I Want to Write About the N-Word by Alina Stefanescu
I want to write about nipples even though
no word is safe I write about nipples
because they make me uncomfortable
and the things I cannot touch
with my eyes look...
Two Poems by Courtney LeBlanc
Ocean
I’ve got insomnia
again. I lay awake
for hours, listening
to the fan whirl
as my thoughts swim
round and round to you.
You’re six hours
behind so when I can’t
sleep we text, the...
Two Poems by Jacqueline Jules
Avocado Secret
When the widow wrote
how her husband
once said she was like
a perfectly ripe avocado,
I wanted to rush right out
and buy one. Examine
its tough exterior,
creamy innards,
solid core.
Learn its...
Three Poems by CL Bledsoe
A Kind of Spring
The best time to fall in love
is when you share your greatest fear
Speaking to the Rain, by Donald Illich
We can speak to the rain,
but it does not say anything to us.
“Why are you so strong?
Why do you want to flood us?”
we ask it. But it...
