by Paolina Acuña-González VOICEMAIL POEMS · "send pics bby" by Paolina Acuña- González I wanna say I bite into fleshjust to hold someone’s skin in my mouth I wanna say I’m only hungry because you told mea belly of rocks and wormsstill feels like a full stomach It’s easy to pretendhourlong sweattastes as sweetas morningContinue reading “send pics bby”
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Restoration
by John Muro VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Restoration" by John Muro Wanting for warmth, evening’swonderstruck and has folded inupon itself and, in the darkness,snow’s falling in deafening silence,flake upon flake upon frenetic flakelaundering the air with a willto soften the world’s hard edgesand bring abundance and beautyback into this world, obliteratingbleakness, ghosting the landscape,rounding out theContinue reading “Restoration”
Night Moves
by Maya Sol Levy VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Night Moves" by Maya Sol Levy Maya Sol Levy’s work has appeared both in print and online, with publications including The Poetry Project’s Footnotes, Wendy’s Subway’s Endless Playlist Series, HAD, Hoot Magazine, and others. She has worked on editorial teams at Gasher Journal and iteratio Journal. Maya is an MFA candidate in Writing at PrattContinue reading “Night Moves”
Ganymede
by Patrick Roche VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Ganymede" by Patrick Roche Eagle-winged cock on my phone. I joinedthe apps not earlier than I was allowed to,but earlier than I should have. A man, twiceof me – in age, in size, in audacity – stretches a talon through the screen: Sweet boy.Soft skin. Baby calf. Milk trough.Continue reading “Ganymede”
From the Woman Who Punched SZA in her “Broken Clocks” Music Video
by Nnenna Loveth VOICEMAIL POEMS · "From the Woman who Punched SZA in her Broken Clocks Music Video" by Nnenna Loveth Borrowing lyrics from The Weekend by SZA And she’s over there talkin’ ‘bout– My man is my man, is your manheard it’s her man too. Can you believe it? My baby? I think actuallyContinue reading “From the Woman Who Punched SZA in her “Broken Clocks” Music Video”
Foul
by Kim Misiti VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Foul" by Kim Misiti
Born
by Allison Mei-Li VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Born" by Allison Mei-Li I limped around the house,bruised and milk-stained,while my mother whiskedaround the kitchen, steepingteas of ginger and cinnamon,hibiscus, dark as blood—her tonic to heal my body. When I wasn’t marvelingat the rise and fall of the baby’s chest,I was worrying myself into a winter.Every sunset broughtContinue reading “Born”
Anyway*
by Parker Logan VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Anyway" by Parker Logan after Dorothy Chan Girl, you’re a slapdash shot of tequila, aren’t ya, in your overalls and cowboy boots. Don’t you know this isn’t the place? I love the way you run the edge of your nail across the bottom of myContinue reading “Anyway*”
Ace of Cups
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”
11 Lights & 5 Shadows
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”