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“Blessing” by Jeff Burt

August 12, 2019August 29, 20200

may your eyelids be …

“Trouble Every Day VI” by Glen Armstrong

July 22, 2019August 19, 20200

I exist where you’ve …

“It was Slow” by Kaileen Campbell

July 8, 2019March 15, 20220

I sat and held …

“Reclamation” by Mallika Bhaumik

July 1, 2019August 19, 20200

Someday we might meet,when …

“He’ll Hear it Again” by Edward Lee

June 24, 2019August 19, 20201

There’s a man the …

“Folded Sky” by Sayan Aich Bhowmik

June 10, 2019August 19, 20200

I fold the corners …

“What Do Birds Do When Bombs Go Off” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi

June 3, 2019September 23, 20200

When bombs rattle the …

“some other nights” by Mallika Bhaumik

May 27, 2019August 19, 20202

Nights are essays in …

“Bodily” by Gale Acuff

May 13, 2019September 23, 20200

I don’t care if …

“Forgotten Man” by Ann Christine Tabaka

April 29, 2019September 3, 20202

Dust motes dance on …

“The Clairvoyant” by DS Maolalai

April 22, 2019August 19, 20200

for a while there …

“Tungsten Bulbs” by Sayan Aich Bhowmik

April 15, 2019September 1, 20200

I have always wondered …

“Traumatic Pneumothorax” by Melanie Gaughran

April 8, 2019August 27, 20230

Melanie Gaughran is a …

“Seasons of Earth” by Manisha Manhas

February 25, 2019August 19, 20200

the dust storms whineagainst …

“Death of Whydah Sibyl” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

February 4, 2019September 3, 20200

Stand at ocean-side, exhale …

Ruben Reflects on the Difference Between Dreams and Reality While Working the Day Shift” by Chuck Von Nordheim

January 28, 2019August 19, 20200

Where I earn my nine fifty and change each week, rules of physics make the surreal far from cheap.

“Cupholder: A Road Buddy Romance” by Chuck Von Nordheim

January 14, 2019August 29, 20200

Under a sulfur streetlamp, …

“Canescent” by Jagari Mukherjee

January 7, 2019September 4, 20202

1 These mornings, I …

“A Russian Romance” by Nikita Parik

December 17, 2018February 23, 20202

One fanciful Calcutta summer …

“Synthlipsis Greggii” by Hart L’Ecuyer

December 10, 2018April 20, 20190

The war brought a …

“Concurs” by Sanjeev Sethi

December 3, 2018August 30, 20200

Not like in the …

“Almost Rimbaud” by Mary Shanley

November 19, 2018August 19, 20200

I live in the …

“Auscultation” by Sanjeev Sethi

November 12, 2018August 30, 20201

Halcyon and hurtful coexist …

“Everyday I am Born Like This” by Abhilipsa Sahoo

November 5, 2018August 19, 20201

everyday I am born …

“Game [ON]” by Henry Crawford

October 15, 2018August 19, 20200

[w]ham-o Sam-o [Suitors Up!] …

“Dark Side Whispers” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

October 8, 2018October 7, 20180

Unrelenting passion in a …

“7820 miles” by Snata Bose

October 1, 2018August 29, 20200

How can I forget …

“Stewed and Strained” by RK Taylor

September 17, 2018September 16, 20180

comforting chatter from front-facing …

“Why I Should Probably Quit” DS Maolalai

September 10, 2018August 19, 20200

the click of the …

“A New Kind Of Love” by Sanbud Tehrani

August 27, 2018August 21, 20180

It may not get …

“Monograph” by Gary Glauber

August 20, 2018August 19, 20200

Home, a major chord, …

“I Hid to Never Emerge” by Suvojit Banerjee

August 6, 2018August 19, 20200

The snow in my …

“Teeter-Totter” by Sanjeev Sethi

July 30, 2018August 19, 20200

Spindrift from your …

“Exit” by Anupama Kadwad

July 23, 2018September 23, 20200

I force myself to …

“Red Wine for Winter” by DS Maolalai

July 16, 2018September 3, 20200

the snow melts grey …

“Modern Sunsets” by M. A. Istvan Jr.

July 9, 2018August 19, 20200

daytime gutter vomit scared …

“Pledge” by Sheikha A.

July 2, 2018August 30, 20200

Some lands are royalty …

“This is not a Democracy!” by Sanbud Tehrani

June 25, 2018August 19, 20200

“This is not a …

“Cold Frame” by Sanjeev Sethi

June 11, 2018August 19, 20200

Love like Eucalyptus …

“Sea Moon” by Sheikha A.

