Volume: 4 Issue: 5
December 2017


Poems

Shay Alexi
OUR MOTHER IS A NIGHTWITCH OR AN ODE TO FEMME FRIENDSHIP
TODAY A MAN ON THE INTERNET SAID
ON RECLAMATION (2017 Poetry Prize Winner)
Erica Anderson-Senter
PREGNANT BY THE MOON
Diannely Antigua
IMMIGRATION STORY
THE ONE WITH THE CAT AND THE HOSPITAL
GOLDEN SHOVEL WITH SOLSTICE
Tanya Azari
the roof of my mouth
i am too old
Cat Batsios
Re: Daedalus, a poem in five parts
L. R. Bird
THE MIRROR IN MY UNIVERSITY’S WEIGHT ROOM SPEAKS TO ME, IN TWO PARTS
IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO SMUGGLE A SWITCHBLADE ONTO A PLANE
MY PARTNER WHO IS LEARNING HOW TO TEND A GUNSHOT WOUND
PEDIGREE OF ALCOHOLISM IN THE AUTHOR’S FAMILY
Kayleb Rae Candrilli
During my top surgery consultation, my partner says to the doctor, tell me what you will do to their veins
Laura Cresté
Brooklyn
Pam Davenport
Amanita Phalloides
Talia Flores
11
Trish Hopkinson
Resurrection Party
Meg Hurtado
SUN MEDICINE
Veronica Kornberg
Grave Goods
Nadra Mabrouk
THE CONDITION
FATHER AS ADOLESCENT, SMOKING
Amelia Martens
THREE POEMS
Alysse Kathleen McCanna
Kissing Angelina
Megan Merchant
Filling Up
Faisal Mohyuddin
About the Author
Mary Peelen
BIRDS OF JAPAN
Sara Ryan
A MAN TELLS ME HOW DIFFICULT MY BODY IS
Leah Shlachter
Family Meal
Roy White
A Mighty Fortress
John Sibley Williams
What My Mother Meant to Say That Night
Emily Zogbi
IN THE GLASSHOUSE


Reviews

Deborah Hauser
Review of Aperture by Anna Leahy
Tyler Robert Sheldon
Review of Penumbra by Michael Shewmaker