Periodic #8
By Franny Choi
“Periodic” is a monthly column by poet Franny Choi. Every month, she writes a short column on the first day of her period—a check-in that might cover issues of gender, queerness, writing, health, and/or love.
Paco & Mary
“He’s not Catholic. / God, / No. / But since he’s been inside, he’s found / His / Divinity.”
In a Puddle I Saw
“Once, I was hipless. Boyhood / swung out in front of me glazed / with permission to do & not be stopped.”
Community Feedback: Cynthia Manick reads Briana Grace Hammerstrom
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Featured Poetry
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Trust Like the Color in the Special Collections Room
“(how much sense it made, how unending then) / the always unencumbered light”
Pocho Boy #1
By Alan Chazaro
“Pocho Boy Meets World” is a Latinx poetry column written by California poet, Alan Chazaro. Join him as he eats his share of quesadillas and uses broken Spanish in hopes of connecting more deeply with what it means to be a U.S. Latinx writer in Latin America.
In/Continent
“I used to be an unlit match, ready / to burn for any man, ready / for any hand to reach inside / and get my body back / to holy”