NOTES ON “LOW” The melody turns in on itself with descending notes Ascending Descending Turning back and forward To seesaw percussion The piano scales into itself with ascending notes Ascending Descending Turning around To meet the trumpets heading the other way Five notes Back and forth the same five notes Fast and slow the same […]
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Read more "LAURA STAMPS – DOG MOM HAIKU"Chameleon* I’m a Chameleon, Changing my colors to match my surroundings, I’ll make you feel comfortable. * Trauma like armor, I’ll blend in, so you don’t hurt me. * I can tell your mood in your footsteps, the set of your jaw, the tiniest tells; a twitch at the corner of your eye screams danger. […]
Read more "Angela LaVere – 3 POEMS"Columbus / Portland you moved to Maine to become one with nature I am asking you move back I see the cascade coming over Portland the negative winters to film the reels of our silence peeled over our head clouds I took you to the dance party in Columbus you asked about but hours after […]
Read more "James Croal Jackson – 2 poems"Thanatophobia As always, I wake early to bakeit’s 4 AM, I finish and try to get some rest,and I can’t get this specific thought out my brain:death.How I want to remember being alive, and how I won’t remember anyone or anything.How does it feel to not remember being alive?It scares me.Like my blanket covering me […]
Read more "KINA NORVILLE – THANATOPHOBIA"tape metal mesh tongues on glass pane eyes, a translucent autumn makes haste for exit; it tries to leave the gutter conglomerate of affections in shedding, of nose twitches, of wings in paralysis, of butterflies in flee from breastfed saplings, of everyday eclipses hiding in your sock drawer. you’ll close your lips around the filter […]
Read more "Sharvaree Kowale – 3 poems"Dear Dad, Why? Went shopping together:Boot Barn, Buckle, Barnes & Noble.Blasted to the same music:banda, old corridos, new releases.Went on food runs:Chick-fil-A, Canes, Chipotle.Spilled tea at Starbucks.Planned to travel the whole world together.You supported my crazy ideas: bungee jumping,skydiving, purpling my hair.Liked going on ice cream runsjust because I love ice cream.Everytime you picked me […]
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Read more "MARISOL ARIN – IF I WERE A MAN"TELL ME WHAT TO FEEL When I was told I was moving hereI felt excited, my chest heavy with a mix of anxiety and a sense of adventureThe same feeling I felt when I moved to roswell just for a yearA year filled with so much joy, playing video games and living with my cousinBaseball […]
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