POETRY
Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
Audre Lorde
what it’s like to fall in love with a girl by eva vila
when she breaks up with you
your tears will be
I found you in a dream by nikka gershman
I used to hate to go to sleep.
The last voice: “Shush, not one more peep!”
how do i tell you i love you with my clothes on? by naomi foster
how can i make you see that i’ll do whatever it takes,
even if it’s not my idea?
the right by eric lemos
Something I seek for
What everyone wants
making a lover by ava min
in between spaces of meeting again
the uterus withers and the mother softens
dawn over hudson - when diana dies by ava min
tell me, she said
the story of my body
Tinder slut by ava min
I put my man pants on,
set off for the big shitty city
where every star is a whore
postcard by Ada Heller
I dreamt I left the window open and my old selves poured in
I speak in burghandys found in the first layer of skin
Thirsty by Salona Bhandari
there is some part of me that is always dying of thirst.
my friends don’t have this feeling,
Poached egg by vee venning
Spilling
Spilled and
Spilt
I hate showers by Vee venning
The shampoo and conditioner bottles sit,
mostly untouched
on the flat, matte, boring tile that I don’t very much like.
Remembering (2022) by Ava Min
diana, do you remember
the pool floaties we blew up in bre’s garage
woman come home by Ava Min
if your plan a doesn’t work
and neither does plan b
don’t feel badly about it
they’re made to be buried
an explanation by Sara Kumar
there’s a theory out there that the simplest explanation is usually the right one.
it‘s called occam’s razor and
i think it’s what you used to shave away my layers one by one,
Victoria’s Secret by Ada Heller
I watch two boys
take a picture
with the giant Victoria’s Secret Ad
half-formed by Ada Heller
You smell a little of lavender and
that time in Marseille when your dreams and I
walked through cobblestoned, Christmas-lit streets. And
Agonizing anxiety by Cailey Koch
all-too-familiar pit in my stomach,
sinking deeper with each passing second
it rained today by Kamau Nosakhere
It rained today
I felt gray today
Secret Chord by Brianna Vaca
If there ever was a secret chord I’d play it
Alone
Anxiety by Heaven Holford
it feels like anxiety is in the air i breathe:
oppressive, like humidity or spring pollen or smog.
Little Miss by Michelina Smith
little miss too much.
little miss never enough.
“I’ve never smoked a newport” by Grace Guerra
I am currently staring at my last Newport cigarette
I admire its old mediocre packaging
you having none of the fame of someone half your age by Kathryn Fitzpatrick
you having none of the fame of someone half your age
your grandma’s winning smile mixed with your mother’s rage
About **** by Kathryn Fitzpatrick
falling back into a hard time
not exactly feeling quite right
My Mother by emma burden
I am afraid of my voice,
Afraid of the way that it may ring,
Hanging Upside Down in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee by Emma Burden
I can walk across the balance beam,
My feet grip its bleached wood, my toes arise with splinters in their flesh,
CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT BUT THIS IS LOVE by Naomi foster
here i go again
answering the late-night call
three boys by Booch o’connell
I played a game with three boys
One blonde with glasses who loves to sing
i’m sorry that i didn’t try harder when we were ice skating by emma burden
I have always dreamed in short sonatas,
tempo at prestissimo,
first things first by alyssa witvoet
To invite a dinner guest, I must first
cook dinner.
the way of the world by jessica sreekrisenjee
What will my daughter think
When I tell her she cannot travel alone
daniel by grace yanucci
A connection which feigns that
of ball and twine.
untitled by alyssa witvoet
My mother tells me how, when I was little,
she would measure
maphem by emma burden
It’s a lost copy of a publication,
Drifting through the hands of those in apartment 4K,
nameless by Booch o’connell
I’m the nameless woman
whose eyes you gaze into.
taste test by alyssa witvoet
I name you Magpie;
you call that projection.
banana bread by maia nuñez
You Will Need:
● Two very overripe Bananas
● Canola Oil, or Any Other Oil with a neutral demeanor
SEROSANGUINEOUS DRAINAGE by erin healey
She’s chewing one of those herbs you need to chew to heal
The glorious spit on the singing wound
the truth behind meteorology by olivia leduc
when i look at you,
you are every weather.
slipping by maia nuñez
I couldn’t help but pity the saleslady,
The way you kept pestering her with questions.
modern love sonnets by sophia swettenham
A bustling bar with bunnies on the wall—
At once I feel so young and so mature,
late summer, morning by eva gelman
it’s morning and i am awake
while the sun rises and my roommate leaves for work
temper by jackson lewis
A delicate glance broke the silence of years
Taunted scars raged against captivity
the advice i got from a fortune teller on the night i knew something was wrong by eva gelman
when we called,
you told me you spent the weekend
poem 1 by omi mehta
It is in the darkness of our minds,
The untravelled abyss of our souls,
once again by luis castellanos
And many months later I am here again,
Writing about someone I barely know,
canvas of virtue by grace thomas
If a shift of flesh is heard in the underbelly of the church
there might be a rapture
childworld by leah toledano
There was a child who touched themselves in places the pastors and the preaches and the principles forbade them to.
daily prayer by lilliana resnik
And i will tear open the world
Like a premature bud
heat rises by julianne holmquist
Smokey haze diffused through
The once golden air,
cement by brianna vaca
The wounded streets seeped into my virgin feet
Osmosis from my toes up
the duplicity of tomorrow by mary alter
Tomorrow’s never certain
That’s what they always say.
a love letter to the city. (and myself) by juju jaworski
I have been searching
Searching my whole life for that feeling
uprooted by eva gelman
and so the lake became the river
and the catholic church became the catholic college
letter to an untraceable love by isabella gonzalez
It hurts to know I only like you, love.
There, there’s no potential measure of love unless
i in new york (quarantine blues) by eva gelman
i. in new york,
lost in the global
forty-five by jessica lovett
people running around
like bucketless leaks,
cute by jessica lovett
you’re sitting with the boy you love
and he calls you cute
Saying Names by Bea Mendoza
The first time he said my name, it felt
like the wind the air carries.
HOME BY ERIN KIERNAN
But if you were there, regardless of where,
I bet I could ignore it.
WILT BY SARA ABDELBARRY
My walls are seemingly fond of your shadow;
The lord is my shepherd by erin kiernan
I sit on this stump, yes I sit and I pray,
And I wonder how God will address me today
those who do wrong by Peyton Skoczylas
Those who do wrong
know not the difference between morals and selfishness
interphase by ryan boloix
A black lake
The Ultimate weight
Orange/Nostalgia/Miami by shan rao
It comes in the sound of violins
shrieking at first then quieter
years spent escaping in the universe by kiersten wood
along an arch of broken stars
she holds her breath
cityscape by kiersten wood
under the yawning moonlight,
sidewalk’s cement burns
insomniac by kiersten wood
As a child
darkness blanketed me like a humidity thickening
saint lawrence river by Sophia swettenham
the stars, beyond the space that can be classified,
avoid the burden of names
november poem by isabel daniel
something in me is unfulfilled.
Prescott by Sophia Swettenham
America’s archangels
neon blinking
I Hid A Flower In A Roman Forum by Maia Nunez
I hid a flower in a Roman forum
And left it there for someone else to find.