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Author: writertowriterumich
An uplifting poem, for my mother’s sake | Katie Saunders
I’m going to get around toPlanting all that lupineDying my hair red, elopementI’m getting to it, it’s on the list … More
1:26 AM | Kiran Koul
/// / The night crackled like flare guns, the darkblue ripped like denimjeans you made me wearbecause my knees were … More
Van Leyden’s “Adam and Eve Bemoaning the Death of Abel” | Jeanette Wakeford
The universe’s first man Shields his eyes from the aftermath of His eldest son’s darkest hour. Behind the back of … More
Loon | Alexandra Berryman
One tone, high and silverglides to desperate heavensand wanes into the black, black lake The loon tells his secretslike you … More
Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge | Lorenzo Norbis
Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge to neon haze Manhattan 1960’s Dylanesque dreams, with messiah headed songwritersdrunk on free verse and G … More
Keeping the Ghosts | Haley Newland
The promises are the ghosts lingering long after everything is dead and gone. Dressed like dolls with broken shoes adorning … More
The Beechwood Forest’s 43rd Magically-Enhanced Cooking Competition | Charlotte Parent
Maeve stood behind her assigned counter on the studio stage of the Beechwood Forest’s Forty-Third Magically-Enhanced Cooking Competition, a closed … More
One very Depressing Job Stuff Parenthood Realism Story about Bad Love | Jiayou Shen
Dale went to pick up his no-good son from the correctional facility across town. His son Bill had done his … More
Bury the Ghost | Bianca Done
She tells herself it’s a rain shower. Fingers sinking into the mud, she crawls forward—it’s under her nails, it’s under … More