Category: fall 2018 lit
A Day At The Pool by Anna Nichols Cooksey
I went to the pool one day.
I chose my favorite bathing suit—
a turquoise one-piece with palm trees.[…]
The Moon Ghost by Asha Gowan
Love: I invoke her like a goddess tonight
as I weave by the window but the wind is hollowand my faith is a dream.[…]
Sunflower Atmosphere by Sarah Grace Goolden
Why could I not have been born a sunflower?
I want to feel yellow and tall
With great, green wings
To carry me up so high all my problems are ants
That can hardly climb my stalk[…]
After Manic Aftermath by Sarah Grace Goolden
and sometimes i’m soft, soft, soft
my mother pouring cream into dad’s black coffee
i keep the ribbons from birthday presents to wrap my hair up
but it’s too short because i keep cutting it[…]
Dust by Bryce Brown
We are all dust
The remnants of petty and worthless things
Speaking of truths when our eyes tell lies[…]
The Poets by E. Lovely
ONE MONTH AFTER:
i do not think you were in love with me.[…]
Tension of Space by Rejani King
A mind game where you play to win
but lose because your thoughts say otherwise.
Living in a bubble that keeps ascending towards the sky
but reaches a point where there’s no more air.[…]
For Nani, The Dog by Akila Metheny
Painted with the contrast of yin and yang,
you were
the panting joy of our lives.[…]
Moonrise by Akila Metheny
Driving at night.
The lantern of day
sleeping beneath the ground.[…]