From within my bodily singularityBy Julia FiedorczukFrom within my bodily singularityI play at sending out gentle sunbeams.I don't believe in myself, but...NatureAnimalsWeatherLivingDeathThe BodyTime & Brevity
The Part About Fate or CounterpointBy Sylvia ChanI want to begin this poem with two stories:1. In 1984, my mother was pulled over for speeding in a rural...Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentGender & SexualityHistory & PoliticsLivingThe Body
p1I Carry a Wor{l}d Inside MeBy Felicia ZamoraWhere wor{l}d & the tangible object of that wor{l}d collide. My brain thinks traces & again, Singh’s words at ...LivingHealth & IllnessThe Body
p1Trans LonelinessBy Rickey LaurentiisWhy doubt I’d grow breasts a ‘Natural’ way? Am I not ‘Real’ Flesh? Am I not enworthied sway of that Biology? Not...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityThe Body
p1Xibalbá :: TunnelingBy Felicia ZamoraI think about division. How we splice & splice & splice, mentally & anatomically. A cell becomes cells...LivingHealth & IllnessThe Body
p1Easter MassBy Cheryl ClarkeA Mass is something you say on Good Friday, after we walk the Stations for the last time. The radiologist will tell me the...LivingHealth & IllnessThe Body
The Book of Frank [“I’m here for the show...”]By CAConrad“I’m here for the show” the man said looking under Frank's shirt for the door “I’m no theater” Frank...Social CommentariesPopular CultureLivingThe BodyThe Mind
The Book of Frank [“the sign read”]By CAConradthe sign read HARMACY after Frank shot the P outSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingHealth & IllnessThe Body
The Book of Frank [“Frank’s sister grew long blue feathers”]By CAConradFrank’s sister grew long blue feathers she said it was worse than cutting teeth she spent a month screaming...LivingComing of AgeLife ChoicesYouthThe BodyTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1The GrowingBy Liz HarmsBeneath me, a bright pool of blood like the puddle of hardened sugar around a candied apple. The color...LivingHealth & IllnessThe Body
I Stand Outside This Woman’s WorkBy Karyna McGlynn& watch Kevin Bacon conjure fake tears in a Real Hallway & I am Real Tears in a fake hallway & “Procreation...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingComing of AgeLife ChoicesYouthThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors + 2 more
IntimacyBy Paisley RekdalHow horrible it is, how horrible that Cronenberg film where Goldblum’s trapped with a fly inside his...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathThe BodyTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImagery + 10 more
p1AnointBy Carlina Duanin the waiting room, I watched women snaprubber bands around their wrists, runningtheir hands through...LivingHealth & IllnessLife ChoicesParenthoodThe Body
p1His Own ApolloBy Cyrus CassellsMy friend is by no means Dracula or a werewolf, but the full moon’s mostly lawless beauty has never ...LoveDesire & PassionLivingThe BodyRelationshipsLGBTQ+
p1HeartbeatsBy Melvin DixonWork out. Ten laps. Chin ups. Look good. Steam room. Dress warm. Call home. Fresh air. Eat right. Rest...LivingHealth & IllnessThe Body
DollsBy Toi Derricotte To be born woman is to know— Although they do not speak of it at school- Women must labor to be beautiful. -...LivingThe BodyThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTechniquesEpigraphTypes/ModesSeries/SequenceAngerBlame + 5 more
Sound of Wave in Channel: 7.2By Stephen Ratcliffegrey whiteness of fog against invisible ridge, bird slanting toward pine branch in foreground, sound...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsLivingThe Body
UnderwayBy Georg TraklAt evening they bore the stranger into the death parlor; a scent of tar; the faint rustling of red sycamores...LoveDesire & PassionLivingDeathThe BodyThe MindMemory & NostalgiaMelancholy & Despair
Crip vs. CripBy Walela NehandaCrip (noun): slang for a disabled person/the whole of the disabled community/ a school of thought Example...LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRace & EthnicityLivingHealth & IllnessSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionConfessionalMetaphorRefrainGrief + 14 more
p1I bled through the entire month of AprilBy Kush Thompsonmy doctor named this weeping. a month of quartered lemon slices sucked from skin. a month of ibuprofen in a deathless...LivingSorrow & GrievingThe Body