March Contributors
Izzy Nameth Beck, Allyn Bernkopf, David Calogero Centorbi, Cat Dixon, Deron Eckert, R.M. Engelhardt, Marc Frazier, Devon Fulford, Bex Hainsworth, Adele Hally, Jeff Hardin, Katie Johntz, David Lee, Naomi Bess Leimsider, Joshua Lillie, KG Miles, Tempest Miller, James Morehead, Yvonne Morris, Blair Nelsen, Hailey Paetzel, Cara Paleschi, · R L · powell, Prahi Rajput, Mikki Rios, Brad Rose, Mykyta Ryzhykh, Maisie Kennedy Sherriff, Kalina Smith, Annie Williams, Brandon Yu
Poetry
March Highlights
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anything that casts a shadow
by Joshua Lillie
“I’m what happens when you surprise an armadillo / with a weekend trip to Pensacola. / I’m the face in the crowd that you can’t quite place. / Am I your uncle? I’m too young to be your uncle.”
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the legend of thumbelina as generational trauma: glosa on sylvia plath’s “lady lazarus”
by Kalina Smith
“The apples didn’t fall far / from the gnarled family tree, / covered in cockchafers / who kill the lilies and violet, / burning every shred of beauty down / in just a moment’s flash.”
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remedy
by Bex Hainsworth
“It's been fifteen years since I allowed / her fussing, but now we both indulge. / I can’t say which balm soothes the burn. / When she slips teabags into my suitcase, / I smile, hold close her charms.”
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museum for the somnambulists
by James Morehead
“We’re together in the galleries / holding hands and pointing / Your father joyous after Canadian Thanksgiving / my father’s father unreadable over a poker hand…”
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ass
by Tempest Miller
“A donkey bites my hair / a bear hides in a tree / a bear hides in a tree / but the donkey kicks back legs into a woodburner / and lets go…”
two poems
by Bob McAfee
“Fine day for a ride. Back in the saddle again. Wearing chaps and chap stick on Rodeo Day at the hotel from Hell. Relatives will be called to ID the body.”
kaos karma
by Rus Komutoff
“VOICES IN MY HEAD THESE ALMOST INVISIBLE CLOUDS OF BREATH KILLING TIME LOST DAYS ANONYMOUS TRANSCENDANCE”
of questionable qualities
by Amanda Andrews
“I’m hypersomnia trying to be an oneiromancer, only I’m also a cranky insomniac unable to create soundless dreams”
two poems
by Laszlo Aranyi (Frater Azmon)
“She spreads her thighs unashamedly:
- Here, here it is...
- What?
- My cunt, you idiot!”
two poems
by Larry O. Dean
“Archie’s hardwares are tolerated by his newsagent and passive willingness, Edith (Jean Stapleton)…”
songs 32-34
by David Harrison Horton
“The armchair smells of cats and the deceased, a familiarity that brings no comfort.”
deeper heat
by Hiram Larew
“Be sure to ask the flu and its shivers If there’s anything more Or even better to expect After tonsils or broth“
two poems
by William Doreski
“The sermon ends with a door slamming somewhere else, sealing off a dark room forever.”
five poems
by Glenn Bach
“NIMBY are we a city on its fringe to shape the world beyond. To be clear the herding is not inevitable…”
three poems
by Natalie Marino
“Uncle Jimmy finally caught a lucky break when the sky turned black and he was eight and out.”