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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?”

by Julia Mallory VOICEMAIL POEMS · "The Magic Church Bus for Sinners" by Julia Mallory Julia Mallory is committed to being a good steward of, and vessel for her ancestors’ stories. Julia’s first creative love language is poetry and she works across genres with a range of mediums from text to textiles; the latest whichContinue reading “The Magic Church Bus for Sinners”

by Chris McCreary VOICEMAIL POEMS · "The Carnival at the End of the World" by Chris McCreary Roll over the dead jester & check the pockets hidden deep in his pleats, then repurpose the leather, convert it into a longer leash. We make do, each a lemon tree steeping our own sweet tea, the happyContinue reading “The Carnival at the End of the World”

by Kevin A. Risner VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Sunset Before the Apocalypse" by Kevin A. Risner I see it as the most natural thing in the summerfind a hazy orb that floats in that thicknessuntil it gets too heavy and it slides away from us before that happens, there’s still timeto catch the lake breezenotice kidsContinue reading “Sunset Before the Apocalypse”