Cultural Parasite ~ Thiago Rego

Apr 27, 2023 | Poetry

When I first came here, I would spell my name to cashiers Starbucks kept getting my name wrong, making me feel so alone   Had to learn biology, economics, math, and psychology No assistance to the person who could barely speak English   I memorized words to...

Poem Seven ~ Carly Jane

Apr 27, 2023 | Poetry

Come meet our cast of characters, longer than I can list. Two girls leap over fighting fields.           They will rarely meet,            both trailing a path long forgotten.            Let’s think of each other.           (Do you read stories about me?) My, and...

Weinermobile ~ Sarah Langer

Apr 27, 2023 | Poetry

I met the weinermobile off I-76 exit 247, you were the most divine appetizer State College, I am no longer starving   I learnt love in locomotion a pilgrimage of pulverized pork nestled between Henderson and Burrowes   a sizzling cornucopia luring me into...
There is No Thunder in Space ~ Ryan Zaff

There is No Thunder in Space ~ Ryan Zaff

Apr 27, 2023 | Ekphrasis, Poetry

Editor’s Note This submission is in response to artwork from KLIO 2021, “Jovian” by Julius McBride, and is a part of our 2023 ekphrastic initiative. In ancient myths did old Jove reign No more; yet in the sky, I see Not one more worthy of his fame Than Number 5, the...

Questions for Assholes ~ Jonathan Krystopolski

Apr 27, 2023 | Poetry

where do assholes come from? are they born, or made, or brought from somewhere with a bent thumb?   and is this condition genetic and should i get checked because i’m certain my father never got tested but my little brother has his special brand   of...

Love Birds ~ Sarah Langer

Apr 27, 2023 | Poetry

I like to think my mother fell in love with my father Gently, like drifting feathers   Rather than careening Wings clipped,   No longer a teacher No longer a woman of rolling rocks and skinny dipping in the Poconos   Because those who stay home wear red, steel plated...