Highway Mothercode
“You tied a red string around my ankle, / saying this is how we will remember, // The faux-umbilical noose criminal”
Poetry
We are so grateful to all of our partner-poets for sharing their work with us—please enjoy their beautiful words in our Featured Poetry catalogue.
Osteoporosis Ghazal
“The mug on the table reminds me / of myself: hairline fracture across its midline, out seeps the milk.”
Child’s Shoes
“water rushes, rises feel shoes begin-to-tear / me slip (like a fawn),”
The easiest way is to say it
“There is no one to call in the city / when night pulls the sharpest stars out of me,”
Leaked Boat
“i tell them why wounds leave scars to outlive forgetfulness / to fit in any tense’s dresses”
The Good Work
By Sarah Horner
“I pull the frayed string / of the salad spinner and watch the backyard move: / a rhythmic ripple in the grass,”
Fruit & Vegetables Picked from Daily Life
By Iris Lee
“I fell in love with a broccoli woman whose head flowered / into florets of poetry. At first, her presence / was nutritious. We were both so green,”
Charms Against Dysphoria I & II
By Kit Dwyer
“Mark distance by bridges, time by tide. / Stride over that flowing heart two, ten, twenty times a day, / until you forget what side your body is on.”
visiting my parents after my dad puts up a MAGA sign
By Aether
“the world outside wasn’t real / laid inside its steeple, let sunlight drift in / through its stained glass of vines and leaves.”