Grief Flow

by Emma Sheinbaum VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Grief Flow" by Emma Sheinbaum Emma Sheinbaum writes essays, poems, and multimedia/hybrid forms. She also teaches writing workshops at places such as Brooklyn Poets and the Sundress Academy for the Arts. Emma’s work has been published by TILT, Cobra Milk, Barrelhouse Magazine, TriQuarterly, Milk Press, Metatron Press, Juked, and The InQueery, among others.Continue reading “Grief Flow”

Deathbed Meditation

by Mary Geschwindt VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Deathbed Meditation" by Mary Geschwindt In corpse pose I practice feeling the satin lining of my coffin,imagine the gently ruffled rim meeting my stiff skirt. Next month, I’m attending a wedding in a cemetery,and I can’t decide what people don’t like about that. Who wouldn’t want to haunt theirContinue reading “Deathbed Meditation”

Dandelions

by Nicholas Bonarski VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Dandelions" by Nicholas Bonarski For years the school bus took the same pathpast your grandmother’s house—just uphill from yours each day the fields flickering past,sometimes filled with corn,autumn filled with hay bales that long swinging arm of the sprinklertempting in the summer heat, always runningas we’d drive back toContinue reading “Dandelions”

Coming Out to My Dead Grandfather as Having Ken Doll Hubris (Ken, Limitless)

by L. Amariti VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Coming Out to my Dead Grandfather as Having Ken Doll Hubris (Ken, Limitless)" by L. Amariti L. Amariti (they/them) is an aroace, nonbinary writer from New Jersey who holds an MFA in creative writing and MA in English from Arcadia University. Their poetry has been featured in Silly GooseContinue reading “Coming Out to My Dead Grandfather as Having Ken Doll Hubris (Ken, Limitless)”

A Childhood Bedroom is a Whole World

by Gabriela González VOICEMAIL POEMS · "A Childhood Bedroom Is a Whole World" by Gabriela González after Cheryl Boyce-Taylor there was always someoneday-dreaminghurtling towards the other worldfalling for somebody’s songrass-stained kneesweavingin and out of lovecondemning their mother tonguetwisting traditionout of ghost talecrossing an oceanon a paper-mache boatpainting their nails blackdressed in robin’s egg bluebright redContinue reading “A Childhood Bedroom is a Whole World”

Thirty-Some Years Frozen

by Nix Carlson VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Thirty-Some Years Frozen" by Nix Carlson frostbitten hands snatch at the cigarettedangling from your lips andyou stoop to meet my gaze with a hangdog expression. i want to be angry(god, i want to be so angry)because cigarettes will kill you in a lifetime, and –i have handwarmers in myContinue reading “Thirty-Some Years Frozen”

They Send Me to the City to Stay with my Auntie

by Bill Ratner VOICEMAIL POEMS · "They Send Me to the City to Stay with my Auntie" by Bill Ratner I hang my jacket in the hallwayher apartment is oldmade from shoestring potatoesit smells like a jelly factory. Against the wall a man’s faceeyes foldedlaces around his neck.That’s your Uncle, dear. He barred herfrom doingContinue reading “They Send Me to the City to Stay with my Auntie”