My hands do not tremble as I thought they would. They remain steady on the steering wheel of my 1969 VW Bug, a car I …
Men by Robyn Bateman
I finger a cut in my lip. When they kiss me, my tongue splits like two snakes desperate to leave my mouth. Is this …
Bone Meal by Jamie Uy
Loving is a muscle you can tire. It’s a chore that loses its luster within a week of acquiring the garden shed. After the champagne …
Sonnet For My Mother by Chelsea Coreen
As her aging groom snores, she imagines she is seventeen. An art gallery opens. Boots unlaced. Lips painted black. She closes her eyes, but all …
Just by Andrea May
“I wrote this song after a breakup. It’s a sad song filled with broken hearts, broken promises, and pain. The word ‘just’ has a negative …
Drama Queen by Kirsten Uhde
It wasn’t so long ago that a close friend of mine rolled up my sleeve to count the freckles on my arm, but gave up …
Salt #3 by Nic Alea
We go chase bush fires with water guns, the summer flies bite into us like salted meat, you like salt, I cry and you eat, …
Kathleen Hanna: The Punk Singer
Kathleen Hanna is part of the reason I was able to make it through my formative teenage years. I remember being 14 years old and …
Snowstorm by Daniel Joffe
The sky gets dark and grey Animals quiet and return home The stark, bare trees begin to sway Children no longer roam The first …