ERASE THE BROKEN THINGS by Sarah Stephens
Lie with me in this moment
sink into the book of mewhere all my stories wait to be told. Take out the pagesand read–
It’s not quite Spring here, where Winter lags in the heatand humidity...
ORBIT by Aracelly Campo
Child
by Aracelly P. Campo (a.k.a. Bones)
Legends of the heavensTeach me the witchcraft of understandingThe Universe with a poetic verseIn the mystic arms of natureI shall journey to an Eden of harmony and magical beginningsMy...
CONTRAST by Brittany Male
Interstellar
Head shavedand rounded likeits own planet.Colors swirling in bruiseslike the storm-pocksof Jupiter’s atmosphere.Safety tethersnestled underthe skin,keeping lifewithin reaching distance.A space suitslowly leaking air,the sound becomingfamiliar untilit is no longer heard.The impending releaseof all energyof...
CHURCH BRICK by Terry Brinkman
Death by ArsenicYou heard them say death by ArsenicDreaming of Candy Corn lanky simpletonOne Two Three sillies ArithmeticHer never things list highIrishman’s new bed his Coffin PalaceInvented a lovely briber horrifyShe died Must be...
TRUTH by David Romanda
Look
You don’t want your desperation to show.Neither do I. We already share something that runs deep.We have a foundationon which to build our Palace of Joy.
Saying Sorry
Under the right circumstancesI could, in theory, be...
IT WILL BE OK, I LIED by Jessica Lorraine
He walks in here with a blank look on his face, stops in front of me and asks, ‘what’s wrong with you?” “Nothing.” I lie. He nods and walks away. Of course he buys...
BLOWN AWAY by Joan McNerney
Blown Away
I'm gonna have lunch withthe sky. It's been way toolong since we got together.
I'll run downstairs throughhallways into bursts of blue.Perhaps never return to work,words, paper clips, bookshelves.
Who needs cash when there'sso much...
VOICELESS by Anna Kapungu
LETTERS FROM HOME
In the deserted daysWhere the sun is my championAnd the blood thirsts for waterI tell the rays what I miss the mostHear my breathingSweat drip down my backMy hands cracked from the...