Marauder

19.1, Poetry

Marauder by Sara Burge Sara Burge Sara Burge is the author of Apocalypse Ranch (C&R Press) and her poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from Virginia Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner, The American Journal of Poetry, Atticus Review, Cimarron Review, River...

Greenish Yellowish Houses

19.1, Poetry

Greenish Yellowish Houses by Jeanne Morel —after Italo Calvino   If, stars subdue suburbs [streets if someone scaffolds   interrupt darkness if darkness if, dissatisfied   show blueprints show trestles   show scaffolds downtown [flower beds   arrive [whisper...

I call and tell my mother I’m cutting my hair + A Love Poem to Cockroaches

19.1, Poetry

I call and tell my mother I’m cutting my hair + A Love Poem to Cockroaches by Samantha Padgett I call and tell my mother I’m cutting my hair and she tells me she hopes I’m okaywith it looking bad. Here’s the thing:the sun in winter is still hot, and I’mone January...

Wild

19.1, Poetry

Wild by Anna B. Sutton back home a bearcrossed the parking lot of a local bowling alley and the town went wild      we aimed cameras at our backyardslike birds of prey      we craned our necks while driving      scanned the woods along the interstatefor a telltale...

Notes About the Butterflies, the Moth, and the Sadness

19.1, Poetry

Notes About the Butterflies, the Moth, and the Sadness by Triin Paja I place a small tortoiseshell in a matchbox, beside the three others. It is the saddest matchbox I know. At night, I touch my ear against it. A silence. I believed there was poetry in their nearness....

CLARA

19.1, Poetry

CLARA by Ann Pedone I open the door under the sign “EMPLOYEESONLY”I’m in Santa Clara bleedingfalling in love with everyone who walks byWhich felt something like history The air churning through the air ducts seems“UNDERSTANDABLE” but not in theslightest, breathable...