A Shared Interest by Patrick Malka
I wrote a story about a dystopian future in which nations no longer exist, only marauding groups that travel the land with no regard for...
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An Understory by Andrew Walker
Trying to hold himself together, Dru decided that he would take a walk to the park to write a short poem about a tree. You see, Dru never...
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El Tejido by Judd Hess
Judd Hess holds a BA from the University of California, Irvine and both an MFA and an MA from Chapman University. He has won the Fugue...
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Concrete Nocturne by Adrian Dallas Frandle
Adrian Dallas Frandle (they/he) is a queer fish who writes poems to and for the world about its future. They are Poetry Acquisitions...
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Prom Date by Sudha Balagopal
Let's say I'm shivering outside the school on a 100-degree day. Let's say my body's ice-cold because my daughter's trapped inside her...
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Time Away by Jen Knox
I am cold beneath my blanketlike coat as we traverse winding Ohio roads after the first snow. My husband drives fast below a winter sky...
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Party of Three by Mathieu Cailler
Last night, I died. A driver plowed into my hatchback at 92 mph on the 110 South right outside of downtown Los Angeles. I felt nothing. I...
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Good Sides by Elizabeth DeWolf
The summer feels like one long night, an unending sleepover. A storm sent an oak straight through the back door, and it’s been replaced...
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To Be a Girl by Sarah Freligh
We’re bleeders or will be. This is what they tell us in a dark room, blinds drawn, rows of desks just so, no big-foot boys to distract us...
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Survival Training by Michelle Ross
1. Aunt Terry says, “One day this backpack could save your life.” It’s Christmas Eve. Aunt Terry and her boyfriend, Vic, are drinking...
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undelivered poem by Sanya Tinaikar
Sanya Tinaikar is a 17-year-old writer and student from Pennsylvania. Her work has been recognized by The New York Times, Scholastic Art...
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home depot by Giovanna Lomanto
Giovanna Lomanto is an Oakland-based poet and teaching artist. An alumnus of U.C. Berkeley and a current MFA candidate at NYU's...
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Dad, I remembered one of our walks today by Emma Reyes
it was one of those nights we didn’t do our usual neighborhood route but instead, the long one—the one around the golf course where we...
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Rosebud by Victoria Buitron
Luisa As soon as I saw the wood in teal shimmering in the January sun, I knew that one was mine. Dad said maybe someone had accidentally...
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milkteeth by Natalia Sperry
Natalia Sperry is a young poet living in northern Colorado. She loves the rain—which her home state cannot ever seem to get enough of—and...
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An ode to my heritage by Snigdha Garud
Snigdha Garud (she/her) is an Indian-American writer. From Pennsylvania, she enjoys watching sunrises, sunsets, and everything in...
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Verse Jumping by Alyza Taguilaso
After “Everything Everywhere All At Once” To get to the life where I’m a dragon, I consume a cup of earth. To jump to the point where I’m...
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Sugar, Baby by K.B. Carle
I tell her I’m addicted to Sugar Babies. Not really, but that’s all my daughter can handle. She doesn’t ask what addicted means. Hell,...
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So Many Clowns by K.B. Carle
To the Nail Polish Manufacturer, I am writing to express my deepest disappointment in your nail polish entitled, “So Many Clowns.” Though...
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BEFORE I GO by April Yu
April Yu is a writer from New Jersey with an affinity for language, running, and human anatomy. Although she was indeed born in April,...
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