Alicia Elkort – He asked what the implications would be
He asked what the implications would be if we were to love each other. I said planetarium I said hubris I said expulsion— I could see how the tenor of our time would be about eating an apple, spitting out the seeds, it was the way he didn’t care for poetry, the way he whispered […]
Molly Fisk – The Goodbye
The Goodbye What to do with my hands — her fingers curved to hold mine but not holding, taking the shape of a loose grip, in repose, outstretched on the pale blue sheet. Her eyes half-open and moving, but not furtive. As if measuring things in another realm, and she might be. Whether the new […]
Chad Weeden – Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point We dug our heels in the sand. Pelicans mobbed the surf for chum. A driftwood barge combed the horizon. Caked in salt. New year. We hadn’t said a word past Reno. Another bridge torched behind us for the hell of it. Yet there we were. Washed up. Wrapped your arms around your jagged […]
Lynne Knight – Conversion, or, Homage to Molly Bloom
Conversion, or, Homage to Molly Bloom That summer I swore to remain a virgin. I could practice wooing if I kept saying No, something I’d learned to say to the Devil, that insidiously devious monster conjured for us by the nuns, who swore our chastity was a gift beyond measure. So why not prolong it, […]
Danusha Laméris – Today the Pleasures
Today the Pleasures Today the pleasures are too numerous to name. Walking over the bridge and up the drive to get the mail, then setting down the packages to open by the front door, a fat swath of sun falling against my arm as I open a box of two slim volumes of poems, then […]
