by Maia Brown-Jackson VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Let's Be Monsters" by Maia Brown-Jackson Let’s be monsters.Let’s be witches and bitchesand cronesand justhideous. Let’s be powerful.Let’s take and take and takeand grab the world,justfucking hold on with clawsand teethand refuse to let go. And let’s be gluttonous.Let’s devour.Let’s see what we want,what delights us,and let’s inhale itContinue reading “Let’s Be Monsters”
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Keep your Popcorn on Fridays, We Want a Living Wage
by Jaime Jacques VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Keep your Popcorn on Fridays, We Want a Living Wage" by Jaime Jacques Three weeks to Christmas. We bide our timeon the line by conjuring posties of the past—side-burned and handcuffed, the ones in ‘81who dared to defy back to work orders.Got the whole country maternity leave. Now weContinue reading “Keep your Popcorn on Fridays, We Want a Living Wage”
guide to melancholy (ft. jar of olives)
by Annabelle Chen VOICEMAIL POEMS · "guide to melancholy (ft. jar of olives) by Annabelle Chen if you are sad: sit, silent, and bathe in the brine of an olive jar. let the salt consume you till you are preserved in acidity rather than memory, and the blood in your veins might well be thatContinue reading “guide to melancholy (ft. jar of olives)”
First Cumbia
by Tatiana Chaterji VOICEMAIL POEMS · "First Cumbia" by Tatiana Chaterji Tatiana Chaterji is an emerging writer, mother of two small children, educator, restorative justice practitioner, and healing-based theater arts facilitator based on Ohlone land in Oakland, CA. She was a 2017 Playwriting VONA Fellow. Her essays and poems are featured in Seventh Wave, The Rush Magazine, Panorama, TheContinue reading “First Cumbia”
decline mantra (aldi at 46th & market)
by Diandra Williams VOICEMAIL POEMS · "decline mantra (aldi at 46th and market)" by Diandra Williams Diandra Williams is a writer, singer/songwriter, and ambient/noise artist currently based in Philly. Her writing has appeared in BOXX Press, FERAL, and Sinister Wisdom, and her music can be found on Bandcamp.
Bench Clearing
by Marissa DeSantis VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Bench Clearing" by Marissa DeSantis My dad diedand sports came back.We wore masks at his funeralto avoid being next, I guess. The night beforeJoe Kelly fired at Carlos Correa’s headand cleared the benchand I get it,because what other response is there to feeling cheatedthan bearing witness to your hateContinue reading “Bench Clearing”
Spring 2025
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Can’t Do Without You
by Scarlett Hume VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Can't Do Without You" by Scarlett Hume You’re like a paragraph in a book, he says, folding a dollar bill into an origami ring at the bar, and I’m not sure if it’s an insult. He slips the ring onto my forefinger: don’t get too excited. Should I apologizeContinue reading “Can’t Do Without You”
When You Don’t Feel Like Yourself
by Kenny Mitchell VOICEMAIL POEMS · "When You Don't Feel Like Yourself" by Kenny Mitchell Double-check you have not morphed into wax.Are the appendages protruding from the trunkof your body still soft skin, or have you hardenedyour armor like they taught you in eighth gradewhen a car flattened your cat at your Christmas party?You cried.Continue reading “When You Don’t Feel Like Yourself”
WHEN THE BLUES COME (ALWAYS GO FOR THE CATS)
by David J. Schast VOICEMAIL POEMS · "WHEN THE BLUES COME (ALWAYS GO FOR THE CATS)" by David J. Schast When the blues find where I’ve been hiding,They pile on like puppies—so damn excited to see me. These days, I’m into cats, brother.You know, maybe one will rub up against me,once in awhile, or meowContinue reading “WHEN THE BLUES COME (ALWAYS GO FOR THE CATS)”