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Canticle for the Last Leaves
Arrival Elegy
Traffic
Drive
3 Poems
Brave Woman Keeps Wolves from Body of Dead Husband1
Past in Prints
Kathy, I’m Lost
Inside the Whale
Ranch Hand
Abecedarian Break-Up Poem After Spending the Day Reading the Same 3 Children’s Books to Someone Else’s Baby
8 Ball Liturgy + When To Say No
to lamotrigine, on our 1 year anniversary + Saint Paul, Unpublished Letter, Recipient Unknown
Iftar
Star Crossed
Nested Skins
Our Squid Mother
Black Walnut Is the War Tree
I Would Like To Step Out Of My Heart And Go Walking Beneath The Enormous Sky
How I Learned to Translate Shadows
The Landscape Persists + Letter to E, Corvallis
Huitain for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
So You’re Fluent
Smile-5
Piedmonters
Save Me
As Simple as a Wish
Spawn
Blood, I Wonder (a sonnet) + Love Notes to his Dead Wife
Burdens of Mortality
Bad Vegan
Day Three (the first time)
Juniper
Seven Longs
The Grave Dowser
The Novice
The King in Black
The Bicycle Club
The Pied Piper
Little Knives
The Drowning
The Only Thing Standing Between Fantasia and Nothingness
Ekphrasis: “Nymphs Finding The Head Of Orpheus,” John William Waterhouse, 1901
Quandaries
Hardware
White Belief
Sermon on the Rocks
Won’t Not
Turn Back the Clock, But Only for an Afternoon
2 Poems
My Body Is A Jungle Gym
When I Announce That I’m Pregnant
O Ghetto Tree Our Tree Of Heaven
Sunday Waves
A Recipe For Disaster
Message From the Moths
For the Jumbotron
2 Flash Fictions
All The World Isn’t Falling
3 Flash Fictions
Marauder
Greenish Yellowish Houses
I call and tell my mother I’m cutting my hair + A Love Poem to Cockroaches
Wild
Notes About the Butterflies, the Moth, and the Sadness
CLARA
A Holy Union
Photosynthesis
Can We Be Difficult Together?
Bandrui
Topple
Accumulation
Jolene at 33
Sinter
Cain
Lesson Plan
Landscape With User Instructions
Archipelago
Inheritance + Sorry
jeffrey like a giant
Hers
Seek Shelter Immediately
The Kids Are Cute AF Though
Overkill
Canteen
Intimates
Imported: Fruit
Teenage Landlord
Peacock
The Opposite of Sin
The Mermaids’ Smoke Rings
12:12
Hank the Tank
Thirteen Covers
The Midwinter
Housesitting
When Will She Ever
Aphorism 42: If You Were As Innocent As You Pretend To Be We’d Never Get Anywhere
Lucifer Harps on Beauty
If I Drink the Violets,
Mother, Mother, Mother, Mother, Earth
The Cult of Yakushima Island
Past the Farallones
Like Meals, Everything Ends
Eating Frogs
paige
epigenetics or: the names we were given
You are who you owe yourself to
arbor {before & possibly after}
3 Poems
The Heights of Inanimate Things
Collection
The Good Reverend
For Hire
The Patron Saint of Loving Bad Men
Words are Made for Ministration
Shark’s Tooth
Torn
The Aliens Deliver Us From Evil
The Feejee Mermaid Falls to Earth
Patroness
A Healing
Brian the Lion Hunter
Origin Story: Apollo Speaks
Conversations with My Aunt
Before the Hard Freeze
Social Media
Eric Cortez
On Past Suicidal Ideations
Three Ghazals: an Elegy
Omphalos : Epoch
214 West Euclid Ave
Rift
10 Stories From The Bible In No Particular Order
A Lucky Man
Ghost Puppy
On Some Excuses For Feeling Pierced By Existence
Domestic Panic
Love Construct in the Covidicene
Sorry To Bug You, I Got Something To Say
The Jaguar Tattoo
Man or Mouse
The Cul de Sacs
The Attentions of Dangerous Men
Trains
How to Exorcise a Ghost
Rob the Bank, Butter the Kitchen
Morning Traffic
To the Plastic Bag At the Bottom of the Mariana Trench
You Ask Your Birth Mom What Her Favorite Color Is (You’ve Never Asked Me That Question)
Pennies From Heaven
Essay on Identifying an Asterism
property tax
Say
The Mechanical Bird Writes an Ars Poetica (Dear X, -B)
Another Balikbayan In Which Ma Asks Her Kids To Go To Mass With Her Pero No One Ever Does
Mm!
