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Tangled by Hiram Larew
There are just too many worlds out there – Ones as bald as buzzards And others tangled up In vines Most are as cold as pirates’ clouds...
Hiram Larew
May 19, 20241 min read


Suddenly at Night by Hiram Larew
In the event of an emergency Pace yourself. Stand up and Follow your instincts. Also inhale deeply and be aware of your surroundings....
Hiram Larew
May 19, 20241 min read


Cold Gin by Robert Castagna
Who's the guy at the end of the bar shooting me with darts? I tilt my glass in his direction yet he looks through me with hatred. Have I...
Robert Castagna
Apr 25, 20241 min read


Antique Shop by Robert Castagna
Their granddaughter still hunts for secrets in the amputated hands of antique figures. And in her shop the mannequins play along, their...
Robert Castagna
Apr 25, 20241 min read


Inhospitable Stranger by Robert Castagna
We walk the steps to old cots and photos. Paul Eluard tells us to stop and not touch. Play softly on ourselves delicate egos. Flowers in...
Robert Castagna
Apr 25, 20241 min read


some days I can’t write poetry by Tiago Duarte Dias
some days I can’t write poetry: streets are only utilitarian grey concrete. flowers are only pollinated plant genitals. the world I’m in...
Tiago Duarte Dias
Apr 21, 20241 min read


Bronze by Tiago Duarte Dias
there’s an upcoming end of the world (sure to dwarf all others) a collapse of collapses an apocalypse per se slowly slowly it comes I...
Tiago Duarte Dias
Apr 21, 20241 min read


Stepsister by Elizabeth Anne Schwartz
In dreams, the carriage stops often at our front door, and this woman— Ella’s stepmother, and every woman— thrusts the shoe into my...
Elizabeth Anne Schwartz
Mar 11, 20241 min read


Pebbles By Sam Szanto
They zipped to the gate where I couldn’t see them. I should have gone over, in case she was pushing dirt into her mouth or he was about...
Sam Szanto
Jan 30, 20241 min read


The Towerblock by Sam Szanto
On the high street, I pass by to-let signs and newborn shops, pregnant women and monster prams. On the Embankment, teenage girls screech...
Sam Szanto
Jan 30, 20241 min read


2002 Girl by Sam Szanto
2002 girl is interviewed by a charming man who says she’s ideal for a new role in marketing in an engineering corporation. 2002 Girl eats...
Sam Szanto
Jan 30, 20242 min read


First Day Out Of Prison
For Chloee It is strange to glimpse this likeness of a bestial shaman (or is it my own flesh?) in the streetlight’s greasy brightness (a...
Willow Kang
Jul 6, 20232 min read


Safety
They used to say it was money. A domestic goddess and invisible woman, Making pies. Lower your shame with soothing safeness And smoke...
Sarah Beck Mather
Jul 4, 20231 min read


Ordinary Ruin
Twilight the city of Ibiza remains gloomy the window cracked for breeze I’m sipping martini and taking vodka shots by the Mediterranean...
Ruchi Acharya
Jul 4, 20232 min read


Forager by Sarah Beck Mather
Light dancing off the surface, as the others are sprinkled beneath with blue. Piercing through vein ridden skin - He’d never get involved...
Sarah Beck Mather
Jun 13, 20231 min read
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