November 5, 2021 2021 Pushcart Nominations in Poetry Congratulations to this year’s nominated poets for the Pushcart Award! (Shown in order of publication) Ode to Deborah (Mother of Israel) by Julie L….
November 5, 2021 How the war tamed me? by Amirah Al Wassif How the war tamed me? I’ve been raised by a ghost, who used to spin around the tombstones twice each war. I am the…
November 5, 2021 A brief history of misery by Amirah Al Wassif A brief history of misery Among the stones, there was a flower that reached out to me. Many years ago, I dreamt of the…
November 5, 2021 of things that never seem to work by Taiwo Hassan of things that never seem to work fragile places, unseen spaces, my mother’s china all struggle to be metaphors for my spirit. is there…
November 5, 2021 monotony by Mark A. Fisher monotony he sits upon a concrete sidewalk watching aliens in business suits sliding calculatingly down neon streets sniffing wistfully at every street corner ramen…
October 16, 2021 Snapdragons by Kate Meyer-Currey Snapdragons Our lizard-crested jaws lose their bite as September grinds them down, jowls droop and our heads hang fossil-heavy. Our leaves shrivel from curved…
October 16, 2021 Somewhere by Garth Pavell Somewhere A man aches to kill what he once loved. And a woman deceives the one she most trusted. Funny how animals never love…
October 16, 2021 An Ode to You by Adwoa Osei An Ode to You You persisted in the dance of formation and were birthed You are the brea(d)th of evolution and the Divine Generations…
October 16, 2021 a cup of chaos by Debasish Mishra a cup of chaos the morning begins for me with the newspaper and a cup of chaos: how a white knee dug into a…
September 16, 2021 The Kitchen by Soonest Nathaniel The Kitchen These days it is deliberately kept dark and silent, the broken teacup still sitting near the empty sink. I open the refrigerator…
