Home (after Ada Limon) ~ Rachel Hynds

First, it existed in simple terms: a crumbling street with Easter-basket grass, a series of phone wires past the wilted stop sign leading to winding side streets untraveled by bike.  Mornings when the swamp would grasp your neck with green  tightening tendrils, it...

To My Sister ~ Anjelica Singer

I thought I saw You in my dream last night Maybe I was awake, I saw you at my bedside   You looked like Mom, Blonde hair, blue eyes Your aura covered me In blankets You finally made it here, Everything was going to be alright   Jillian, they call you It...

Puppet Strings ~ Jordan Corley

there’s an aching in my chest, a pain that only dulls when i known you’re within reach and one swift tug is all it would take to pull you back in place by my side where i feel you belong.   but now you’ve gone and done what i could never do  and...

The Victim ~ Adi Solis

Monsters emerge in the light of the day. “Fear the darkness”, they say- it’s a lie. some of your friends may be foes, by the way.   Grooming: the process to ruin- betrayal. His, was the hand you were comforted by. Monsters emerge in the light of the day.  ...

You, in November ~ Annie Murphy

Burgundy leaves, same internal clock buzzing, The routine repeats. The tune alerts the sleepers, That their dreams will stay as such, that the misfortunes   Of this cataclysmic space, makes the cool air crack, mid blow. Iridescent howls bring us back to the time...

You Didn’t Know ~ Veronica Garis

You didn’t know how America would mold us. You didn’t know the falsehood of the American Dream. Your Russian tongue slowly lost its song and shattered China Decorated the floor as you stood Practicing the same words over and over. You turned the blame inward and...