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by Scout Faller VOICEMAIL POEMS · "At The End Of The World Is The World" by Scout Faller After Frank O’Hara’s “Having a Coke with You” Having fish and chips at lovely’sHaving a leather jacket you’re in a crinkly topHaving a past is not permissibleThat’s why tonight i’m 90s ethan hawkeHaving a diet coke explainingContinue reading “At the End of the World is the World”

by Murdo Homewood VOICEMAIL POEMS · "And How Does That Make You Feel?" by Murdo Homewood Murdo Homewood is an early church historian, poet, and worried transsexual, living and teaching Latin in Edinburgh. His work can be found in Prolit, Glitter, and little zines he makes for his friends. When not writing about long-dead saints, lastContinue reading “And How Does That Make You Feel?”

Kelly Gray Lauren Badillo Milici Donia Salem Harhoor Hannah Karpinski Julia C. Alter Yazud Brito-Milian Trudy Hodnefield Ashley Elizabeth Eric Raanan Fischman Terrell Worrell, Jr. Olga Mikolaivna S. Shaw Nicole Tallman Lou Turner Amelia Kindall S. Fey

by S. Fey VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Wings" by S. Fey There’s a runner and a chaser, you said, pointing at the page. Look. It was a book on twin flames, and all of the cycles they go through. Well, I don’t want to chase you anymore, I said, my strength stepping out from the cornerContinue reading “Wings”

by Amelia Kindall VOICEMAIL POEMS · “This Acceleration Will See Its Beginnings In Deep Truths…” by Amelia Kindall Amelia Kindall is a writer living in Austin, TX. You can find her on Instagram @tracksuitminotaur.

by Lou Turner VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Still On The Line" by Lou Turner What is it about Glen Campbell’s Wichita Linemancued up everyday for months on end, I can’t imaginea day without longing for its soft mellow whine, in itsessence, a whistle-while-you-work-song, wishing for vacation, wishing for your work to align you withanother, and theContinue reading “Still on the Line”

by Nicole Tallman VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Spring" by Nicole Tallman They say there are two seasons in Michigan, winter and construction, but today it feels like spring. I’m getting comfortable again with feeling. Must all the poets fully feel our senses? I was pretty comfortable feeling numb. I was pretty comfortable being dead to theContinue reading “Spring”

by S. Shaw VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Running Black Home" by S. Shaw S. Shaw has been a librarian for an urban, public libraries for 29 years.His poems have been published in African American Review, Rattle, SplitThis Rock, Rhino 2021, Obsidian as well as having a short story in MightyReal: An Anthology of African American SameContinue reading “Running Black Home”

by Olga Mikolaivna VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Restore" by Olga Mikolaivna Born in Kyiv, olga works in the (intersectional/textual) liminal space of photography, word, translation, and installation. She is interested in memory, dream spaces, absences, inheritance, (dis)place, and the construction of language. Her work can be found in Cleveland Review of Books, TQR, New Delta Review,Continue reading “Restore”

by Terrell Worrell, Jr. VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Poor Kitty" by Terrell Worrell, Jr. (write something devastating,will settle for simple) head on tired neckcursing your own namefrothing at the lipcopper coated tongue yelling at yourselfheavy weighted bonefrantic soaking wettail between your legs mouse crawled in my mouth while i was sleepingI panicked, bit, and swallowedsplinters catchContinue reading “Poor Kitty”