Hurricanes have always been named after women but every woman I know who has been hit named the storm after a man …
My Grandmother’s Garden by Samantha Chaffin
My grandmother’s garden is in bloom. After breakfast, we sit on the steps in her backyard. The stone is cool beneath our feet. She kicks …
A Single Ascension of the Ladder of Life by Racheli Dyckman
Screaming and squalling, his new breath fogged the world. Most everything was blurry, Heated commotion stirred the air But the infant felt keenly the warmth …
The Fat Poem by Amber Tortorelli
To the boy in fourth grade who asked me why my stomach was larger than my chest– To the girl in high school, who hated …
Untitled by Veronica Tyler
Everything about you shone and I wanted it all. I wanted the blood and liquid ambition that pumps through your veins, I wanted the love …
Envision a Spherical ‘Perfect’ by Aleph Altman-Mills
If you want to think of “perfect,” think of a house where no one lives and nothing creaks. …
How to Say I Love You by Rowena Taylor
I pace the aging dock, its wood groaning in the shallow water. My summer- browned legs quiver at the thought of walking the plank. I …
I am ruined as I ruin by Madeleine Christie
I wish I could spit fire without burning my tongue. I’d destroy whole cities with a single word. Madeleine Christie …
Bite-Sized by Kayla King
Ask me again how I know about love & wings & other things no person should ever know. Find the words & spill them, dice …