pantoum in which my body becomes a locked door
By Kay Kassirer
“I become the client as I hand over a few hundreds to the jaw specialist / recognizing the irony of how quickly this money comes and goes”
weedy seadragons
“everything, even gain, / is some kind of loss. even after.”
antihero
“in a single breath / fought off an evil corporate polluter / without somuchas a lawyer”
Lena
By Jessie Keary
“She was adept with the use of / liquid rouge, / a model of artistic beauty,”
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Swimming Lesson
“the familiar games you invented: / complicated, one-foot races across // the shallow end.”
Deadlines: February & March 2025
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Interview with Akhim Yuseff Cabey, Winner of the 2024 Rising Poet Prize
Winner of the 2024 Rising Poet Prize Akhim Yuseff Cabey for “Olentangy River, 2019” Akhim Yuseff Cabey was …