Is this folly? To bind ourselves, flesh to flesh, in blood and brokenness and whisper, in defiance, against the dark: ‘til death. To mock futility, souls …
Modern Lit by Sade Andria Zabala
I am not a magazine people mindlessly flip through when they’re bored. I am literature. I am art. I am stories with a spine. I …
The Language of You by Martina Dominique Dansereau
I lose my way in the translation of these emotions into poetry. I don’t think there is a word for this kind of love, how …
Love Story by Amelia Lopez
I made you perfect And I loved you like a Father You became imperfect And I loved you even harder . . .
Bully by Caroline Lincoln Catlin
your father was an important man. always out on business. big suits. black briefcase. first class. he sent you to boarding school with the rest …
The Tooth Makers’ Daughter Is Apprenticed by Katherine Fallon
Father taught me that teeth bloom like flowers, spiraling outward from a tight bud. Or like a lady’s skirt mid-dance. But he showed me with …
Grow by Ionne Gagui
You are everything and nothing, With so much room to grow. But I know that you are something, And that’s all you need to know. …
underbelly by S. Makai Andrews
don’t tell your mother about the painting you have of a gun in the back of your room. don’t tell her about the time you …
Hidden Nest by Julia Dobel
Secrets— tiny eggs we harbor like illegal fugitives in the nests behind our rib cages. They hatch, rattle the bars, demand to come out, breathe …