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take it to the river | Sylvia Rains Dennis
electrocardiogram
don’t look at the line that flattens
without leaping first, still sleeping
ahead of undiscovered country
and the singing to remain here,… Read More take it to the river | Sylvia Rains Dennis

Black Laura | Emily Spencer
The mayor is bronze, the North Star, Christ.
The Mayor Black exists, like the white
unicorn in the Cincinnati Art Museum… Read More Black Laura | Emily Spencer

A World Without Birds | Donelle Dreese
They say finch is in the attic running out of songs to sing
tracking circles on sun-dusted floorboards for the good … Read More A World Without Birds | Donelle Dreese

Two Poems | C. Samuel Rees
Among the yucca & buggy whips the desert thrums with domestic bliss. … Read More Two Poems | C. Samuel Rees

There are barbed rose stems | Arien Reed
Replacing my veins
Or so I could have believed
From the lupine-light way
You hid your skin within my skin… Read More There are barbed rose stems | Arien Reed

Three Poems | Becky Thompson
Beyond the off-white metal door
down the hall past the electric chair
and the dank room where men use
the flying carpet to splay women… Read More Three Poems | Becky Thompson