she's in the lost and found by Nicole Lesnett
she's in the lost and found again. the other night on the radio, the dj said "shout out to all the homeless folks taking a bath in the...
Pacific Time by Sharon Jan
You were two and three and four and five in this room. When the window stretched dark from floor to ceiling gleamed against the yellowed...
Her Glum Face in Copenhagen Harbor by Lauren Moore
In Danish havfrue does not mean mermaid but half-woman. It’s better to be seafoam than to be half a woman. The images on posters and bus...
underwear, or second chances by Nicole Lesnett
I. i forgot what boys tasted like. i forgot what it felt like to have a mouth on mine, to stand barefoot on the dark hardwood pulling on...
Amanda Seyfried by Alyssa Lerner
i used to think people were most beautiful when they cried like amanda seyfried in the film version of mamma mia her wide set eyes would...
untitled (glass) by Nicole Lesnett
the first time i met a bullfrog i slowly split her open apologizing over and over under my breath as i exposed her eggs and her...
I Want Your Pail Gone by Sharon Jan
No one would have noticed the tin bucket on the shelf, how its speckled contours were rimmed with dust, or the way a halo of rust settled...
Aubade by Liz Lyon
Aubade for Eva Like standing on a precipice whose edge is receding, the dawnlight comes inexorable. We protest the sun while still...
An Open Apology Letter To My Past Crushes by contributor
For every time I walked a little slower on the route I knew you took to class for every not-so-subtle glance in your direction for every...
June 12th & natural history, two poems by Amanda Dissinger
June 12th Imagine if you lived 12 years in Greenpoint, imagine if you were the one to take me to the river imagine if i had stayed the...