My Closet, Your Shame
By Maia Michelle Raven — She stared at the screen. She turned around and slapped me. Whack. She slapped me again. My face is burning. I run
Apr 16, 2022
First Dance
By John L Swainston — Remembered what my grandfather had told me: “Want a girlfriend, make the loneliest girl happy.” Walked up to her,
Mar 23, 2022
One Hour Photo
By Gale Acuff — One day when I'm dead I'm supposed to come to life again, I think I'll be in my grave, my soul with my body, if I have one,
Feb 6, 2022
She Could Be Me
By Phyllis Rittner — Both my parents had dementia. I lie awake nights convinced I have the gene. I work with folks in their eighties and
Dec 1, 2021
Why am I a 28 year old Virgin?
By Aaron Curry — Ask me. Why am I a 28 year old virgin? Growing up in an area that's promiscuous and urban. Why, for the most part, have I
Nov 5, 2021
Ask Me Your Fortune, If You Dare!
By Anita Nahal — Lentil or meat in a steaming hot pot. Reeked heavy and was badly sought. Remnants of birds in the ladle. Ramifications
Oct 20, 2021
The Origins of Creative Endeavours
By Todd Sullivan — I end every Zoom interview the same way. “Before we go, do you have any final questions?” I've interviewed some 90
Sep 17, 2021
Through the Evening Fog
By Yuna Kang — It is hard enough to love you, harder still to remember you.
I scribble down the final pulses of trauma you gave me, hoping
Sep 4, 2021
Sparrows, Daddy
By Kunal Mehra — You may never read this letter, my unborn son, but I still want to write it. You were never expressed. You never came to
Aug 23, 2021
Walking Stories
By Kahlil Crawford — I initially wrote because I was enamored with the idea of poetry and later hip-hop. However, my first meaningful
Aug 18, 2021
Paper Birds
By Theresa Gaynord — What if George Floyd’s memories hadn’t faded? What if kindness shut out the clouds? What if
sunshine fell upon the lid
May 25, 2021
Ask Me About My Narcoleptic Daydreams
By Reyna N. Vasquez Bisono — My narcolepsy makes me crave sleep, but the world makes me embrace it. Why face your problems, when you can
Apr 5, 2021
Let's Start Here
By Thomas Elson — He saw his daughter decades later, when she - now a grandmother was asked the same question and emerged as the woman who
Feb 11, 2021
Down the River
By Lynne Mathews Abensohn — There’s a river that runs deep through my mind. When I was a kid growing up in Rhode Island, the river was just
Oct 21, 2020
A Poem for Breonna Taylor (June 5, 1993--March 13, 2020)
By Celucien Joseph — "Battle Ground in the ‘Gateway to the South': A Poem for Breonna Taylor" (June 5, 1993--March 13, 2020)
Sep 26, 2020
