Grim by Molly Rose Strugatz
“Earth body doomed, / bloomed, / blossoming. / I think about this every time I lean out my window / to invite up a new lover.” – excerpt from Grim, poetry by Molly Rose Strugatz #TheMetaworker
Author: Kira McCracken
Summer, 1990 by Anthony B Parr
“Her spirit is woven into the everyday…She is my unfinished sentence. My held breath. My quiet grief transformed into something gentler…” – excerpt from Summer, 1990, fiction by Anthony B Parr #TheMetaworker
Sharh on Mutwatta Imam Malik, Book 58, Hadith 1849 by Rozalija Grace
“I tell her / it is a raisin, a zabiba—a mark / that forms where the brow is laid / in long conjunction with earth” – excerpt from Sharh on Mutwatta Imam Malik, Book 58, Hadith 1849, poetry by Rozalija Grace #TheMetaworker
Swimming in the Ligurian Sea by Rachel Turney
“At night, by the fire, I watch the embers dance off your skin. You are aglow with ambers and deep blues.” – excerpt from Swimming in the Ligurian Sea, micro fiction by Rachel Turney #TheMetaworker
Mirrors of Empire by Thomas Deane Tucker
“signs and paper flags spill into the gutter / the homeless man’s ticking off / about hunger in the belly of his rich city” – excerpt from Mirrors of Empire, poetry by Thomas Deane Tucker #TheMetaworker
Dateline by Callie Thomason French
Micro poetry by Callie Thomason French #TheMetaworker
Grass Hills by Grace R. Jiao
“I want to dive into a pool & feel the cool water on my skin…let it carry the weight of everything I bear.” – excerpt from Grass Hills, poetry by Grace R. Jiao #TheMetaworker
Offerings by Kris Erskine
“Morning erupted / we walked to witness / ravens feasting below the swerve” – excerpt from Offerings, poetry by Kris Erskine