honeysuckles
by Gabriel Wadford

“...my lover tells me
stop picking the
honeysuckles from
your head or nothing
will grow...”

reservoir
by Emily Jacobi

“... drive me away from the water
I am not sure
how I feel about damming a river...”

The Predicament of a Kiss
by Bobby Parrott

“...Your bottle-bottom glass heart as it wanders
the stage, shoots daisies into your final wreckage...”

Sitting in Central Park
by Jessica Sung

“... each square a couple uncorking another bottle,
a student in denial of a deadline....”

you open me
by Jeff Stonic

“... you open me  
present
tense...”

hopscotch
by Rin Carroll

“... did you know that squirrels get drunk
off of fallen fruit?...”

THIS SOIL IS VERY POOR
by Elena Orlando

“...make them more round
and squishy
make them devolve sweetness
to my hands...”

ABT THE GIRL WHO SUCKED
OFF ALL HER NAIL POLISH
by Ruth Deaton

“...Eye darting back and forth between pushing her cuticles back
and Nana playing on her laptop. The subtitles flew by...”

reunion
by ky lohrenz

“... god they all look so cool. god, i’m tired
of my friends...”

Love Poem or
Poem I Wrote for Love
by Kathleen Michele

“... Love comes to my sisters wedding
Love doesn’t mind that I black out before the ceremony
Love covers their ears when I throw up gin and beef jerky
(because I asked them to)...”

Dogs
by Althea Baird

“... dust dogs curled together the color of salt,
the color of pecan...”

Virgo Season
by Ocean Escalanti

“...Harpies shriek at noon
And i organize my little things...”

La Jolla Shores Beach Children’s Pool
by Maya Nordine

“...neutrality trudging through sand,
wiggling and wrapping my toes
around sea berries....”

Vanilla Coke
by Shelby Hartness

“...I’m craving myself
I iron out my left
hand....”

Flower hill
by Annette Covrigaru

“...I could get tanned in this
Dunkin’ parking lot...”

How to say something crude in a quiet voice
by Justine Henry

“...Quiet; it’s the radiator
hurling expletives again
from across the room...”

Heart Poem
by Gabriel Lang

“...knocking at the door
Warm, sweaty expanse
table for two...”

OPEN DOORS
by Ruth Niemiec

“...I liked you a lot, luscious lawns and tennis
I could see it in our future, white teeth, garden parties...”

On Love
by Taylor Koontz

“...I’ve never consumed love
It’s been put on my tongue
And spit out shortly after...”

chopsticks and bones
by Missie Yamamura

“...i sit at the farthest edge of my floor
cushion inhaling the lingering smell
of drugstore shampoo...”

window
by Sophronia Cook

“...Tearing navel orange slices
to become a mirage...”

The Day Is Impossible
by Sophie Appel

“...what I’m doing is what’s
happening or something like that...”

autumn on the beach
by Dominic Calderon

“...remember, pumpkin,
when we were burning?...”

Fuck God he/him for heartbreak
Thank God she/her for Joni Mitchell
by Liam Pitts

“...I wish I had a river up to the sun.
Past the clouds of angel hair....”

Family of Birds
by Meredith Elder

“...This is your chaos tape
to which you braid your hair...”

on scarcity
by Diana Hou

“...He can boil a whole chicken no salt no oil
He can charm a table afloat...”

What Happens During A Flood
by Hannah Weiner

“...like bread, like fingertips in a bath
that prune and unravel and untighten
the bones decalcifying...”

Getorade
by Patch One

“...everything is a truck brimming
w/ fluorescent hooded men inside...”

Mornings After
by Ross Calabro

“...legs that cross in a way to say i love you...”

LA Woman
A Poem for Eve Babitz
by Jade Wootton

“...Have you ever done no contact forever 
And does it ever stop feeling like silence...”

IF YOU SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL [REDACTED], PLEASE KILL IT
by Carson Jordan

“...I visit a club called heaven
where I am bored to tears...”