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3 poems by Patricia Clark

Male/Female He would cut into the belly of one, at the kitchen sink, Mother squabbling in the background, and he’d be up to his elbows in silver, blood shining from...

Ceremony of Innocence: a poem about a binary by Catharine Wright

Ceremony of Innocence: a poem about a binary (the title and...

3 poems by Mary Tres

“Pocket Change” The gap between my thighs Is less than...

3 poems by Elvira Basevich

HECUBA Hecuba, rage as if you were still Queen, or at...

Two Poems

By Angelique V. Nixon moon rituals in times of crisis ...

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3 poems by Torrin A. Greathouse
By Guest Contributor on July 27, 2016
Definitions after Keaton St. Micheal BOY /boi/ noun dirt stained palms & tar black feet. the soft prayer-mat of bloody knees...
4 poems by Rajiv Mohabir
By Guest Contributor on July 20, 2016
The River-son’s Betrayal Ganga, the river goddess, drowned her seven sons as infants. When the Vasus were still unborn she vowed...
4 Poems by Joseph Han
By Guest Contributor on July 13, 2016
Why I Take My Grandmother to Church Every Sunday She replaced her husband’s limbs with wood: broken from doors in past rooms, branches...
2 poems by Ashwini Bhasi
By Guest Contributor on July 6, 2016
Dowry We gave 125 pavans of gold to weigh you down—a kilo of yellow that gleamed like a tiger’s eye or like...
3 poems by Vandana Khanna
By Guest Contributor on June 29, 2016
The Blessed Back when we belonged only to ourselves but didn’t know it, when dust coiled around our ankles with every step...
4 poems by Joy Ladin
By Guest Contributor on June 22, 2016
Making Love From Impersonation, Sheep Meadow Press, 2015 I reach for God and brush your breast, reach for you and brush God ...
3 poems by Elizabeth J. Colen
By Guest Contributor on June 15, 2016
*** Elizabeth J. Colen’s most recent books include the long poem / lyric essay hybrid The Green Condition(Ricochet Editions, 2014)...
The Underground Smell Road: A Review of L.H. Stallings’ Funk the Erotic
By Guest Contributor on June 8, 2016
By Savannah Shange “I will be a freak until the day, until the dawn and we can all through the night until...
2 poems by Casandra Lopez
By Guest Contributor on June 1, 2016
4th of July: San Bernardino 2015 South of the freeway fireworks spit out the whole of July. Booms blare louder than backfires, thundering...
2 prose pieces by Jennifer Maritza McCauley
By Guest Contributor on May 25, 2016
Mulatto-ed Our friends are talking about our babies, but we haven’t got to the loving part yet. They are looking at our skin, yours: burnt...
“On Names” by Alan Pelaez Lopez
By Guest Contributor on May 18, 2016
On Names and to think that once, I thought you were lucky to trace trace the maps of your name to sailors and warriors...
“Strong Female Character” by Kirstyn McDermott
By Guest Contributor on May 11, 2016
STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER You say strong, you mean: kick-ass leather-clad midriff bared like body amour whippet-thin manga-eyed little girl-woman seeming fragile, vulnerable, weak when...
2 poems by Silvia Angulo
By Guest Contributor on May 4, 2016
Down in the Dirt Yell through the shotgun and all that bellows the flash of life between the roots. Decomposing burrow, brows on fleek,...