Dec 8, 2020 | All Poetry, Issue 2, Issue 2 Poetry
the fisherman’s daughter knew how to bait a hook, catch some looks trout scales decorating her hair instead of glitter the fisherman’s daughter taking her father’s ship by the helm armed with a net, a spear, and a smile the fisherman’s daughter learning...
Dec 8, 2020 | All Poetry, Issue 2, Issue 2 Poetry
I do not know, I cannot say Why whispering willows swing and sway And though the slow and solemn stream Sings truths within its soft requiem It is a music few can play. I mourn the moon with every gaze For if the beauty of its rays Will e’re be captured but in...
Dec 8, 2020 | All Poetry, Issue 2, Issue 2 Poetry, Online Exclusive
Little flower all alone How many bugs have you known? Little flower all alone How many petals have you grown? Little flower all alone I am like you; on my own Little flower all alone Ignore the butterflies that have flown You too stand out against the stone And...
Dec 8, 2020 | All Poetry, Issue 2, Issue 2 Poetry, Online Exclusive
When I think of home Warm feelings fizzle Like bubbles inside of me Before popping One By One The tape rolling back To Mom in her pink slippers Making waffles on Saturdays Sticky syrup softening on the warm stove Everyone together Talking at the dining table Instead...
Dec 8, 2020 | All Poetry, Issue 2, Issue 2 Poetry, Online Exclusive
How old was I on that summer day when my cousins decided that we should build a treehouse on Mimi’s land near the garden and she let us? I don’t think it stood for very long; just that one golden-grey summer that always blends into a saturated, sun-lit moment...
Dec 8, 2020 | All Poetry, Issue 2, Issue 2 Poetry
Hairworms destroy grasshoppers Inside out. Foot long ringlets, Wandering calligraphy, Ebony ink… There was a chariot Drawn by silver carousel ponies in October, Manes shaped and shaved like zebra spikes, And their bells signaled the duke’s arrival. Salmon were...
