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Poem for Myself

by Eric Raanan Fischman VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Poem For Myself" by Eric Raanan Fischman In this one, I’m talkingto me. You can listenif you want, but I am onlytelling me what I need to hear.You’re good-looking! You aredesire! You will live to see.The things you are asking are nothidden. Pain is the body saying noorContinue reading “Poem for Myself”

On Finding Permission to Talk About My Childhood

by Ashley Elizabeth VOICEMAIL POEMS · "On Finding Permission To Talk About My Childhood" by Ashley Elizabeth I didn’t tell this story oftenbut now I do. When it was a secret thinga Don’t tell Mom thinga Don’t scream thinga midnight-when-I-was-supposed-to-be-sleeping thing I said nothingI did nothingI felt nothing—nothing except what I was supposed to feelContinue reading “On Finding Permission to Talk About My Childhood”

Ode to Canned Peaches

by Trudy Hodnefield VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Ode To Canned Peaches" by Trudy Hodnefield You are not the plump center of attention.Not an idealized cartoon rendering– pink, red, orange, mimicking every color boasted by the sun.You were never unbruised and are, admittedly, no longer whole. Unlike the produce section peaches,plucked fresh off some vine, or whateverContinue reading “Ode to Canned Peaches”

Moses Sumney’s Falsetto on the 55 on the Way Back from Midway Airport on the Way Away from Home

by Yazud Brito-Milian VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Moses Sumney's Falsetto on the 55…" by Yazud Brito-Milian for my Mami we go far to be close, sometimes& you talk of love: howling, a teardropblooming, & aching: an electric guitar rifflaid bare & you say night isn’t for children & the cityisn’t for living & there you are&Continue reading “Moses Sumney’s Falsetto on the 55 on the Way Back from Midway Airport on the Way Away from Home”

Artist’s Depiction Of Marilyn Monroe Crying

by Lauren Badillo Milici VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Artist's Depiction Of Marilyn Monroe Crying" by Lauren Badillo Milici Once, there was a girl who becamewoman too fast, went peroxide blondein a kitchen sink, kissed lipstick redacross the collarbones of every manin Los Angeles. No one ever askedfor this: draft of the scriptwhere Norma Jean undoes herself,Continue reading “Artist’s Depiction Of Marilyn Monroe Crying”

A Note on Sex and Death on the Beach

by Kelly Gray VOICEMAIL POEMS · "A Note on Sex and Death on the Beach" by Kelly Gray When we find the porpoise, I have so much to tell you. How animals are queer. How for me, sex is everything. And how the details, like whales dying with genitals extending into the great blue sea,Continue reading “A Note on Sex and Death on the Beach”