On Saturday mornings when my mother called a cab to take us to town, it was usually my uncle Paul who pulled into our driveway. …
CAPITAL LETTERS by Dani Leshgold
I’M COILED AROUND THE TIRES ON YOUR CAR I’M WRAPPED AROUND THE T-SHIRT YOU LEFT IN THE CORNER OF MY ROOM THE BLACK ONE YOU …
To Those Who Call Me Terrorist by Minna Banawan
You call me “terrorist,” but you turn blind eyes When I am the one being terrorized. Where are you to call out the terrorists, when …
Paper Planes by Noor Dhingra
Let the houses turn smaller and Smaller, as you sit back in your seat and Watch the roads and streets and narrow Winding paths evolve …
Learning to Drive by Ed Higgins
Just take the mountain curves as tightly to the inside and as fast as surface conditions permit and the road’s edge or yellow center line …
Slowly Crushing the Self to Death by Jessica Walker
Lukewarm coffee to dull the pain, Spiked with whiskey and bitter tears. This ritualistic consumption stops The demons for a moment. Spiked with whiskey and …
Abandoned by Karen Manabat
Tell them I was the perfect storm; I came strong and uninvited. Tell them you hid from my rain, And prayed for me to be …
I’m the girl with smokey lips by Nicole Deardorff
Smoking and kissing are two things I don’t take lightly I kiss hard, hazardously I kiss attacks, bruise, draw blood I kiss making sure you …
The small room by Jessica Johnson
The cold surface of the door presses against my back. The walls close in on me, leaving me desperate to take quicker breaths. Above me …