Amber Beacon Tower
By Tiffany Wu
“our island’s favorite ghost is a / tower by the sea. men are afraid of the / woman in white stalking the shores, / shells uncracked and gleaming under her feet”
Science
“the child, saying goodbye to his dying / grandfather, asks, but couldn’t there be a miracle?”
Bug-out Bag
“We left behind the hatchet / and maps and brought instead bread, wine, cheese, and the strange joy / of no hope.”
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Featured Poetry
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Driving
“When night falls / only the mute eyes of roadside deer / keep you alert.”
Teleology
By Selena Spier
“So alive in the / gathering dusk, I thought I could walk over the bones of the dead / and resurrect them.”
Untitled (Monkey Mask)
“The floor is night vision green / and the walls are green / and the greeness spans all we can see.”