Poem
From the magazine:Doggerel
By Tomás Q. Morín
If I have one chance
to write to you like Chance
the Rapper or Mac Miller
then I wish I had a tiny desk
with a band behind me
decked out, low tech,
like the Delfonics
or a gospel choir
singing higher, higher
as I say these lines for you,
with you, like a bus full of us
smiling when I tell you
that I love you
like an orange cat
saying…
to write to you like Chance
the Rapper or Mac Miller
then I wish I had a tiny desk
with a band behind me
decked out, low tech,
like the Delfonics
or a gospel choir
singing higher, higher
as I say these lines for you,
with you, like a bus full of us
smiling when I tell you
that I love you
like an orange cat
saying…
Poem
From the magazine:Fighting Weight
By Tomás Q. Morín
The first thing I typed was, “Stretching is serious business”
but I knew right away Lance would never…
but I knew right away Lance would never…
Poem
From the magazine:Enter Shadows
By Dalia Taha
Translated By Sara Elkamel
Then I saw the shadow
of the massive cypress tree
split the queue of cars in two.
How can a neighborhood…
of the massive cypress tree
split the queue of cars in two.
How can a neighborhood…
Poem
From the magazine:Grief Lessons
By Emily Skaja
No one stole your money.
No one stole your whole heart
then climbed into a stolen plane
and stole away into the night
to disappear entirely, stealing
darkness itself, then dawn.
What name would you even call
into the shadows between
here and gone, yours and no one’s,
what color could you give it,
this shade of something
slightly less than …
No one stole your whole heart
then climbed into a stolen plane
and stole away into the night
to disappear entirely, stealing
darkness itself, then dawn.
What name would you even call
into the shadows between
here and gone, yours and no one’s,
what color could you give it,
this shade of something
slightly less than …
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