Category Archives: Poetry

By Dena Dillon Oh yes, I know it shows; the scar on my leg from Osteo             when I was five years old   I tend to forget it’s there, until someone like you reminds me.             I suppose you don’t have … Continue reading →

By Mylina Baez    after “Letter to the Ceo of Ancestry” by Shankar Narayan   They say to measure everything. Be sure to read the instructions correctly. 1/4 White, an American European mutt. 3/4 Mexican, a mixture of indigenous bloodlines … Continue reading →

By Kaden Alexander Bell   Dear artist who will paint my portrait, please do not make me look like my father. My melancholy gaze may match his but give me the proud smile of my mother instead.   I want … Continue reading →

By Chalisa Thompson      after “A Globe is Just an Asterisk and Every Home Should Have an Asterisk,” Aimee Nezhukumatathil   From the coasts of Morocco to the curves of Kenya I contemplate   Longing to find my globe … Continue reading →

By Isabella Stewart      after El Mundo, Paco Pomet   listen, little one: you are not a sheep. you do not have hooves to pound into the dirt floor of this field you call home, and cannot bleat against … Continue reading →

  By Cindy Ngo   When dark night touches ocean foam – a mermaid will rise. Her fins slicing through ocean currents, And like her hair – will be the core behind storms. A child and beauty of black waters,

   By Allison DeBoer The Eyes are like a giant ocean, a constant battle of thrashing waves colliding and choking one another until finally the waters part to reveal

  By Mary Bless Flores   On the blank canvas of my life, his variegated work added liveliness. When inspiration dwindled into a hole of nothing, he was there; a pen at hand to outline my thoughts and illustrate a … Continue reading →

              By Rebekka Paulsen If my father is who you want, Then here is sore muscles and swollen veins. Here are the scars ripping Across his chest, the pains tearing Through the organs.