Indifference + Edgewood Creek
Boogie Town
Extremes of Human Endurance
Lifespan of the Fathead Minnow
Elfland
Dogs of War
Feral
Five Percent
The Field Party #61
Fear of Abundance
Brennan
To speak of
Ancestor Mirror
Night, and the Coffers are Empty
Paroxysm
Surrender
The Making of the Third Child
John Cena Loves Me
2 Flash Fictions from “The Apocalypse”
Brown Recluse
Spite House
A Brief History of the Navel Orange in California
Queens of the Universe
Love Poem
And Oedipus Answered the Sphinx:
Indiana
A Doctor’s Glossary of Terms for the Female Body
Some Might Say Grace
My Cheese Soufflé Has Collapsed!
Ode to Monday Morning Runs in Central Park /// by Alejandro Pérez
How Rain Appears /// by Nicholas Reiner
Risk/Reward /// by Ruth Williams
Blur /// by James Croal Jackson
To Answer in the Affirmative re: Distinguishing Marks /// by Kelly R. Samuels
The Mysteries of Patio Vistahermosa /// by Pablo Piñero Stillmann
Bad Trick List /// by Alayna Becker
ABC /// by Beth Bosworth
Shimmer /// by Kelly Lynn Thomas
Ouija Board /// by Brendan Stephens
The Inheritors /// by Ryan Habermeyer
Sheepshank /// by Tim Fitts
Kissing Against Solipsism /// by Jessica Morey-Collins
Accommodating /// by Jen Corrigan
The Conversation /// by Michael Keenan Gutierrez
Pre Pointe Exercises /// by Jesse Falzoi
My Lottery Tickets Are All Duds /// by Kristene Kaye Brown
The Way I Can’t Breathe When I Think of You /// by Yvonne Amey
Brevity /// by John Sibley Williams
searched /// by Ellen Adams
The Industry of Edmonton /// by Megan Paranich
A Black Woman Gets a Window Seat on Aer Lingus /// by Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Softball /// by Samuel Jacques (dacdac)
There’s Nothing Past This /// by Emily Townsend
Years /// by Doug Ramspeck
Some Things You Can Ask Me /// by Rita Ciresi
Ransom /// by Mark Budman
Big Stone Lake /// by Denise Jarrott
Rue du Cherche-Midi /// by Mary Mussman
Taxol /// by Autumn McClintock
summer, like a nosebleed /// by Patrick Kindig
Another Aftershock /// by Heikki Huotari
Persephone Waits for Spring /// by Rita Feinstein
You Demand Nothing /// by Steven Duong
Waltz of the White Bird a Cloud Against the Sky /// by Josh Bettinger
No Hay Luz /// by Julia Mendoza Friedman
Anyone Going Knows Already What’s Gone /// by Nicholas Brown
The Right Place /// by Tyler Sones
Is That Mushroom or Ash /// by Darla Mottram
Juana Catarina /// by Robert Kostuck
When Zac, 32, Strolls In IRL /// by Francine Witte
IDOL /// by Heather Sweeney
Perceived Distance /// by Kelly R. Samuels
Still Life With Splenectomy /// by Mingpei Li
bone requires bone #13-15 /// by Darren C. Demaree
things i have learned /// by Charlotte Covey
Delovely /// by Erika Jo Brown
Little Washington /// by Annie Vitalsey
Big Cats /// by Cody Greene
Relief /// by Alex Gallo-Brown
Watching Planes Take Off in Late Evening While High on Shrooms /// by Ariel Francisco
Mount Saint Helens— /// by Georgia Dennison
The Papers Read: Today, She Was Stolen /// by Robin Cedar
