POETRY
I speak in harmonies
Michael Elsaesser
March 24, 2024
I speak in harmonies words by Michael Elsaesserillustration by Maria Vidal Valdespino I’m proud of the way I talk;Each word handcrafted by generations before me,Carved from great stone, and shaved of splint edges.Each flow stems from rhythm,Each tone, mother’s tongue.I am but one square in a quilt,Stretching far beyond the ...
17/09/23 – I killed a spider today.
Anemone Van Leeuwen
March 24, 2024
17/09/23 – I killed a spider today. words by Anemone Van Leeuwenillustration by Raquel Lewin It was smaller than the tip of a pen and I crushed it thinking I could move it out of my way. It died in my hands, at my hands, so small that it could have been ...
let me give you half bad poetry mildly therapeutically
Marie Kinderman
March 24, 2024
let me give you half bad poetry mildly therapeutically words by Marie Kinderman i can’t believei was one of thoseeye-batting freakstormscome hither boy aren’t i gorgeouswhen i can’t evenshow o$ my ittie bittiesbe a grown ass missieoh that was high schoollet me give youhalf bad poetrymildly therapeuticallyshow youi grew up ...
Conversation with my past love
Devika Gopakumar
March 23, 2024
Conversation with my past love words by Devika Gopakumar My love, tell me whyyou will not speak of the dead brown chickenin Gaza tonight Do you not mourn meas I wade throughthe lost words of allmy slaughtered poets Do you not ...
A Lover
Klark Janowski
February 29, 2024
A Lover words by Klark Janowski They paint the forest trails / to resting places, crow’s feet / for loving eyes / and ripples of a smile / like wings off your lips. They drink you in / the soil for ribbons of a storm’s rain / and veins carrying light / to ...
Rabbit God
Victoria Wai Kei Li
February 29, 2024
Rabbit God words by Victoria Wai Kei Liillustration by Vincent Quach When I first clasped your hands, I told youabout the Rabbit God; now we are in this red hallof statues and incense pots. For too long,the gods spun red yarn under the moon, but notfor us—eclipsed smiles, symmetrical skin ...
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Kieran Guimond
February 29, 2024
t(ransformative) 4 t(ransformative) words by Kieran Guimond My name has never felt more minethan when you’re whispering it tome in the warmth of ...
Daydream
Alexander Kolomesky
February 29, 2024
Daydream words by Alexander Kolomesky In your presenceThe evanescence of thought begins to driftYou hold me tightI curl up in blissAnd go in for a kissOnly to realize it’s my pillow I fawn over amidst the abyss
Romantic
Zoe Smith Crepp
February 29, 2024
Romantic words by Zoe Smith Creppillustration by Chelsey Wang I’m a romantic,And I want every desireMy hungry heart has ever craved.I want you in the bathtub,Sharing cigarette after cigarette while the glass trayBecomes muddy withA mix of ash and water dropletsThat drip off of my wrist bone. I’m a romantic,And ...
A Dating App Bio
Victoria Bortolussi
February 29, 2024
A Dating App Bio words by Zoe Smith Creppillustration by Chelsey Wang Victoria, chronologically 20.Lives in Toronto, and in the solace of literature.Likes:Yellow.Yellow sunshine, yellow happiness, yellow stars.All kinds of stars. stars stars stars.Poems.Prose.Psychosis.Melodramatic monologues in the bathroom mirror,And the dismemberment of rotting, weeping, familialties.Over-processed, ...