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It hits you out of nowhere, Just when you least expect it Not a care in the world, just walking along Just whistling a tune, like birdsong The sun is shining what a great day But something is waiting in the dark kept at bay But I keep skipping and laughing Basking in the light… Continue reading Read Poem: The Punch of Gloom, by Kayla Connelly

I. When you step out of the shower, do not get dressed. Retrieve a sharpie from your desk and draw a dotted line along your thighs, your stomach and the undersides of your arms. In the kitchen, take a wide-handled chef’s knife and cut along the lines. Make sure your hands are steady, or you… Continue reading Read Poem: Parmesan, by Emily Teitsworth

Wandering child Finding a way Figuring out What to say, Sometimes afraid Of what will happen today, But no need to fear the unknown, Only to look back And realize How much one has grown, And cherishing the only life That only oneself Would ever own, And the past has shown The lifelong journey Towards… Continue reading Read Poem: A Testament to the Human Spirit, by Alex Phuong

My head is, an inch, near a loop Of a hanging rope, A tear is, on a verge of my eye, Upon slipping. My soul is ruggedly drying as an Oat bread Ascending its fragments with Umbel’s nectar to The lunar heaven. I begin to swallow my breath, My heart started lisping, my skin prickling… Continue reading Read Poem: rigor mortis, by Omar Khalifah

Transcripted by: Sophia P. Csulak Is there something you wish to say in your defense? To those in the stands today, hold your hearty heirlooms of red in hand, archaic maybe Recklessly engaged in casus belli2 for sin alone Throat of shrill thrashes against chains You there, amongst the masses, I fear to point out… Continue reading Read Poem: Psychotic American: Case of an Actus Reus1

hostile negative reply to unwanted brash actions brought on valid reactions and refusal to comply. just disappear, she cares for you much too much. dangerous dark avenues through her ultra thin veneer led to trauma most severe, down a path she didn’t choose. just disappear, she cares for you much too much. weak from sleep… Continue reading Read Poem: just disappear, by Patrick Riley

Does time ever pause or stand completely still? No, it holds neither joy nor grief within its unyielding will. Who suffers when belittled by those intent on harm? May they not see our pain, nor cause further alarm. Shall they feast upon our tears, those who wish us pain? No, let them taste their own… Continue reading Read Poem: Cleansing, Sukanya Basu Mallik

i leave to become someone. tears are falling. every time i leave, mom spills water from the jug behind me maybe to wash them off, but maybe just to divert attention that happiness can still be forcibly awakened. i’m leaving and thinking about where i live when i leave… my home is my mother’s unbrushed… Continue reading Read Poem: home, by Nermin Delić

White fire glows of god’s warmth, and wrath, It scorches the fool on this way, a bloodbath He cries to the skies in pain today, do the math. He was killed that day by god, the psychopath.

I had a dream about you. we were sharing a cigarette on the pier and talking about the past. it was you who was talking— I listened like I always do. you told me that when you were younger you slid your motor- cycle straight under a truck. your ex-wife was fatally injured and you… Continue reading Read Poem: crash, by A D