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Black History Month, Feb ’25

Black History Month, Feb ’25 Editor: Vallie Lynn Watson Managing Editor: Karris Rae Associate Editor: Taryn White Assistant Editors: Robbie Hess, Leah Joseph, Jade Turner, Meilyn Woods Interns: Ta’Mya Davis, Elaine Schroeder Malina Catlett, “Untitled” Letter from the Editor by Vallie Lynn Watson Letter from the Guest Editor by Meilyn…

your blink-blink-blink

your blink-blink-blink Lindsey Warren __________ __________ Lindsey Warren is a Delaware native. She received her MFA from Cornell University, and her three collections (Unfinished Child, Archangel & the Overlooked, and Sentence, Forest) were published by Spuyten Duyvil. She has had several poem collages published in various journals, including Fugue, Miracle…

Written Down

Written Down Sam Rasnake __________ “My happiness is a documented fact in themind of God.”– Jericho Brown Everything slips fromme as though I were infreefall – I’m reaching upbut there’s nothing there to hold – and then I thinkmaybe I’m being held andit’s the world that’s fallingaway from me –…

But I am Just a Poet

But I am Just a Poet Rebecca Dietrich __________ If I were an artist,I’d capture you in a regal pose,adorned in Tyrian purple,edged in gold.A crown of rubies upon your brow,to echo the shade of my lips,when they leave their mark upon your skin.Or perhaps,like a reincarnate of Picasso,your testicles…

Dismissed

Dismissed Bart Edelman __________ You say you’re sorry;It won’t happen again.Attempt a feeble apology,Showing a bit of remorse.Yet I’m not asking for anything,Foolishly deceiving me again.That ticket’s been punchedFar too many timesTo think admission is possible.No, what I have in mindDoesn’t really concern you.Rest assured, you’re dismissed.Expelled from a schoolI…

Let It Rain, London Workers, & Eyes

Let It Rain, London Workers, & Eyes Edward Lees __________ Let It Rain I was the only person in my confirmation classnot to go through with it.I had to talk to the pastor,tell him how I wasn’t sure I believedthe words I was supposed to say.I think it was mostly…

Petrichor & Under a sheepskin coat

Petrichor & Under a sheepskin coat Anna Idelevich __________ Petrichor The earthy smell inherited by ancestorsfrom actinobacteria geosmin,aerosol felt by my eggs,is not indifferent to your artillery salt.It is hypocritical to claim that our love is a series film,a game of incredible scale of galactic empires,perfumery shops with worn-out labels,you…

Out of My Hands

Out of My Hands Gustavo Pérez Firmat __________ It happened one night, not likein the movie. In a rage, lookingfor the empty bottles, I grippedthe 40-lb trash bag carelesslywith three fingers, right and left,the middle, the anular, the pinkie,three times two, six frail failingfingers, incompetently digital,ripping the bag up and…

Alpine Clutch, Grief, & Hallucinations

Alpine Clutch, Grief, & Hallucinations Alison Harney __________ Alpine Clutch That summer we climbed a ski slope,a mountain lashed, yellow budsand grasses attempting to cover the scars. The incline leaned close to our chests,as our breath grew shallow and quick.We noticed the insignificance of the village below, how the mazeof…

Let’s Go for a Walk, Into the Cave, & You Do You Do

Let’s Go For a Walk, Into the Cave, & You Do You Do Ashley Hudson __________ Let’s Go for a Walk Lately we are convincingour friends not to be so cruel to themselves. The magnoliasdropping their annoying empty cups. The tiny cactus giving overone invisible briar. We come to the…