By Thorn Trigger Warnings: Surgery, top surgery, doctors, minor gore, dysphoria, reference to cannibalism Again. Again. Again. Score deep under my flesh, lift out the bloody mess that’s left Ah, at last. White lights, masks, paper gowns. Lead meContinue reading “Promhe/theyus “
Category Archives: All Accepted Pieces
Whatever Will Be, Will Be
by Isabelle B.L. Weeds shoot through concrete cracks. I yank them out of their foundations and run my finger across the bare wet soil. My finger fits perfectly between the walls of concrete. I get on my knees and tug and smooth. I do not need a crystalContinue reading “Whatever Will Be, Will Be”
And It Stoned Me
by Howie Good About the Author Howie Good’s handmade collages have appeared or are forthcoming in Mayday, Sulphur Surrealist Jungle, Defunkt, Drunk Monkeys, Blue as Orange, decomp, and others. His newest poetry collection, Heart-Shape Hole, which also includes examples of his handmade collages, is forthcoming from Laughing Ronin Press.
Growth Spurt
by Cecilia Kennedy The pain in my back starts at my spine and radiates upward. Most of the time, I can ignore it, but sometimes, it’s too much. So I take one of the pills the doctor gave me and go to sleep, dreaming of the ocean andContinue reading “Growth Spurt”
Legs
by Howie Good About the Author Howie Good’s handmade collages have appeared or are forthcoming in Mayday, Sulphur Surrealist Jungle, Defunkt, Drunk Monkeys, Blue as Orange, decomp, and others. His newest poetry collection, Heart-Shape Hole, which also includes examples of his handmade collages, is forthcoming from Laughing Ronin Press.
In the Silver Light of a Star That Is No Star
by Daniel David Froid 1. From the Introduction At the same time that Ingeborg Nilsen labored over her magnum opus, A Metaphysics of the Unreal, she occupied herself, in secret, with two other projects: the construction of a secret language and a text composed in that artificial tongue. Continue reading “In the Silver Light of a Star That Is No Star”
Crisis at the Pumps
by Howie Good About the Artist Howie Good’s handmade collages have appeared or are forthcoming in Mayday, Sulphur Surrealist Jungle, Defunkt, Drunk Monkeys, Blue as Orange, decomp, and others. His newest poetry collection, Heart-Shape Hole, which also includes examples of his handmade collages, is forthcoming from Laughing Ronin Press.
Aphorism #13
by Alex Missall Don’t lose the thread. – The red and white koi,the white and red koi float (as if whiskered, flickeredthoughtsnavigating surfacesof reality)within the circular pond.The sun is rising.You hear a few birds beginning to sing,and the rocky fallrecirculatingan aimlessness.Anamnesis:static that peelsaway the moments.Before daybreak,I woke with tears running down my face,made coffee,then walkedContinue reading “Aphorism #13”
I dream under constellations
By Grace Sinkins Roaring night that’s freckled with stars We watch the andromeda roam Nobody knows the wonders that we have seen Under the glow of a world only we know The regulus leads me home A child of august Born a lion-heart and a compassionate lover Forever mine under the milky moon Hands intertwinedContinue reading “I dream under constellations “
Disease is a Mirror
By Emily Greenquist Trigger warnings: illness, being woken up by an attacker, confined spaces, dementia, death. Previously Published in Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature Early July 2019 It started with a dull pain in my left side; I rolled out of bed with it, and it gnawed at me.The pain existed whereContinue reading “Disease is a Mirror”
Nebulous 