On the best most special kind of Friday afternoons I’d sit in the velvety backseat of my father’s Buick, a tangled bundle of excitement, because …
You Keep Me Sane by Karen Manabat
And for the nth time I bend back my head Laughing at the absurdity of it all I realized what a little piece of heaven …
Where I’m From by Ronda Redmond
I am from glorified rice and scalloped potatoes, from floors washed on hands and knees, carpets vacuumed stubby; from lemon wedges rubbed in the armpits …
No Sympathy from the Heat by Alyssa May Trifone
In Fort Myers, the weather doesn’t change much. Despite this, my grandmother will always tell you about the sun, how it chars your skin red …
full volume by Suzi Evelyn
Safe came in a spiral notebook. the tattoos left behind by lead showed me the unfiltered girl I’d almost marooned, buried in my labyrinth of …
A Dreaming Rock Like Me by Lyra Zapanta
How does one reach a star That shines out there in the universe Not begging to be noticed But unable to control its effect On …
Panters by Julia Nunnally Duncan
Her grandma called them panters and declared they ran through the mountains. The girl lay in bed under a patchwork quilt in the loft of …
The Stars Know All by Suzi Evelyn
The moment our souls first connected, I could feel the stars shattering because I was too young to have found my soul sisters, scattered among …
Ode to Loneliness by Abbie Arnold
All I know is when You leave me, and it’s always You who leaves or them who pull me away, I am left a void. …