“Barren” by Dana I. Hunter

A singular creation  never to be reproduced  crying within an array  of useless female organs  designed to create musical laughter Continue reading →

“My Crown” by Dana I. Hunter 

Matted, twisted, dread loc’d afros of thick wavy knots a texture of curls inherited. Visions of childhood braids  adorned with Continue reading →

“I Think I Still Know How to Fit All the Pieces Together” by Amanda Dales

A man and a girl sit beside each other in a boat I know a great deal The man says Continue reading →

“Shipwrecked” by Kiana McCrackin

The spaces you leave, I fill.  The crevice in the conversation,  the hint of pause for breath,  I flow into Continue reading →

“Lost Friend” by Barbara Hughes

When we were younger, I came to your blue room a room that meant nothing besides an offering of endless Continue reading →

“Christian Mingle” by Kara Shea

The man you’re with knows curvature confusing only to you, it is an old playlist made in middle school, the Continue reading →

“What the Eye Perceives” by Eric Forsbergh

What the Eye Perceives             Rosalind Franklin, 1952 Breeze feathers the lake. Aloft, an eagle scans, rising on the thermals.  All Continue reading →

“A Sonnet to the She Wolf Lara Shaved head, cheap flimsy blue dress, angry” by Lenore S Beadsman

Almost hopeless to the point of tyranny she must be a sad   Vacant lame struggling case to have such Continue reading →