Apr 21, 2022 | All Poetry, Issue 5, Issue 5 Poetry
Explanation to my Loved Ones by Boniblu Choate Today, while we waited for the gas to pump, I reminded you of a flat root beer you bought there once, and I pointed to the gas station, and of how you had said that for fifty years, that cashier had worked there, and that...
Apr 21, 2022 | All Poetry, Issue 5, Issue 5 Poetry
Aspects of Amelie by Allison Flory Amelie walks with a harkening bird screech soundtrack.She jumps from train track to train track without first checking to see if she still hasfeet. She’s more than militantly traced the lines of thrice folded maps,more than...
Apr 21, 2022 | All Poetry, Issue 5, Issue 5 Poetry
Cognitive Dissonance by Isabella Wisinger When obedience earns love,you can never say no.If I could peel away every sticky piece of skin,there would be nothing left between you and I,or you and I,or you and I.Why isn’t it working?I thought giving in meant you...
Apr 21, 2022 | All Poetry, Issue 5, Issue 5 Poetry
ETERNITY ISN’T AS LONG AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE by Allison Flory I flipped a rusted quarter, so wornyou couldn’t make out the profile of George Washingtonas he floated in mid air, bated breathbefore finally making up his mind, falling and ...
Apr 19, 2022 | All Poetry, Issue 5, Issue 5 Poetry
heavenward by Madison Huskey if it wasn’tso dark,you would seethe three of us heads cranedback, eyesheavenwardscanning the sky for the oncein a century cometwith sevenminutes to catch the breezeis gentleas our voices,as a prayer i couldn’t tell you what we spoke of...
Apr 19, 2022 | All Poetry, Issue 5, Issue 5 Poetry
Our Eternal Hearts by Andrew Ruegsegger We will die and the breeze will still blow, and there will fly the ashes of all we have known. We will become the dirt, fish, and the stars and those stars will die and become hearts like ours. Those hearts will bleed and cry...