Waste Natures /// by Orchid Tierney
Birth Day /// by Kari Treese
Instructions for Humility /// by David Gustavsen
Wi-Fi in a Museum /// by Hussain Ahmed
Do You Know How Awful It Is? /// by Lucy Hitz
3 Flash Fictions /// by Sally Burnette
Hannah /// by Phillip Sterling
Happy Lucky Gas /// by Rebecca Chekouras
Blue Monday /// by Kodiak Armstrong
Supermarket Bouquet /// by TJ Acena
White Caps Spilt to Sea /// by E. Briskin
The Great Bear /// by Jeanine Walker
The Photographer /// by Joseph JP Johnson
Medusa in Paradise /// by Cade Leebron
Someday /// by Mia Ayumi Malhotra
The Second Bride /// by Allegra Frazier
Lunar Breaks /// by Sarah Aronson
The Weight on My Back /// by Penn Stewart
2017 Poetry Contest Honorable Mention: Snowbird /// by Lauren Paredes
2017 Poetry Contest Honorable Mention: Relaxing Sounds for Sleeping /// by Julianne Neely
On Judging of the Death of Another /// by Brian Cooney
The Helicopter Patients /// by Michael Mount
Circles /// by Joshua Gottlieb-Miller
We Are Not Responsible /// by Nathan Alling Long
Mechanics of Causality /// by Cali Kopczick
Notice of Proposed Land Use Action /// by Jennifer Fliss
Pacifica Interviews: Brit Bennett
Flooding the Moon /// by David Dodd Lee
Finding + Destination /// by David Ishaya Osu
Wishbone /// by Georgene Smith Goodin
he says he’s maddecent: the vapors /// by Justin Monson
On The Fifth Rib /// by S Cearley
Her Dance /// by Carol Ellis
Botany /// by Rob Carney
Six Variations Upon Ayn Rand’s Profession of Love for Her Husband, Each Concerning a Discrete Human Element /// by Stephen M. Sanders
Taking Liberty /// by Matt Kelsey
Your Man for a Prison /// Peter Clarke
Hustlers /// by T.C. Jones
Guillotine /// by Kaj Tanaka
Fight /// by Mercedes Lawry
How Do I Fit This Ghost In My Mouth /// by Anca Szilagyi
Excerpts from ‘Glass City’ /// by Nick Greer
The Origins of Poetry /// by Kevin Honold
* /// by Simon Perchik
A Tea Party of Contemporaneous Proportions /// by Brandon Christopher
Creative Non Contest Honorable Mention: Seven Cities of Good /// by Laura Madeline Wiseman
Reward /// Santi Elijah Holley
After the Fact /// by Heikki Huotari
Some mornings I don’t want to put on clothes because I know I’ll eventually have to take them off /// by Erica Brunner
Sugar Blizzard of the Wishful Thought /// by Alec Hirshman
Floorboards /// by Jack C. Buck
The Humpback’s Wardrobe /// by Timothy Day
The Balloon or the Ballerina /// by Scott Broker
Hoops /// by Blair Hurley
Transient /// by Quenton Baker
The Waiting Dream /// by Mark J. Mitchell
What I Kept To Myself /// by Ellie Rogers
When My Parents Were Hippopotamuses /// by Alex Gallo-Brown
Look and Leap Contest Winners Audio
Release /// by Talia Cohen
Like Birds, We Will Fly Away /// by Amy Foster Myer
Deployment /// by Asha Dore
Spirits of the Motherland /// by Jim Davis
The Elm /// by Chris Campanioni
The Search Function /// by Adrienne Brock
12 /// by Rose Swartz
Fire and Milk /// by Andrew Rhodes
Arms /// by Matt Rowan
Little Switzerland /// by Ian Walters
