by Jennifer Greenberg VOICEMAIL POEMS · “Tableau for Saying Goodbye” by Jennifer Greenberg Blankets, blankets, bedof worry. There stir,there sleep, there shake thedreams. Skin to skin, wespooled like thread. There mouth.There feet. Our quietdisbelief. There trytry try, and need needneed, and touch on touch,on neck on neck onneck, kiss neck. Bite, blow,bend the curtains back.BlessContinue reading “Tableau for Saying Goodbye”
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Souls for a Quick Come-up
by DeShara Suggs-Joe VOICEMAIL POEMS · “Souls For A Quick Come-up” by DeShara Suggs-Joe “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” –Mark 8:36 souls for honey souls for matching socks souls for loose change souls for loose squares souls for loose soulsContinue reading “Souls for a Quick Come-up”
RED
by Hiwot Adilow VOICEMAIL POEMS · “RED” by Hiwot Adilow Let me not forget the cliché scentsof my dad, all red: cowboy killerson his hip, old spice, his Phillies capfaded and stained with sweat, Araboils on his wrists, wot my mothercooked clinging to his hands. I want to remember his dimples,how he’d pour red labelContinue reading “RED”
LOL
by Sadie Dupuis VOICEMAIL POEMS · “LOL” by Sadie Dupuis Deftly I networkout of the thrumto my phantom subterranea Promos hoveringlo like batsthe flying dreamwhere you frantically paddleyour claws off the porn Do you still wantto be my duplicate Does my voice offera genial uncanny So glum all twistedin a slipshod knot It’s me conningContinue reading “LOL”
instagram live baking club at the end of the world -or- in which christina tosi teaches me how to substitute
by gigi bella VOICEMAIL POEMS · “instagram live baking club at the end of the world” by gigi bella it’s 2pm eastern standard time & i am so glad you’re here! i know everything’s a little blurry, it’s ok, we’ll adjust soon, don’t worry too hard, the way we like to do this is byContinue reading “instagram live baking club at the end of the world -or- in which christina tosi teaches me how to substitute”
The Shape of Comfort
by Gabriel Orion VOICEMAIL POEMS · “The Shape Of Comfort” by Gabriel Orion we do not live in a society we liveon a planet, and there is nowhereI can go to read or to write this poemthat does not cost ten dollars trying to find power in those wordsand comfort in their shapes. what isContinue reading “The Shape of Comfort”
Now You Do
by Kayla Wheeler Watching my body open, a gameyou play like kissing darts, like badgirls or dark honey. Tell me I’m your favoritefast car, your better-than-everything baby. I amall for you. Take me to your wild heaven. Sayvideo. Backyard Fame. Sing my namea drunk kiss, undress me a pool of perfume.I am an idea worthContinue reading “Now You Do”
Two Poems
A six-word story by Eric Nelson I too am a friendly ghost. [Welling up in my hands are emotions] by Dan Magers Welling up in my hands are emotions,and I awakened in her wake,and I almost saw heaven then. The other productive thing I did was eat Thai food.My boss had to take the dayContinue reading “Two Poems”
I Am a Soldier
by Monika Consunji
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by Blank White
