LATEST IN POETRY
Poem with Tiramisu, Sibling Past Thirty-Eight by Jon Riccio
We eat at Olive Garden after learning if our father / had stronger kidneys a portion of his intestines
Poet Trying On A Western by Leslie Grollman
Leslie’s asking the important question: why not…?
This Body by Lebo Disele
In this poem, Lebo explores the concept of occupying space.
Take It from Someone Who Knows by Hanna Thomas Uose
Hanna teaches you how to love yourself.
Lost Ones by Lebo Disele
Lebo’s poem makes us question the reasons we grieve.
Womanhood by Liz Chadwick Pywell
What does womanhood mean to you?
Onomatopoeia of Lost Words by Maryam Gowralli
Maryam draws inspiration from her diasporic Trinidadian-Indian and Indonesian tribal heritage.
Portra by the Sea by Autumn Stiles
What of the fisherman skulks / in your heart? / What husks of hull sit rusting / ironed dull by sea over / sand over sea?
Tess and Friends Try On Selves Like Swimsuits by Dia Roth
We try on bodies—like them, long / for them—then try others. Somewhere / between hunger and earnest thirst, / we shapeshift.
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Insides by Aquinas
The lungs of who you are betray the bones of what you’ve become. / I could carry you in my chest for as long as I hold my breath, / but that would be too long.
How Someone Might Be Seen by Jack Bigglestone
lounging on the gritty hot stone pool edge / casual fingers push ripples across / the surface where watery eyes / meet
Upon Returning by Phylise Smith
Once again / I enter the country of my ancestors / stand on sere vegetation both familiar / and forgotten, never promised to me.
Madhubala by Karishma Sangtani
Whispers of prayers that / pricked killed her: / tragic beauty spits / box office poison.
Non-Binary by Stella Hervey Birrell
Insistent / shedding layers of / title, pronoun, expectations / like clothes / dumped in / the messy / trail