by Jose Oseguera Its long, serpentine body always filthy in a compost of candy wrappers, flattened chip bags, and stained soda bottle shards— divine translucence of a Parisian rose window; their glass rattles beside me […]
Author: Dream Noir Magazine
A literary+art magazine diversifying the voices of those within and outside the academics.
Jaw Sores
by Ann Yang my jaw is swollen from holding back all the secrets clenched between my teeth … artist: Morten Lasskogen Ann Yang is a writer and poet based in the Bay Area. She has […]
Interview with Youshun Xie
by Siyun Fang & & There are signs of a turnaround in the outlook for the development of poetry, but poetry will never be as popular as it was in the Tang dynasty February 1917 […]
Suicide Squirrel
by Shawn Anto & I was driving down CSUB Way minding my own business Can I ask you something? really ask […]
Two Poems
by Yaun Changming & Skyline Roughly, at the same height of &&&&&&&&&Every rocky mountain[…]
Liquid Knowledge
by Sam Smiley Rosy cheeks and bubbly thoughts floating up to the heavens and out of our heads before we can elaborate. Our tongues are tied in knots; I giggle when your words escape you. […]
Mt. Woodson Trail by Shawn Anto
for Mel & Barbara I unburden for a second. hear faint whispering my shame: did you transgress, son? transparency, let your eyes communicate empathy, a sea. we don’t keep secrets. we take our mind out […]
False Liberation
by John Grey In this rescue of a dream, the door’s flung open, all guards are fast asleep, there’s light at the end of the corridor, stairs leading up to the world, friends waiting with […]
Stun
by Shawn Anto hummingbirds like to drink from the trumpet-shaped flowers. and the buzzing bees like the broad flat flowers like the marigold. they drink and wallow ‘til they are covered all over with nectar. […]
The Strange Fruit of Living While Black
by Sidra Owens I was raised by a single mother, who was born in the midst of Jim Crow, and she has seen whites-only signs. She has witnessed the rise of the Civil Rights movement. […]
