Continue reading “Boone Lake by Rachel Sobylya”“Moonlight glints off mason jars
huddled ‘round our feet in the bottom of the canoe
squished together with flashlights, fishing poles.”
Boone Lake by Rachel Sobylya
Heretics, a Litany by Anna Kaye-Rogers
Continue reading “Heretics, a Litany by Anna Kaye-Rogers”“Pray for us.”
I Guess We’ll Have To Be Secretly In Love by Courtney LeBlanc
Continue reading “I Guess We’ll Have To Be Secretly In Love by Courtney LeBlanc”
“To not even think your name but keep it under my tongue, like a pill I cannot allow myself to swallow.”
Reptiles by Evan Parker
Continue reading “Reptiles by Evan Parker”“and from that ejecting window ive stood out in the rain looking into the little slits in the blinds bound by something—someone called it god once; christ; small/insignificant—barely even able to breathe; sour under night lights and brown shade”
Burning Desire by Sarah Priscus
Continue reading “Burning Desire by Sarah Priscus”“Fire burns anything it touches right up, and here all these people were, inviting it into their bodies. How strange, Libby thought, and how strangely understandable.”
Waiting To Miscarry by Dorsía Smith Silva
Continue reading “Waiting To Miscarry by Dorsía Smith Silva”“You tell her in hushed tones that leave shadows. Think of my belly’s desperation. At this early hour begging for space to speak, its weight pressed tightly down. What a twisted silence.”
In Filth You Will Be Found by Sheila Mulrooney
Continue reading “In Filth You Will Be Found by Sheila Mulrooney”“I still have the carpet from Ikea with stains from my salt when I’d cross the room, kiss your left ear, and call you Al.”
Of Rugs And Lemons by Hannah McSorley
Continue reading “Of Rugs And Lemons by Hannah McSorley”
“You tell her about your sisters and their boyfriends, how they would hide in the back of the grove, give you a dollar not to tell your parents. You tell her about how you’d watch them on the bus, the way they’d blush when the boys nudged them or made a joke.”
Interview with Nicole Oquendo
Continue reading “Interview with Nicole Oquendo”Ariana D. Den Bleyker interviewed Nicole Oquendo about creative writing, visual poetry, and “They Does Not Fit Like A Thundershirt Should“, a poem published on Likely Red in December.
