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Category: Lit Poetry

Put the Finger Gun Away

Posted on Sep 30, 2023Sep 28, 2023 by Grace Korynta

you point your finger gun at your head 
with a laugh
because you think it’s funny…

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i could have called you but i wrote this instead

Posted on Sep 29, 2023Sep 28, 2023 by Fransivan MacKenzie

good gracious // to be twenty-one //
and constantly falling apart // but
mostly on coffee shops // grief stains
everything // my eyes touch…

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Technicolor Anaphora 

Posted on Aug 29, 2023Aug 29, 2023 by Shana Huang

An assortment of glittery rainbow pens spills out of my
Pencil pouch, each emblazoned with emblems that
Signal the spectrum of the stories they write…

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surfing

Posted on Aug 16, 2023Aug 16, 2023 by Tiana Frias

it’s a complicated thing. a sensation that bubbles over in the chest and makes everything light— air…

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I haven’t been myself for half a year

Posted on Aug 16, 2023Aug 16, 2023 by Fransivan MacKenzie

January was a wound I dressed by dressing up, as if I could summon spring by spilling watercolors against the sketchpad and calling that art…

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My Love Letter

Posted on Jul 5, 2023Aug 16, 2023 by Nicole Burton

thank you.
for loving me
at my lowest—
my strongest
thank you…

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Remembering the Best Part of Family

Posted on Jul 5, 2023Aug 16, 2023 by Nicole Burton

There are certain people
In your life
childhood,
the memories they bring
the innocence…

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Learning to Swim

Posted on Jul 5, 2023Aug 16, 2023 by Nicole Burton

I grow up fatherless
A brother who didn’t sign
Up for the role…

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I Am a Poet

Posted on Jun 28, 2023Jun 28, 2023 by Beth Portnoy

My work is not meant to be beautiful. 
My work is meant to be poetic…

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