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An adult's pair of hands and one child's hand. They are manicured, and wearing rings.

Three Poems by L Favicchia

November 9, 2022

"i hold a tissue paper body/ as long as i can, / or until i must exhale."

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In Poetry Tags Poetry, L Favicchia, Three Poems by L Favicchia, 2022 November
A child's hand holding a crayon as they color on a page. A glass full of coloring crayons sits beside their hand.

First Story by Sarah Gambito

November 2, 2022

"What do you say to someone who has been gone for so long."

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In Poetry, Print Tags poetry, Sarah Gambito, First Story, 2015 fall vol. 8 issue 2, 2022 November
A square image with a white background and three lines of paint in the colors pink, purple, and blue: the colors of the bisexual flag.

Two Poems by Jo Blair Cipriano

October 12, 2022

Death reminds me too much of myself./ I mean, if you watched an animal die/ in agony, would you still enjoy eating its flesh?

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In Poetry Tags Jo Blair Cipriano, Today Would’ve Been My Due Date and I’m Thinking About Blood, Triple Sonnet Written While Waiting for Apple to Develop a Bi Flag Emoji, 2022 October, Poetry
Image of two palms trees silhouetted against a smoggy, orange LA sunset

Two Poems by Karen An-hwei Lee

September 28, 2022

Angelenos call the phenomenon of swarming water bees
a congregation as in a church

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In Print, Poetry Tags Karen An-hwei Lee, Two Poems, Prayers for the Lost Water Bees, Lime Ceviche Before the Rapture, Poetry, Poems, Throwback, Archive, Print, 2015 spring vol. 8 issue 1, 2022 October

And Now That I Am 51 by Lisa Allen

May 11, 2022

The women who raised me were plain./ Devout./ Called whores if they rouged their cheeks/

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In Poetry Tags And Now That I Am 51, Lisa Allen, 2022 May, Poem, Poetry

Two Poems by Sarah Hansen

May 4, 2022

my spine curved/ into a question mark, my pen sketching symptoms/ on an empty man's silhouette.

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In Poetry, Newsletter Tags Two Poems by Sarah Hansen, Places My Body Hurts, Winter Solstice 2020, 2022 May, Poetry, Poems, Newsletter

Scrolls by Miles Liss

May 4, 2022

Our Breath./ They took what was theirs.

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In Poetry Tags Scrolls, Miles Liss, 2022 May, Poetry, Poem

Two Poems by Alana de Hinojosa

April 22, 2022

I took so long to learn / the black in pockets is you

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In Poetry, Print Tags Alana de Hinojosa, Two Poems, Playa de los Muertos, Prayer After Demolition, Poetry, Poems, Throwback, Archive, Print, 2018 fall vol. 11 issue 2

Two Poems by Victoria Chang

April 22, 2022

Somewhere, in the morning, my mother / had become the sketch.

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In Poetry, Print Tags Victoria Chang, Orbit, The Head, Poetry, Two Poems, Throwback, Archive, Print, 2018 spring vol. 11 issue 1

Three Poems by Sandra Beasley

April 22, 2022

You are the sunburn / where there is no sun, a canary nested / in the ribcage of a miner.

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In Poetry, Print Tags Three Poems, Sandra Beasley, Plenty, Japanese Water Bomb, Love Poem for Oxidation, Disabled Writer, Print, Archive, Throwback, 2009 fall vol. 2 issue 2, poetry, poems, poem

bliss kids by Aureleo Sans

April 19, 2022

Children are backlogs / in the isolation tent

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In Poetry Tags Bliss Kids, Aureleo Sans, 2022 April, Poetry, Poem

Two Poems by Lisa Huffaker

April 18, 2022

the raw energy of / threat

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In Poetry Tags Two Poems by Lisa Huffaker, spider omen, we learn early, Lisa Huffaker, 2022 April, Poems, Poetry

Two Poems by Kelly R. Samuels

March 29, 2022

How industrious and cheerful we appear, opening/ the water back up to the sky,

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In Poetry Tags Two Poems by Kelley R. Samuels, Thoughts on Wind and Autumn Leaves, Harvesting, 2022 March, Poems, Poetry

Sometimes Love Looks Like by Edie Meade

March 29, 2022

It's love in a silent spell/ tinkering in separate rooms

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In Poetry Tags Sometimes Love Looks Like, Edie Meade, 2022 March, Poetry, Poem

Roadkill by Lisa Lopez Smith

March 16, 2022

...witnessing the necessary work / of decomposing, composting, nature cycling, / until one day...

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In Poetry Tags Roadkill, Lisa Lopez Smith, Poetry, Poem, 2022 March

Two Poems by Collin Van Son

March 9, 2022

Ten degrees and it’s night, painted stars/ adorning my flask.

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In Poetry Tags Two Poems by Collin Van Son, Natural Habitat, Such Harmony! Such Balance!, Collin Van Son, Poems, Poetry, 2022 March

A Name Is a Haunting by Sage Ravenwood

March 9, 2022

The sound splices my lips in bitten denial

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In Poetry Tags A Name is a Haunting, Sage Ravenwood, 2022 March, Poem, Poetry

A 360° Photograph of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach by Dimiter Kenarov

March 9, 2022

Giddy, I spin the landscape around myself until I feel again like a child.

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In Poetry, Print Tags A 360° Photograph of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, Dimiter Kenarov, Poetry, Print, Throwback, 2009 fall vol. 2 issue 2

Two Poems by Leah Claire Kaminski

March 9, 2022

Now that I’ve stopped, I have more time to think about things like rocks, slightly less for thinking about self-loathing.

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In Newsletter, Poetry Tags Two Poems, Leah Claire Kaminski, Zombie Sonnet, Amethyst, Newsletter, 2022 March

Memory Like Form Filling Void by Eli Coyle

March 1, 2022

Where do things go when in their leaving, /when they're uprooted and carried/ somewhere else?

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In Poetry Tags Memory Like Form Filling Void, Eli Coyle, Poem, Poetry, 2022 March
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