Look with me / across this ice patterned ground / past the frost boils, the polygons, and scoured shield rock.
Pingo by Tricia Elliott
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Charge it to the Game by Karen Collazo
I checked into Miami-Dade County’s New Direction rehab facility after self-identifying as a drug addict. I signed up for the Specialized Transitional Opportunity Program
Koh Samui by Zooey Sun
I went to Koh Samui during a time frequented by temporary setbacks that I didn’t even bother counting. I wanted to leave for a faraway place, and it was the first place that came to my mind.
Thorn Field by Claire Askew
Tomorrow he’s leaving for good. / You know where he’s going, but don’t / belong there – couldn’t show up / without scaring him.
Not Proud to be an American by Andrea Askowitz
I went to a small beach town in Mexico to rescue turtles. I took my daughter, Tashi, who’s 14, because I wanted to teach her about the world and do something good.
It Must’ve Been Something He Wrote by Nikita Deshpande
My phone buzzed. It was my cousin Ashleysha, calling from our family home in Pune about something that was sure to be utterly unimportant.
Inner Poise by Stella Hervey Birrell
Be sure to carve out some ‘Me Time!’ / Switch off alarm. / Crawl into living room. / Do yoga, eat bagel, access social media. / Feel bad about two of these three things.
Quiet Riot by Alyssa Terese
“Are you okay?” My friend asked. I knew this crude type of emotional vertigo well. The tightness in my chest, as if my heart was about to be sucked out of my body through a straw
Rogue’s Rules by Jervey Tervalon
This is how I do it: Pay to park even if the daily rate is steep. Campus is crazy crowded – people like hair on your head, but no reason to bitch – it’s just what I need to get the job done.
Ablution by Syed Shehzar M. Doja
You still — dream in / palette tips, lost tongues, / hung in cloth / floating on the bank of the Ganges’ / sacred