González A frequent weekend pastime for my grandparents was hunting for yard sales. The attention-grabbing signs made it...
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