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Poetry

Butterfly

by Agnieszka Filipek

My father had a collection of butterflies. First he put the pin into the thorax, then on the edges of the wings and dried each butterfly in the sun on ...read the full piece >>

Poetry

How a Mother Ages

by Sushma A. Singh

In bits, in steps heavy with things named-unnamed; her tender tilt on a twirling earth. In the lake of her aura, with light and shadow unfolding their ...read the full piece >>

Poetry

log

by Avy Gdańsk

leaves: a name that is meant for departure tree: a solid thing to turn into when bothered trunk: a person once hiding from body root: a wooden tool ...read the full piece >>

Poetry

My Mother Tells Me

by Binh Anh Khoa Ngo

My mother tells me time and time again That when her breathing stops and eyelids close, That when her body must heed Fate’s command, I am to let it ...read the full piece >>

Poetry

Observation

by Jane Yevgenia Muschenetz

No one knows anyone in this city. Let’s not get existential, I’m talking about the neighbors again, the time-lapsed way we’ve watched their children ...read the full piece >>

Poetry

Portrait of a Poem as Etymology

by Abdullah Jimoh

At the shed-kitchen in the backyard, while cooking, the poem begins with the voice of my father — archeological, narrating my biography. Digging up ...read the full piece >>

Poetry

rihanna, unapologetic, track two

by Nicole Pisani

so much depends upon the rhinestones doja wore to the met — forgive me for I’ve erred, lucifer . it was schiaparelli, they were crystals , and I ...read the full piece >>

Poetry

Still Life

by Martina Natale

i. Every morning, when the sun is still more spirit than light, I’m roused from my rest in the wake of hymns and birdsong. I have been waiting for an ...read the full piece >>

Poetry

the dust never settles.

by Caroline Kuba

You can almost watch them colonize your kitchen. Filling up the space. Indecisive of where to go. better wait for the dust to settle — until you take ...read the full piece >>

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