POETRY

HUSH MYTHS | ANNA YIN

In my dream, I am Nezha’s mortal form, feet upon Wind-Fire Wheels— sprinting madly forward.…

A BURIED CONFESSION | ALFRED OLAIYA

to ashes, & dust. father’s body drops six feet & i feel elated over his…

FORMS OF SILENCE | COLLEEN MOYNE

Silence takes many forms depending on your perspective As a child, my mother’s silence meant…

NOTES ON THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY | KENDRA WHITFIELD

—for Paula Remember when we did jigsaws at your kitchen table during the pandemic? You…

UNFINISHED EXIT | CLAUDIA WYSOCKY

I keep thinking about the time in high school when you drew me a map…

OCTOBER’S TEARS | TERRI WATROUS BERRY

I am a motherless child in winter, I am a childless mother in the profusion…

A MOTHER’S SON | ARVILLA FEE

Don’t send officers to my door; don’t say you regret to inform me. I don’t…

THREE POEMS | CLS SANDOVAL

MISSING NANA   Just an ordinary drive here to there grocery store maybe stopping for…

WHAT I KNOW NOW | PETER KACZMARCZYK

  People love to ponder what they would tell their younger selves, beguiled by the…

IT STARTS WITH A SMOKE | ADRIAN ERNESTO CEPEDA

  Passing a cigarette on the beach between two strangers, one inside her proud black…