by Grace Cooper VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Touch Pools At The Marine Science Center" by Grace Cooper This poem previously appeared in Twenty Bellows.
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This Would Be Easier If I Had Your Body
by p.e. garcia VOICEMAIL POEMS · "This Would Be Easier If I Had Your Body" by p.e. garcia
The Ocean Is My Mother
by Kai White VOICEMAIL POEMS · "The Ocean Is My Mother" by Kai White i possess the digital body of norman reedus and carry the corpse of my mother up mt. olympus trying to feel anything at all i marvel at the apocalypse skyscrapers gutted like apartments in east cleveland like the horrors we wageContinue reading “The Ocean Is My Mother”
Obsession
by Dana Jaye Cadman VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Obsession" by Dana Jaye Cadman Girl don’t think itTardive dyskinesia; tardive dyskinesiaCalendar calendar calendar calendarTardive dyskinesiaSynesthesia I think blue I think shades of blueGirl stop he doesn’t want youGot onna planeGot onna planeGirl stopLook up at the calendar don’t think calendarDon’t think itMaybe the therapist says maybe thinkContinue reading “Obsession”
Nostalgia
by Tran Tran VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Nostalgia" by Tran Tran Tran Tran (she/her) writes in the muddle between English and Vietnamese. Her poetry has been featured on Salamander Magazine, The Seventh Wave and more. She currently serves in the reading staff of ONLY POEMS and Frontier Poetry, and is an upcoming editorial fellow at ShenandoahContinue reading “Nostalgia”
Monday Wears Tuesday’s Face Like A Mask
by Gregory Crosby VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Monday Wears Tuesday's Face Like A Mask" by Gregory Crosby I tire of treating the world as anemail I wish to delete unopened. The newspapers turned into soggy boats,sailing down gutters slick with oil & blood. The software hardening into tyrants,tyranny softening into a shrug. The round trip ofContinue reading “Monday Wears Tuesday’s Face Like A Mask”
Kismet Algorithm
by Divya Goruganthu VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Kismet Algorithm" by Divya Goruganthu hair on my head turning silverkoi on your shoulder fading palerhalf dozen software updates laterThe Algorithm brings us together koi on your shoulder fading paleryour hands reached for mine in the barThe Algorithm brings us togetherI reach to give directions left or right yourContinue reading “Kismet Algorithm”
Immigrants
by Anmol Priya Desai VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Immigrants" by Anmol Priya Desai No dating until you’re thirtywas the rule my parents erected like a concrete wall built for destruction.It was the reason my first boyfriendhad to lead me in darkness through brushwith the canvas of our Converse soakingin grass dewed by yesterday’s rain.Under a tree,Continue reading “Immigrants”
For Craving
by Claire Tames Nelson VOICEMAIL POEMS · "For Craving" by Claire Tames Nelson Today a pomegranate broke open on the supermarket floor, & sucked the breath out of my mouth while I coughed up red seeds. I want to be more like the Olde Times Buffet across the street from Publix with the big signContinue reading “For Craving”
Fog Looks Extra Alpha with Palm Trees
by Alexandra Naughton VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Fog Looks Extra Alpha With Palm Trees" by Alexandra Naughton I miss California with a hole like opera in my septum. It reminds me of being born. Instead of leaving Mom And Dad‘s for a South African defense contractor who found rent control between startup bubbles, I wish IContinue reading “Fog Looks Extra Alpha with Palm Trees”