I used to think that leaving you would feel like praying to a broken compass, night falling quiet and cold on the ocean, but I …
Things You Didn’t Realize by Kathryn Merwin
I. There was no one to kiss your mouthful of yeses, so you drank too much rum and slept in the tub. II. …
Untitled by Indya Shaw
Once a boy wanted to see my soul, but he never tried asking me to show him. He looked at my eyes like they really …
How She Loved Us by Caroline Walton
Cats had short life spans in our house.Not soft deaths, but loud accidents, splayed across our driveway. When the garage door strangled our tabby, my …
Deep Down Dig by Kiernan Norman
Sit down and begin to unravel the secrets you tried to bury inches deep within your thigh. Remember the giddy hollow of after. How ringing …
The Lightness by Kathryn Merwin
The fields were green and brown, speckled with horses and bales of hay. We drove with the windows down — cigarettes for fingers, black ash …
Indpndt photo art by Katharina Jung
Abandoned houses and castles, forests and foreign cultures let me dream. Daydreams allow me the entrance into a world in which I can …
I Should’ve Told Her by Maggie Bowyer
I could hear my best friend down the hall. The room was still dark. I didn’t know how I’d gotten there or where you’d gone. …