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Category: Issue 3 Poetry

Issue 1 (25) Issue 1 Poetry (14) Issue 1 Prose (11) Issue 2 (25) Issue 2 Poetry (19) Issue 2 Short Story (6) Issue 3 (31) Issue 3 Poetry (21) Issue 3 Prose (10) Issue 4 (25) Issue 4 Poetry (13) Issue 4 Prose (11) Letter from the Editors (4) News (1) Poetry (66) Prose (32) Short Story (6)

  • A comfortable place in the unconscious

    A comfortable place in the unconscious

    March 31, 2025

    Can one dream while lying awake? This proximity of cloud. Consensus, the end of parenthetical. Draws curtains, threat. This pragmatism: my mother gave birth…

  • A Yellow Carnation

    A Yellow Carnation

    March 31, 2025

    A month ago / my boyfriend gave me a carnation / I didn’t want it / but now I’m stuck with it // At…

  • In the Weeds

    In the Weeds

    March 25, 2025

    I met you on a Tuesday / Lost in the woods / And your dandelion-seed touch / Set my worried mind free / While…

  • Mannequin at the Thrift Store

    Mannequin at the Thrift Store

    March 25, 2025

    I found a mannequin at the thrift store today. She was tucked in between a box of junk and a ratty old sweater, only…

  • Thirst

    Thirst

    March 25, 2025

    A Microsoft 365 subscription costs 179 dollarydoos, equating 15 / pints per annum. Therefore, you should stay / on mine, even though I’m more…

  • Wet Gore

    Wet Gore

    March 25, 2025

    One must imagine, the Kayal that flows to the sea, / to be pristine, to be untouched. / Allowed to be. / but we wade,…

  • Centipede

    Centipede

    March 24, 2025

    I fought with you again last night. // Your mossy curls, longer now, / hang from tired branches and sway / in stagnant wind,…

  • God-Eaters

    God-Eaters

    March 24, 2025

    I am walking to the bus stop / when I come across a dinner party / I was not invited to. // A meeting…

  • Idealism & Pragmatism (& Apathy)

    Idealism & Pragmatism (& Apathy)

    March 24, 2025

    Apathy is the enemy of Idealism, though Idealism has yet to notice. This lucid hatred may be the only thing Apathy cares about. The…

  • what theatre people believe in

    what theatre people believe in

    March 24, 2025

    new perspective, renewal / can’t imagine mere semantics / cool confesses    salt of the earth    pulling the trigger to heaven / everything changed /…

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