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poetry-magazineFor the Cult-Themed PartyBy Jacques J. RancourtI dressed as a stag: headpieceof antlers, fabric flowershot-glued to a harness, my asshanging out of… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionLivingRelationshipsLGBTQ+Passion
poetry-magazineFebruary 14By Jesse NathanGoing to the Russian bathhouse on Innes to lie naked on a shelf in the steam while the hatted man swanning… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityThe BodyRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineIntentions to breathe [“fantasia"]By bruno daríoTranslated By Kit SchluterI want to accompany youon the adventure of mastery.How I’d loveour love, the antonym of art! Related Audio LoveDesire & Passion
poetry-magazineWhen the Seed Spans the Length of the FruitBy Omotara JamesWhen Sarah Vaughan pipes from the great American songbook, I forget time is dragging my body from one… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & ComplicatedThe BodyRelationshipsLGBTQ+ActivitiesEating & DrinkingGrief + 2 more
poetry-magazineDeep Thoughts at Ulta BeautyBy Sasha PearlI went to Ulta Beauty to buy perfumeI was horny and I wanted the universe inside my noseThe lit shelves… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesMoney & EconomicsPopular Culture
poetry-magazineFrom “Winter with Ovid”By Bhion AchimbaWhen Ovid drives the Buick, it is from one sharp end of Boston to the Cape—as if he must escape the … Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsLGBTQ+Mythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology
But Not ForgottenBy Dorothy ParkerI think, no matter where you stray,That I shall go with you a way.Though you may wander sweeter lands…LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & Complicated
The Rabbi’s Red InkBy Shereen AkhtarIn our first house-let in London, she drew on the tablecloth to createa calligraphic feast. Our friends…LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveReligionJudaismRelationshipsActivitiesTravels & Journeys
[Let me not to the marriage of true minds]By Trevor Ketnertongue / rim a soft hole—tender meat trim—mind leitmotiv (doe, moss, petal, vein,hart, hilt, waist, …LoveDesire & PassionThe Body
poetry-magazineSkeleton KeyBy Colby Cedar SmithI loved a preacher’s son. Hide and seek in labyrinthine basements red roses and kissing. A deep wooden… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionReligionFaith & DoubtRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineEileenBy Olive Franklin Loved you since I was little, on the playground break-time -brawled with you and your mismatched cuffs… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionFirst LoveInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineso coffee is a laxative & i am writing this poem on the toiletBy Vanessa Deeringin the building two women’s restroom & in the strangest placesi want to tell you the most mundane things… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & Crushes
poetry-magazineMarchBy Jessica JiangTiffany,I’ve gotten used to sunlight with you,but no pressure! Just—spring doesn’t hurt as much anymore… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineHer GrimoireBy Gavriella GilbertSo, she breathes. Do you believe in God like the rest of them? Birch-lightrains down the wall, moving… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionArts & SciencesPoetry & Poets
poetry-magazineIcarus: A Self Portrait—1984By Nick Makoha I quit my job that Saturday when I heard my name called by the manager.1 That motherfucker always looked… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineLimerenceBy Steven LeyvaWhat do we call this desireto be desired? The milkweed’s impenitent bowto the monarch or starlight. … Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionLiving
poetry-magazineFrom “carrying songs from the sky to crease the ground”By Janice Lobo Sapigao 1. i wish i could tell you why i go back and forth between cities. maybe i belong to the bridges &… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionSocial Commentaries
poetry-magazineI RememberBy Jayne CortezI remember through remains of my lip hanging cigarette three days before your ass was dog-tagged and…LoveDesire & PassionThe MindMemory & Nostalgia
poetry-magazineHungry LoveBy Jayne Cortez Warm night of flesh pimples AloneFear pressing between my eyes the mark of despair& my thighs once …LoveDesire & Passion