by Jide Badmus It’s a rainy morning. The earth breathes cold on its citizens. I reach for a blanket of flesh that is unavailable. The room is filled with pieces of you— strands of hair, […]
Tag: love poem
Whiskey Jail
by Joseph Rogers Through these wooden bars I see a scene enacted without me: joy painted across your face; an understudy in my rightful place. This vinyl booth becomes my jail, a prison of whiskey […]
Persephone
by Rae Rozman Last night, I dreamt of us on a warm fall evening sitting beside a campfire Tom Petty crooning Wildflowers from unseen speakers passing a bottle of bourbon back and forth. You wore […]
Cartography
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 […]
Two Native Tongues
by Taleen Mardirossian My tongue belongs to two lovers. I spend my days with one, my nights with the other. One is older, much older, much wiser. He’s had fewer lovers, so I am careful not […]
Summer’s Smoke
by Sage Leona in the golden hour that lasts three months i smoke a cigarette &&&&&&and fall in love the warmth feels endless, and it is {from the tan on my legs &&&&&to the taste […]
The Storm
by Melissa Chappell Upon his bed of white linen, he laid me down. I was beneath him when the sun looked upon us with its jealous eye through the polished window panes. His hands were […]
Not Forgettable
by Ted E.F. Roberts after stretched hearts and out-loud love we writhe in a chaos of snarled sheets, haiku parts and aphorisms. nothing about you is forgettable. your breathy hushed moans and […]
You Have One Message
by Wim Coleman I see a rainbow. I thought I’d catch you there. Now I see two rainbows. I’m calling on the only Tuesday in November. It’s three-thirty in the afternoon but only temporarily. I […]
Sole Exposure (or Love Me Raw)
by Erica Jasmin Brown Let me strip for you, Take off the layers, Bare my soul in a way no one else will see. Remove the mask, Displace the veil, Show you all there is […]
