the night of the swarm
my bare thighs press hard against the hot, prickly concrete— biting into them tiny, shallow red craters. as the morning breeze fills the...
Emma Baccone
May 14, 2023
Weeds
What happens to a dandelion in a graveyard? Surrounded by rotting flesh and stagnant odors, her roots intertwine with death as she...
Angelina Blankson
May 11, 2023
Heredity
As the roots of my blonde-encroached hair grow and expose their untainted jet black hue, my mother and her mother’s and her mother’s...
Zahra Choudry
May 8, 2023
Dimensional
On this Earth I walk and live, Carrying with me dreams before my time. Those that preceded me aimed to give, So I could continue this...
Kristiane DiMaulo
May 4, 2023
I Despise You
God how I despise you. You twist my words, perverting my kindness Pursuing your own deluded narrative of my wretchedness Proclaiming...
Katie Mondry
May 4, 2023
Evolution
My mind and body lie still in silence. Yet the multitudes inside me are anything but silent. Blood brushes against the vessel walls,...
Jacob Philip
May 1, 2023
Take a Walk
I was walking today, as I always do, alongside my enemy and my best friend, watching the others who also pass through stand separately,...
Cassandra Dinulescu
Apr 28, 2023
In Bloom (ghazal)
I’ll be honest: my favorite season is summer in gratifying bloom. Years pass by and still, my skin shines, neverending bloom. Hands,...
Sienna Leaver
Apr 26, 2023
FLY
35,000 feet in the air. An expensive hunk of metal powered by fans. Humans were never meant to collide with the sky. Not only is it...
Kaiet Coraizaca
Apr 25, 2023
My thoughts on country (in the words of a traitor)
Country music just isn’t right for me. I get quickly bored by the same four looping chords, And the same set of instruments, And the song...
Marc Malafronte
Apr 20, 2023
