Poetry

Standard by Amaris Sprowl

“It was the beginning of a slow burn for me. / It was the beginning of the end for you.”

The Alligator in the Sewers by Aubrey Lynch

“They linger under our beds, / in our closets, / and in our heads.”

I am so very Tired by Nicole Lewis

“My limbs still hold me in bed / Locking me to my mattress”

1,001 by Corinne O’Connor

“I’ve never owned a notebook that’s clean of you, / and I doubt I ever will.”

Ode to the Rain by Corinne O’Connor

“You’ve been kissed in enough, / you have heard the love-soaked confessions / on the theatre screens”

Orphan by Anya Stott

“Chongqing, swarmed with people, markets along the road / the sand orphanage stood tall, extending towards the sky”

The Bruising on My Pale Skin Stays by Makayla Batchelor

“snow patters on the window / his warm body next to me now / cold”

Bruno, My First Pet by Aubrey Lynch

“You looked at me / with a soulful emptiness in your eyes.”

The World, A Whale by Aubrey Lynch

There is a great cosmic blue-black / whale with / trees larger than skyscrapers / sprouting from its back.”

For Teddy by Annie Elizabeth Kreiser

“You’re the pebble in my pocket / You’re the sunshine in December / What others might forget / I know you will still remember”