Bella A poem by Lisa Delan Bella gentle breaths my lucent girl all the years i have watched you sleep and here this… green hair against your white pillow like snow headed branches, under weighted lids your eyes rich soil... Continue Reading →
when clay dries A poem by Jaweerya Mohammad when clay dries grandma’s skin on her arms is soft like dough, drips like melted ice cream, paper thin. I pinch a fleshy chunk, trace the blue river of veins, inspect the... Continue Reading →
Dance with me A poem by Holly Payne-Strange Dance with me Hope dances like sunlight through water, a ballet of twisting gold that undulates on bare skin. There is a shipwreck off the cost of San Juan where saffron fish... Continue Reading →
Losing Sofia A poem by Marlena Eva Losing Sofia When you died the sky lowered on me and so I ended up fighting with God. He should not have taken you so early but you insisted on leaving. You insisted... Continue Reading →
Worry Coins A poem by Jacqueline Jules Worry Coins I used to have so many they jingled in my pocket. When I was younger, I spent them one after another, too often on worries too tiny to matter a month... Continue Reading →
Robin’s Song A poem by Ken Gierke Robin’s Song Traces of a Robin’s Egg In a time when a house well-kept, children fed, loved, was enough. When pilot and copilot were interchangeable. Mates for life, but one will outlast the... Continue Reading →