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The Color of the Lake
Mary Zartman
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My mother leaves a long message / on the phone machine, filling up the tape / with the colors of Lake Michigan. / Through vast picture windows /…
3.15
Sarah Louise Garrido
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49 views
The sun can’t make up its mind, punching through / morning mist, setting fields abuzz. / Then wrapping into itself, clouds winding / into great…
Tongue
Shadab Z. Hashmi
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2,649 views
The tongue in the Dictionary // does all the defining / (It will never / be tried / at the Hague) / / is a translucence / milked from a…
3.5
Sarah Louise Garrido
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49 views
Gentle rains coat the roads, drop their sheen / curtain on the world, making the plunge / into early spring palatable, subtle. // I can’t keep up…
Dinner
Becca Yenser
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3,214 views
I boil the bruised artichoke / and later watch him suck / the tender leaves, scraping / his teeth across / the meaty flesh. / Triumphant, he tips /…
2.25
Sarah Louise Garrido
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50 views
Dark branches veining into gray skies. / I always miss the moment / pink blossoms flood their arms. // Shift in the winds. Your eyes / grow soft…
Keep Whatever
Amy Souza
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142 views
Lost should feel / Familiar by now / That lousy constant / Churning // The thing that tsks / In the corner // Comes for the ride / Everywhere…
To Be Healed
Dena Rash Guzman
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2,967 views
sometimes, under the rain is light / no common cloud can defeat / // we drink beer with the old boys / while deer shift gears / // in the…