I Turned Out Pretty Good /// by Sean Gill
You Must Believe In Spring /// by Aaron Bennett
Paleontology /// by Lydia Copeland Gwyn
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History /// by Catherine Pond
Afro-Seattleite Fragment #15: Jimi Hendrix Plays “The Star-Spangled Banner” – Woodstock, 1969 /// by Malcolm Friend
How To Disappear /// by Julie Morin
Triptych /// by Joan Wilking
King and Queen /// by Melissa Gutierrez
Ghost Story /// by Kayla Rae Candrilli
Suckered /// by Lowell Jaeger
What’s Confusing /// by Willie Fitzgerald
Excerpt: “King of Joy” /// by Richard Chiem
Field Trip /// by Catherine Fisher
Countable Minutes /// by Kyle Ellingson
Three Rabbits /// by Barrett Bowlin
Busboy /// by Ian Denning
Everything /// by Sarah Brown Weitzman
When the Cold Names Its Ghosts /// by Ronda Broatch
The Police Artist’s Sketch /// by Ace Boggess
2015 Poetry Contest Finalists
5×5 /// by Caitlin Johnson
Shem /// by Monera Mason
Wild Flowers /// by Kara Daly
Fires /// by Jeff Whitney
Ephemeroptera /// by Brian Cooney
Komfort Kats /// by Thomas Mundt
I Lose Track of the Variables /// by Joannie Stangeland
Fractured Identity & The Freak Show: an Interview with Valerie Bandura /// by Lacy Arnett, Audrey Camp, & Valerie Bandura
Common Sense /// by Sarah Shotwell
Wedded to the Sea /// by Maura Stanton
It’s the Goatsucker, Homes /// by Rachel Mindell
When Will You Be Off Paper? /// by Ace Boggess
Date Book /// by Genevieve Hudson
Caldera /// by Jeremy Hawkins
We Are A Teeming Wilderness /// by Shena McAuliffe
Ugly Babies /// by Jillian Quinn
Forwards /// by Rachel Hermans Goldman
In Violent Protection /// by Chelsea Werner-Jatzke
How Whalesongs Were Invented /// by Alicia Lai
We Were /// by Travis Sharp
What Comes Next /// by Shelley Wood
Christy /// by Catherine Simpson
Pacifica Interviews: Maya Sonenberg
The Curmudgeon /// by Jim Hanley
Birthday, Again /// by Julie Feng
Pacifica Interviews: Rebecca Hoogs
Jellyfish Lake
The Key /// by Sarah Salcedo
Big Alabama and the Pearsal Bully /// by James Valvis
Tiger Heaven /// by Patricia Marquez
What Went Down With the Ship /// by Bruce McRae
A Shudder, To Think /// by Michael Pagan
Springtime /// by Kristen Steenbeeke
Red Planet /// by Jo Ann Heydron
292 /// by Owen Lucas
Typewriter /// by Olga Vilkotskaya
Life on Mars + Devil’s Racetrack /// by William Bradley & Emily Isaacson
Arse Poetica /// by Leena Joshi
Practice /// by Paul Vega
An Act of Justice /// by William Doreski
Los Angeles Shoals /// by Will Camponovo
The Dusk Hours /// by Ross McMeekin
2 Poems /// by John Calavitta
Our Night /// by Corey Mesler
Sighting Ourselves in at the City Dump Site /// by J. Scott Brownlee
Mixed Media /// by Joannie Stangeland
Edward Hopper’s Women /// by Kirsten Rue
Indiana /// by Jake Uitti
After Columbus Day /// by Evan Klavon
Below Rainier /// by Matt Hemmerich
September Manifesto /// by Jaimie Gusman
Infinitive, 2AM /// by Sarah Kathryn Moore
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