I was a faerie child with flower stem wrists and eyes that saw too much. You said that through my veins flowed the blood of …
She Makes Art by Upasana
She paints like she makes love, her fingers know every stroke and move by heart, which the mind whispers to her soul, — calculated turns. …
transience by Olivia Hu
the fog is spitting straws of sunlight, the edges crisp like blades. sister’s hair is bouncing like waves as you run down the dock, the …
I Am Not My Mother by Mahima Kapoor
You are the horrid moon that seeks to wreak havoc inside me, with a rope you pull me to you, and I let you, and …
Too Bad by Maddie Roth
Have you ever looked at someone and thought, Wow — they’re so cool? That’s how I look at you. Well, how I did. Until I …
Brain Birds by Elif Dedim
Birds are mocking me, Perched upon the branches of my thoughts Along my stream of consciousness. Calling and tweeting, they Keep me awake at velvet …
Eclipsed by Emily Depasse
Peering from beneath makeshift covers she slides her tattered sandals off the tailgate. You were too busy finding right moments to notice how she looked …
in which i am the crowbar by Diana Khong
i grow the way barbed wire tops a junkyard fence to keep bad men out scavengers with wolf’s teeth & hands hemorrhaged with rust. my …
Father of the Year by Kate Foley
from the perspective of your daughter, twelve years from now I was Daddy’s girl until I found out that Daddy had another girl and another …