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by Nkateko Masinga VOICEMAIL POEMS · "neon lights at noon" by Nkateko Masinga the trouble with crying at Times Squareis that you are a body in a sea of bodiessailing from one heartbreak to the next the year is new & you are still just you,except older, with less apartment space & less breathing spaceContinue reading “neon lights at noon”

by Malik Thompson VOICEMAIL POEMS · "August 16th 2016" by Malik Thompson We’re in this city park,night-drenched, my dewed scalppulsating beneath your finger pads.It’s so dark, I fail to see the distance,vision obscured with shadows &branches in an undulatory mid-Augustdance. I believe I can bloomin this fortressed quiet, thoughI can hear your heartslamming itself againstContinue reading “August 16th, 2016”

by Cory Hutchinson-Reuss VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Call and Response [in this body]" by Cory Hutchinson-Reuss What draws you out is what you’re here for Your honeyed anguish and secrets Your May Queen and Crone You’ve come for the thicket Found a home in its hollows Had its briars in your hair You’ve seen the bird’sContinue reading “Call and Response [in this body]”

by Haddiyyah Ali VOICEMAIL POEMS · "girl gang or mass funeral" by haddiyyah ali every girl I know has a collection of dead things. boys are loud,messy even.bloodmakes them faint. makes them runand tell.they think everything that hurts deserves a scene. but us girls, we know better.we be catacombsilent.we be scream into pillow,choke on theContinue reading “girl gang or mass funeral”

by kiki nicole VOICEMAIL POEMS · "I OPEN MY MOUTH AND THERE ARE NO POEMS ANYMORE" by kiki nicole kiki nicole is a Black, Queer, and Non-binary multimedia artist and poet. They’ve received invitations to fellowships such as Pink Door Writing Retreat, The Watering Hole, and Winter Tangerine. kiki hopes to lend a voice forContinue reading “I OPEN MY MOUTH AND THERE ARE NO POEMS ANYMORE”

by Rota VOICEMAIL POEMS · "I am funny." by Rota Rota is a poet and public interest lawyer living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His chapbook “Giveth and Taketh” was recently published by Wild Pressed Books. Rota’s work has been featured by Button Poetry, BBC Radio, Entropy!, FreezeRay Poetry, iO Literary Journal (forthcoming) and elsewhere. HeContinue reading “I am funny.”

by Christian Garduno VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Half Moon Full Oblivion" by Christian Garduno Half moon taking up the whole sky lowly stars crawl away to become tomorrow’s constellation prize A Mighty Benedictine and Brandy Alexanders frozen suns illuminate then dissipate DO NOT RESUSCITATE Christian Garduno edited the compilation Evolver and his own solo poetry collectionContinue reading “Half Moon Full Oblivion”

by L.J. Sysko VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Self-Portrait With Bubble Gum" by L.J. Sysko L.J. Sysko’s work has been published in Ploughshares, The Pinch, Best New Poets, Day One, 5am, and Rattle, among others. She is the author of BATTLEDORE, a poetry chapbook, which was published by Finishing Line Press in 2017 as part of itsContinue reading “Self-Portrait with Bubble Gum”

by Adrian Belmes VOICEMAIL POEMS · "the same week that you leave the west coast they board up the complex…" by Adrian Belmes They trimmed the palms in the parking lot, you know?I look at them now, and I think, “What a good thing cut short,what a fine thing to lay barren.” In the hospitalContinue reading “the same week that you leave the west coast they board up the complex and every time I want to remember you I have to take the detour”

by Marlin M. Jenkins VOICEMAIL POEMS · "I Was Taught: Don't Disrespect Aretha" by Marlin M. Jenkins with thanks to Brennar Goree When she wail, your body betta      wail. She belt out Swanee Swanee you best buckle    like a shoe, like spit-shine,  like your body channeling that swung 4/4 and the crooked   waitingContinue reading “I Was Taught: Don’t Disrespect Aretha”