Author Archives: voicemailpoems

by Laci Mosier VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Ace of Cups" by Laci Mosier At first, you will feel the gentle tremors of a life you lovechanging. Don’t worry, you are shedding your skin, my dear.Your molecules are shifting. Your heart is breaking. Slowly and then all at once, you will find yourself sobbingon the bathroom floor,Continue reading “Ace of Cups”

by John Harkey VOICEMAIL POEMS · "11 Lights and 5 Shadows" by John Harkey John Harkey lives in Columbus, GA, where he teaches high-school English. He received his Ph.D from CUNY, where he wrote a dissertation on “small poetry” and, through that project, edited a facsimile version of Lorine Niedecker’s Homemade Poems. John has one chapbook, Mask Work, that came out with Little Red Leaves in 2013,Continue reading “11 Lights & 5 Shadows”

Kelsey L. Smoot John Muro Asha Berkes Ankoor Patel Carmen Barefield Candace Cavanaugh Aishvarya Arora Tom Snarsky Kate Carey Stephanie Valente Allegra Wilson Ashira Morris Kelly Gray Morgan Tessier Dan J. Kirk TC Tolbert Ky Pacheco Hannah Rubin

by Hannah Rubin VOICEMAIL POEMS · "I Rage about You, You Old Ghost" by Hannah Rubin Make medim-witted. Oneof those days whereI can’t bare it—the humof madness. My belly wreakinghavoc up and down my spine,intestines in a knot.Garlic! Disgusting! or maybeyou called it gross & I called itget me out of here. A different morning:Continue reading “I Rage about You, You Old Ghost”

by Ky Pacheco VOICEMAIL POEMS · "You Won't Ever Again be in Love in a Foreign Country" by Ky Pacheco It’s a bus stop in South AmericaAnd crossing five lanes of trafficAt ten in the morning.It’s quiet,More than we were expecting.The taxi is late for arrival and I am thankful for every second. It’s notContinue reading “You Won’t Ever Again be in Love in a Foreign Country”

by TC Tolbert VOICEMAIL POEMS · "This is What You Are" by TC Tolbert missing Melissa – dust turned to wavesin the desert – okra coming up two monthstoo late – a forward-breaking gate openinginto someone else’s field – I walk bya window and I don’t understand how little I seeyou – but so clearlyContinue reading “This Is What You Are”

by Dan J. Kirk VOICEMAIL POEMS · "This is Poetry Time" by Dan J. Kirk There are few mornings like this –When the tumble day slowsand the sweltering July heat subsides;when memories of last night’s fire showresonate with a still-first sense of wonder. The footfall of Fatherhood feels fine underneath;I am comfortable here, at peaceContinue reading “This is Poetry Time”

by Morgan Tessier VOICEMAIL POEMS · "The Kids Are So Back" by Morgan Tessier barking up the right treesstuck on the double branch don’t climb if you can’t get downif you can’t get down better learn tojump the kids are so backvlog squad with baby teethsucking back cinnamongetting pantsed by their dadstamogotchi death hits allContinue reading “The Kids Are So Back”

by Kelly Gray VOICEMAIL POEMS · "The Coldening" by Kelly Gray The leaving was such that each applein the orchard glassed over into ghost-form on a single night. Centers rotted, dropped out,only translucent orbs at the end of wooded knots remained. A buck arrives, noses them to the ground.His only want: to hear the shatter.Continue reading “The Coldening”

by Ashira Morris VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Street Plums" by Ashira Morris I’m waiting for the tram, picking plumsbut really what I’m doing is looking, longinglyhigher up where most of the fruit is sitting ripe.A man approaches —bald but for a crown of white hair, lightweight vest, faded tattoosof an old sailor, two breasty mermaids withContinue reading “Street Plums”