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by Elena Wu VOICEMAIL POEMS · "爱" by Elena Wu ài yɑ, I gaspedin a foreign languagehe laughed, taking off my sockstoes without nail polish, he kissed the sweat beads on my backwithout a photographera woman in white dressa man in linen suit held the turquoise riverand their breathfit bodies running shirtlessunder the sun pouredContinue reading “爱”

by Kathleen Granados VOICEMAIL POEMS · "This is Not a Flotation Device" by Kathleen Granados Warning: do not think this bedwill bear your weight across the bay.What holds you at nightmay not carry you in the morning. The air might already be leaking. It maynot be what it seems. Run your handsalong the seams. CheckContinue reading “This is Not a Flotation Device”

by Christina Kallery VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Swan Falls in Love with Swan-Shaped Boat" by Christina Kallery BERLIN (Reuters) – A swan has fallen in love with a plastic swan-shaped paddleboat on a pond in the German town of Muenster and has spent the past three weeks flirting with the vessel five times its size, aContinue reading “Swan Falls in Love with Swan-Shaped Boat”

by Blue Đào Nguyễn VOICEMAIL POEMS · "self-portrait as a container" by Blue Đào Nguyễn Blue Đào Nguyễn is a Vietnamese-Khmer-Teochew (潮州話) non-binary lesbian writer and artist. In their free time you can find them playing Slay The Spire 2 or crafting (irl and in Minecraft) with their gf/người yêu. Their work is featured inContinue reading “self-portrait as a container”

by Sean Hanrahan VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Radiant Baby" by Sean Hanrahan Sean Hanrahan (he, him, his) is the author of Headless (2025 Collapse), Ghost Signs (2023 Alien Buddha), Gay Cake (2020 Toho), Safer Behind Popcorn (2019 Cajun Mutt) and Hardened Eyes on the Scan(2018 Moonstone). His work has also been included in various anthologies and journals.He has taught classes and read at poetry eventsContinue reading “Radiant Baby”

by Carolene Sarah Kurien VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Pebble Beach" by Carolene Sarah Kurien I’ve always wished God could grow me downinto an egg in the snow. White on white. Piles of drift.Back in Cincinnati my tongue grew red in the midday cold,waiting for someone to suck it like cherry popsicle.Those were the days I dancedContinue reading “Pebble Beach”

by Musu Bangura VOICEMAIL POEMS · "paul wall drives me home after our sade concert date" by Musu Bangura & names me his favorite dime. rubs his hands on myjukebox thighs & bobs his head to dj screw along the lake.i lean into the purple of midnight & take his palm to my cheek.suck inContinue reading “paul wall drives me home after our sade concert date”

by Andrew Chi Keong Yim VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Neighboring States" by Andrew Chi Keong Yim Between months of silence,my father sends me communist TikToks from Chinese accounts. I assume they are probut can’t know—I don’t have the app. What is between us remainsunwatchable. But I want to look at him across our dimmingcountry, water andContinue reading “Neighboring States”

by Trish Broome VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Mid-80s Memories of a Kid Living on a South Korean Army Base" by Trish Broome Mom is sitting cross-legged on the hard kitchen floor,slicing cabbage and green onions for kimchi,covering her mouth as she laughs.She’s watching 7-year-old me in the living room,lip-syncing to Madonna and Whitney Houston,holding my WalkmanContinue reading “Mid-80s Memories of a Kid Living on a South Korean Army Base”