by Emma Demopoulos The colors you braid into your hair Are painted on my heart Beaten by the wind and salt, They become memories of what they once were The words you write Are tucked in all my pockets They coat the inside of my clothes Reminders of what I can’t wash away The comfort … Continue reading Cartography
Lost Time has already leftwhen he wakes in the morning.is involved in a mergerduring coffee breakwill be out of the officeat lunch timehas gone on the roadfor the surprise inspectiondecides to work lateright before quitting timealways finds himin the tap roomway pastthe shank of the evening. Working Conditions I returned from two week’s vacationto … Continue reading Two Poems by R. Gerry Fabian
by Karen Shepard I take it personally, braid it into my hair, tie it around my index finger so that I don’t forget, put it in my shoe to pain my every step, sprinkle a dash of in my morning coffee so that I keep tasting it. I hear it’s not about me so I … Continue reading The Quiet
by Epiphany Ferrell It occurred to Marion that she’d been lying in bed quite a long time. At first she’d watched the shadow from the windowpane move up the wall, across the ceiling, down the other wall. Then she’d not been able to see it anymore. It all seemed gray, the indistinct light of not-quite-morning. … Continue reading Freshman
by Megha Sood With my shackled mind and encumbered thoughtsas my feet rise upsteps of the old mighty templedesolate yet imbued;with the fullness of lifemy body disguised as a prayerand my palms foldedas the dissatisfaction is neatly tuckedin the center of my palmsI count the stepsin sync with my raging heartbeats and bated breathI walk … Continue reading Perspective
by Megha Sood a poem is like a spell–a memory moving through the shadows of timelike a divine incantation:like a river flowing in your soulboisterous,unfettered;unapologetic.as it cleanses the crevicesthose sluices clogged through eonsit paves its own way when it moves through its structurea lexicon of words and its broken semanticsa language so deeply knows as … Continue reading Divine Incantation
Allen Forrest Allen Forrest is a writer, graphic artist, and filmmaker, the winner of the 2015 Leslie Jacoby Honor for Art at San Jose State University’s Reed Magazine, he lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada. His Bel Red landscape paintings are part of the Bellevue College Foundation’s permanent art collection in Bellevue, WA. Continue reading F*ggot by Allen Forrest
Ruthorn Rujianurak Ruthorn Rujianurak (b.1994) is a Thai painter based in Bangkok. After graduating in 2016 Ruthorn moved to New York and worked there for almost two years. In 2018 He had his first solo exhibition at trendy gallery Bangkok. Ruthorn is a self-taught artist, whose works are collaged with a variety of surface, including … Continue reading What Is Paint, What Is A Surface
Edward Michael Supranowicz Edward Michael Supranowicz has had artwork and poems published in the US and other countries. Both sides of his family worked in the coalmines and steel mills of Appalachia. Continue reading Art by Edward Michael Supranowicz
Christorpher Woods Christopher Woods is a writer and photographer who lives in Chappell Hill, Texas. He has published a novel, THE DREAM PATCH, a prose collection, UNDER A RIVERBED SKY, and a book of stage monologues for actors, HEART SPEAK His photographs can be seen in his gallery. His photography prompt book for writers, FROM … Continue reading Photos by Christopher Woods
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