June 4, 2018September 3, 20200

A road divider on …

“How to Draw a Circle” by Damian Campana

May 28, 2018January 15, 20221

Damian Campana is …

“untitled” by Darin Milanesio

May 21, 2018August 19, 20200

Life is supposed to …

“Thoughts of Steak Tartare” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

May 7, 2018August 27, 20230

Can your mind sustain …

A poem from Simon Perchik

April 30, 2018August 19, 20200

Editor’s Note: Per the …

Excerpt From “We Three Kings” by D.M. Rice

April 23, 2018June 1, 20260

D.M. Rice is a non-binary writer …

“Occupy the Present” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

April 9, 2018August 19, 20200

Whatever be the season, …

“Stag” by Megan Denese Mealor

April 2, 2018September 23, 20200

Megan Denese Mealor has …

“Four Teacups” by Irtika Kazi

March 26, 2018November 9, 20200

Four tea cups lay …

“The Clues Within an Adirondack Glade: Son to Father” by Greg Lucas

March 19, 2018August 29, 20200

Now that you’ve passed-through …

“The Laptop of God” by KG Newman

March 12, 2018August 29, 20200

You’d expect the power …

“To Know Life, To Fight Unarmed” by Sarah Kersey

March 5, 2018August 19, 20200

To know life is …

“Half-Dream” by Ann Christine Tabaka

February 26, 2018August 29, 20201

Gilded morning shatters sleep, …

“Night” by Chestina Craig

February 19, 2018May 16, 20250

I have been raised …

Mother Rips my Roots by Jasmine King

February 5, 2018November 9, 20200

With Lines from “The …

“He Stared Down the Barrel of a Gun and He Saw Me” by Stephanie Luka

January 22, 2018August 19, 20201

I watched you slide …

“Skin” by Chestina Craig

January 15, 2018September 1, 20201

SKIN is the bodies …

“The Plum Tree” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

December 25, 2017August 19, 20200

How did the …

“War Paint” by Linda Imbler

December 18, 2017August 19, 20200

Tonight the battle will …

“Old Photos” by Pat St. Pierre

December 4, 2017September 4, 20200

I never saw my …

“Lexical Proverbs Newly Discovered” by Yuan Changming

November 27, 2017July 7, 20190

No art without startle …

“Soft Dismount” by Matt Gillick

November 20, 2017January 10, 20210

A Gymnast propels through …

“Eight Hour Sunder” by Edward Hemstreet

November 13, 2017October 20, 20190

Do not let this …

“At What Price” by Ann Christine Tabaka

November 6, 2017February 23, 20200

He stood outside the …

I Am Scared of the Night by Indunil Madhusankha

October 16, 2017February 23, 20220

As the dusk creeps …

“Beware of the Quiet” by Ann Christine Tabaka

October 9, 2017December 5, 20250

Do not allow …

“Oh, What the Hell” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

October 2, 2017February 2, 20192

Gracefully inept at life’s …

“Daymare” by Ann Christine Tabaka

August 28, 2017September 23, 20202

Fragments of dreams scattered …

“Shakespeare in the Dark” by Peter Streitz

July 31, 2017September 11, 20170

The tweeker’s Boggy, alcoholic …

“You and I” by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi

July 24, 2017September 11, 20171

You were the ocean …

“No Room in the Rubble” by Khalid Abu Dawas

July 10, 2017September 11, 20170

I used to pray …

“Dead Self thoughts reincarnated in words” by Stela Xega

May 22, 2017August 19, 20200

Darling, listen. no matter …

“Attic Kitty” by Anna Keeler

May 15, 2017August 19, 20200

Someone would love to …

“I Spit Dust” by Darin Milanesio

April 24, 2017August 30, 20200

The fog was making …

“The Couple Almost” by John Grey

April 17, 2017August 25, 20201

She camouflaged herself at …

“a blason from the crossfaded” by Connor Chapman

April 10, 2017August 19, 20200

A very pretty girl …

“To the Best” by Anna Keeler

April 3, 2017August 19, 20200

We sit on the …

“Twilight’s Crescendo” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

March 13, 2017September 3, 20201

absent of pearls in …

“How We Love” by Lauren Brodowski

March 6, 2017August 19, 20202

Sometimes I like to …

“If I Were to Outlive You” by Ellen Webre

February 13, 2017August 19, 20200

If I were to …

“Masquerade” by Laurie Frisbey

January 23, 2017August 19, 20201

I reveal the parts …

“Judy and Modern Medicine” by John Grey

January 9, 2017August 19, 20200

The doctor’s handsome and …

“Hypertension” by Maya Castleman

January 2, 2017August 19, 20200

Hypertension: Each …

“Word Supreme” by Clint Keller

December 26, 2016August 19, 20200

What I’m saying right …

“The Pissing Contest” by Laurie Frisbey

December 19, 2016February 22, 20222

Let’s make this a …

“Traffic Kids” by Farah Billa

December 5, 2016February 23, 20220

I don’t think in …

“Water” by Gabby Catalano

November 28, 2016August 19, 20200

“He laid his head …

“On South Providence Road, 11:34 PM” by Tonya Eberhard

November 14, 2016August 19, 20200

Catacombs and catastrophe fill …

“Get Up Get Down Get Outro” by Taylor Han

November 7, 2016February 22, 20220

I’ve spent the last …

“Shadows” by Hanoch Guy

October 31, 2016August 19, 20200

I. I jump at …

“Vienna Night 3: Brazilian Exchange Students” by Jesse Swire

October 24, 2016December 8, 20230

portuguese lyric lilt xe’s, …

“The Soul is Water” by Sudeep Adhikari

October 17, 2016August 19, 20200

A blank is waiting …

“Sunday School” by Natalie Crick

October 3, 2016August 19, 20200

Madeline loves it And …

“Rowena’s Poetry” by John Grey

September 26, 2016August 19, 20200

She reads new poetry …

“A Passage” by Irsa Ruçi

September 12, 2016August 29, 20201

This one’s a very …

“Interview with a Children’s Book Author” by Ben Nardolilli

September 5, 2016August 19, 20200

Success is a function …

“Confessionals” by Chestina Craig

August 29, 2016February 23, 20201

I’m always finding myself …

“Omen Sketches” by Rachelle Pinnow

August 22, 2016February 23, 20201

Rachelle Pinnow is also …

“Twilight’s Drift” By Ken Allan Dronsfield

August 8, 2016August 25, 20202

Reason for waking, lofty …

“Crazy at the Viper” by Ben Nardolilli

August 1, 2016September 22, 20200

I joined the most …

“Girl” by Chestina Craig

July 25, 2016September 3, 20202

I used to think …