Second Cousins by Ben Kline
I watched two drown in their preacher’s grip. Have you ever heard someone gasp back to life? Like gargling a scream. But Jesus crushed...
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In One Universe by K.D. Harryman
Your mother is still alive, leaving red lipstick on cloth napkins and collar points. Your sister hasn't stolen a thing. Your father picks...
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Bringing up the Nets by K.D. Harryman
Send your divers down to the green cold of childhood with their flippers and air tanks. Say Dredge it! and wait— What do nets hold? What...
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Glossary by K.D. Harryman
Clear, To: To remove kinks and snarls from a rope. Clue: A Thread which, if followed, leads to the solution of a problem. Give, To: To...
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The Water, The Drought by Monica Fuglei
Monica Fuglei currently teaches in the Department of Composition, Creative Writing and Journalism at Arapahoe Community College in...
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Selfie Becoming a Sea Turtle by Edie Meade
Edie Meade is a writer and artist in Huntington, West Virginia. Recent work can be found in (mac)ro(mic), Atlas & Alice, The Normal...
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Soundtracking by Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a writer and visual artist. He is the author of two poetry collections: Ubasute, which won the 2020 Slapering Hol...
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Trestle / Trespass by Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders is the author of Self-Portrait with Housewife (Tebot Bach, 2019) and a Pushcart, Best of the Net, and Orison Anthology...
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Behind Plate Glass by Annette Sisson
Annette Sisson lives and teaches in Nashville, TN. Her poems can be found in Valparaiso Poetry Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Rust and...
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Karmic by Matthew Burnside
Matthew Burnside is the author of Wiki of Infinite Sorrows and Postludes (both from KERNPUNKT) as well as forthcoming collections...
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becoming by Varun U. Shetty
Varun U. Shetty is a writer and critical care physician. He grew up in Mumbai and lives with his partners in Shaker Heights, Ohio. His...
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If/Then by Paul Jaskunas
Paul Jaskunas is the author of the novel HIDDEN, which won the Friends of American Writers Award and has been published widely in the UK...
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It Wants A Church Bell by Isa Pickett
Isa Pickett is a writer, musician, and library volunteer. They currently work in early literacy and urban greening. In 2021, they made...
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The Melancholy of Mundane by Nick Black
Nick Black manages a couple of libraries in London. His writing has been published in lit mags including Okay Donkey, Lost Balloon,...
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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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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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milkteeth by Natalia Sperry
Nominated for Best of the Net Natalia Sperry is a young poet living in northern Colorado. She loves the rain—which her home state cannot...
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