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by Cristina Paul VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Llorona" by Cristina Paul Cristina Paul is an educator from Los Angeles. She co-facilitates a protest chorus and is interested in horizontal collaborations: dancing, singing, gardening, and being alive.

by Claire Kenny VOICEMAIL POEMS · "It Says I Want To Live When" by Claire Kenny When I tuck my hands into the wool fingerless gloves, close them into fists,then open them again to the worldWhen I drive to CVS to pick up my dad’s antibiotics, for healing the stitchesUnder a puffy bandage on hisContinue reading “It Says I Want to Live When”

by Jordan Cobb VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Heritage Patch" by Jordan Cobb Jordan Cobb is a queer American poet based in NYC. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in 2025. Her work has recently appeared in Crab Creek Review, SWWIM, & Shō Poetry Journal among others. She is @on_the_cobb on Instagram.  This poemContinue reading “Heritage Patch”

by Montana Tiatia-Sefilino VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Grief in the shower" by Montana Tiatia-Sefilino I come in knowing where you are,hunched beneath theshowerhead,breathing hard,swaying under the spray,eyes unmoored. I enter the tubsoft-footedly,into the shallow water,circling your anklesuntil I become a small ocean,and you, shuddering in my tide,hold yourself hostagewith the strength of your armswrapped around yourContinue reading “Grief in the shower”

by Grace VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Absolution" by Grace I was minding my own businesswhen it happened.A flash of brown.A single ringing blow, thena dull thud.That was all it tookto end the mourningdove. How our window shookto look upon its brutal work.At least it was quick. A useless mercy. To spend a life singingjust to goContinue reading “Absolution”

by Lilly Purdon VOICEMAIL POEMS · "A Teal Toothbrush" by Lilly Purdon He left his toothbrush on my sink—a reminder so slight,yet it haunts me as surely as his touch.I pointed it out, as if I wished to free myself of it;he smiledas he walked out my door,and chained me with his leaving it there.Continue reading “A Teal Toothbrush”

by beatrice bee VOICEMAIL POEMS · "a splendid spot to perish" by beatrice bee

by jj rowan VOICEMAIL POEMS · "lakegender" by JJ Rowan jj rowan (they/them) is a trans nonbinary writer and dancer whose creative practices have developed largely out of collaborative approaches and the pursuit of deep connection. their chapbook, a simple verb, is available from Bloof Books. you can follow their handwriting and movement projects on InstagramContinue reading “[ lakegender ]”

Gabriela González Angel Monet LoMax L. Amariti Eléna Rivera Nicholas Bonarski Mary Geschwindt Emma Sheinbaum Laura Casteel Sophia Rosenberg Vasiliki Argyris Marissa M. Zhu Uchechukwu Onyedikam Chloe Yelena Miller Lena Hadley Birch Wiley Aleksandra Jovičić Đinović Shannon Frost Greenstein Ella B. Winters

by Ella B. Winters VOICEMAIL POEMS · "What I Mean When I Offer to Hem your Trousers" by Ella B. Winters Saying I love you in my mother tongueis impossible. My mother never loved mein words. She gave up a continentfor me, its contents tradedfor a feathered hope of better. For me, she went toContinue reading “What I Mean When I Offer to Hem your Trousers”