The Support of a Floor
Only for you, I will be the floor you stride along, unmoving and concrete, steadying you on your feet, so you can see the world with my...
Xanadu Literary Magazine
Apr 12, 2024
Top spin? More like bottom spin, am I right fellas? Nicolas Guillermo
You can use top spin. You are not a real athlete— See who wins the match. It was a dark day when Bjorn Borg ruined the sport of tennis by...
Nicolas Guillermo
Apr 12, 2024
Crush
Romeo and Juliet had it. The first Crush, Pure and untouched. Euphoric, but obsessed. It’s speculated that “crush” might have originated...
Tyniah Smith
Apr 12, 2024
Untitled
Heavy head, rests near. The tired bed holds much weight. Sad mornings always. Newton’s first law of motion states things in motion stay...
Griffin Hamilton
Apr 12, 2024
A Bad Open
Awkward shuffles and shaky hands, wordless jumbles and darting eyes. This single instance, may determine my damnation. A friend or foe,...
Griffin Hamilton
Apr 11, 2024
Phoenix
Little chickadee— flittering about darkened clouds. Her firelit eyes scour scorched leaves and broken boughs— Their ardent flame looking...
William Iemma
Apr 9, 2024
Chapel
The most noticeable thing heard is opening doors. Occasionally the small mumbling of a Pleading child. Rarely the tears of a Mother...
Erika Moreira Tomasino
Apr 6, 2024
Insecurity
Looking in the clear reflection, I have an image in my mind. A slim nose, with thin eyebrows, as if I was a reflection of Bella Hadid or...
Judy Reilly
Apr 4, 2024
Melena Del Sur
How is it that I feel connected to a place that I’ve never been, or seen, with my own eyes? A place where I could only look at the lines...
Andrew Lorente
Apr 2, 2024
The Widowed School Desk
I stand to hold onto your greatest possessions. A silent sentinel, enduring it all. Yearning from the loss of the last. Day by day stands...
Andresa Hernandez
Mar 31, 2024
