—so I called it, when I talked of reading and writing; of my doubt about assumed […]
Poetry
The trees, a madness of white & wind, we, a madness of sweat & rope, ropes of […]
Song with a Lyric from Allen Ginsberg by Chen Chen
A stranger in a raincoat comes to the city of drought (In the sun his water-country accent is […]
Mute Back by Hai Zi, translated by Ye Chun
he’s snapped awake and he’s drowning. the boy left behind, a vulgar warmth gathered around his sex, […]
the boy detective’s wet dream by sam sax
Let go of your old life. The Friday evenings on the patio, the weddings, first days at […]
The Next Life by Mark Wagenaar
It is early and I have no one to trust. The sun wrestles wildly about me, […]
The Act of Killing by Jane Wong
There was a word I was taught not to say in the gym, or on the basketball […]
Ode to the Unsayable by Keith Leonard
People who don’t buy lottery tickets just crawl: they don’t jump. People who buy tickets dare to […]
Lottery Ticket and Pre-Planned Heavens by Trang The Hy, translated ...
What a blast! Crossing the community yard, ketchup on our lips, chocolate milk fresh as a hiccup, […]
Rhapsody for Children of the Midwest by Ben Gunsberg
after Adam Falkner Danny in the scrum & his hands are meadowlarks, their fulvous ascent. Danny […]
Still Life with First Best Friend by Joshua Bennett
If all I ever become is twenty eight stalks of corn that would be enough, I think. […]
Osiris Ode by Keith Leonard
Do you remember the days of the Texas cornfield roads? Our rented house hiding between fields of […]