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by Michelle Ortega VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Love, First" by Michelle Ortega for Joe at sixteenI want to slipbetween your ribs andentwine myselfwith your heart I want to fallasleep behindyour sternum (to exist outsideof you justisn’t enough) this I rememberthirty-five yearslater when again we meet andhold a gazethat feels softnessI have notsince you unafraidto be seenIContinue reading “Love, First”

by Stevie Green VOICEMAIL POEMS · "If I Don’t Text Back Immediately" by Stevie Green If I don’t text back immediatelyI’m not mad, I’m just Laughing because the Calm app tells me I’ve had zero mindful days / wondering if aliens had tracksuit eras at some point in their evolution of if they just skippedContinue reading “If I Don’t Text Back Immediately”

by William Ward Butler VOICEMAIL POEMS · "I Got That Dog In Me" by William Ward Butler I got that dog in me, orchestra of barking,I got work in the morning and a flock of dogsbeneath my sternum, I got bottled rage and a whole lotta corks,I’m quirked up and collapsing courts, I’m crushing quartzContinue reading “I Got that Dog in Me”

by Gion Davis VOICEMAIL POEMS · "How To Be A Wildfire (If Conditions Are Better To Be A Man)" by Gion Davis Text your glamorous friendin their better city somethingincriminating and selfish.Buy a vibrator with yourroyalties. Prefer mento landscapes. Listento that Joni Mitchell recordwith the big scratchon the B side. Live insidethe scratch. Feellike everyoneContinue reading “How to be a Wildfire (If Conditions are Better to be a Man)”

by Lucia Herrmann Benítez VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Gauche" by Lucia Herrmann Benitez to use words with ex- likeexplicitly reference exploitationextreme inequity and no-longer-acceptable excuses / to demandmore than delegated dash ofconfectioner’s sugar. expected: acceptbaseline bare minimumw/ groveling & gratitudeas if persistence of have-nots isburden enough (eyesore & horror). in this place now remiss re: asylum,immigrantsContinue reading “Gauche”

by Jasmine Knowles VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Beyoncé As Final Girl" by Jasmine Knowles

by Diandra Williams VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Autumn 2023" by Diandra Williams the bristled facesof sunflowers droopin the neighbor’s yard& from your upstairs apartmentwe break the stalkof our engagement another seasonof raising the sunto its full span another seasonof roots bucklingw/ each tackle the birds bagtheir first home gameof the season& from your window i watchtheirContinue reading “Autumn 2023”

by Kelsey L. Smoot VOICEMAIL POEMS · "After Sula" by Kelsey L. Smoot Kelsey L. Smoot (they/them/he/his) is a PhD candidate in American Studies. Their work and writings explore the process of identity formation at the nexus of race, gender, and sexuality. He is a cultural and gender theorist, an essayist, an advocate, and aContinue reading “After Sula”

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by Erin Nuttle VOICEMAIL POEMS · "What Were You Wearing?" by Erin Nuttle I don’t know what exactly i was wearing that mid-march day The lunchroom was buzzing like usual with a group of girls in front of us gossiping It was probably an oversized shirt hanging from my shoulders & barely touching my buddingContinue reading “What Were You Wearing?”