Two Poems by Ben Purkert
The Only Confession I did something wrong I carved a name into a tree and it wasn’t even mine the name belonged to someone I used to love...
"The Sun, the Ship"
The Sun, the Ship the sun shone as it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green water, and the expensive delicate ship that...
Two Poems by Alicia Elkort and Jennifer Givhan
Two Poets Email on a Sunday Afternoon I used to think what happened to me / massive creature & putrid / pinned to the floor, ripped open,...
"Teething Borders"
Teething Borders “Borders are set up to define the places that are safe and unsafe, to distinguish us from them. A border is a dividing...
"Sexting"
Sexting You say words work when hands can’t reach. So I try, send you messages that set a scene: the tool shed out back, windows steamed,...
Two Poems by Derrick Austin
The Devil's Book There’s no fun in witchery these days. Sure, I shudder cops with invisible needles, but magic’s no calling. I simply...