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)...”