Poetry

“With a deeper look, I am twined, to the will of the unknown hollow.”

Malia Gentile

Blurry Lens

“I swallow silk / and allow the feeling of soft to scratch at my windpipe.”

Venus Anani

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“// like thick rolled steam // computer white on sky white //”

Ori C. Li

Clouds

“Every time love comes I mistake it for something else.”

Ori C. Li

Drought

“Some days, it seemed, my body / glowed like a copper coin / Darker and darker still”

Marley Reedy

Humidity and Romance

“Doubt flood the temporal / And occipital has forgone”

Natalia Ferraz

Images

“you don’t deserve poetry, / you monster. / You cunning thing.”

Venus Anani

Limerence

“Rotted belly / Flower sick / Ugly plant / Becomes less / Than a barcode”

Marley Reedy

Lowes on 2nd Avenue

“it tasted like ash and fruit / like dark and light.”

Rahmat Ali

Maple Syrup

“it’s all in the motion / one wrong move can / cause a commotion”

Zeiiology

Mixed Emotions

“Could a woman be broken by molten sky.”

Marley Reedy

Morning

Resurfacing: A Conversation Nearing Christmas

“Yes, ____ is really building a damned house.”

Ori C. Li

“I remember the intricate aches of touching and being touched.”

Venus Anani

Snow Fever

“// we are walking on old time // through present waters //”

Ori C. Li

To and Fro We Go

“On the narrow sidewalk / Meditate on what is / Deeper than marrow”

Marley Reedy

White Plains