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Intenciones de respirar [“fantasía"]
By bruno darío
fantasía
(poema de amor improviso)

Quiero acompañarte
en la aventura de la maestría.
¡Cuánto me gustar…
- Love
- Desire & Passion
From the magazine:For the Cult-Themed Party
By Jacques J. Rancourt
I dressed as a stag: headpiece
of antlers, fabric flowers

hot-glued to a harness, my ass
hanging out of…
From the magazine:February 14
By Jesse Nathan
Going to the Russian bathhouse on Innes
to lie naked on a shelf in the steam
while the hatted man
swanning…
From the magazine:
Intentions to breathe [“fantasia"]
By bruno darío
Translated By Kit Schluter
I want to accompany you
on the adventure of mastery.
How I’d love
our love, the antonym of art!
- Love
- Desire & Passion
From the magazine:When the Seed Spans the Length of the Fruit
By Omotara James
When Sarah Vaughan pipes from the great American songbook,
I forget time is dragging my body from one…
From the magazine:Deep Thoughts at Ulta Beauty
By Sasha Pearl
I went to Ulta Beauty to buy perfume
I was horny and I wanted the universe inside my nose
The lit shelves…
From the magazine:From “Winter with Ovid”
By Bhion Achimba
When Ovid drives the Buick, it is from one sharp end
of Boston to the Cape—as if he must escape the …
But Not Forgotten
By Dorothy Parker
I think, no matter where you stray,
That I shall go with you a way.
Though you may wander sweeter lands…
The Rabbi’s Red Ink
By Shereen Akhtar
In our first house-let in London, she drew on the tablecloth to create
a calligraphic feast. Our friends…
[Let me not to the marriage of true minds]
By Trevor Ketner
tongue / rim a soft hole—tender meat trim—
mind leitmotiv (doe, moss, petal, vein,
hart, hilt, waist, …
From the magazine:Skeleton Key
By Colby Cedar Smith
I loved a preacher’s son.

Hide and seek
in labyrinthine basements
red roses and kissing.

A deep wooden…
From the magazine:Eileen
By Olive Franklin
Loved you since I was little, on the playground break-time
-brawled with you and your mismatched cuffs…
From the magazine:so coffee is a laxative & i am writing this poem on the toilet
By Vanessa Deering
in the building two women’s restroom & in the strangest places
i want to tell you the most mundane things…
From the magazine:March
By Jessica Jiang
Tiffany,
I’ve gotten used to sunlight with you,
but no pressure! Just—
spring doesn’t hurt as much anymore…
From the magazine:Her Grimoire
By Gavriella Gilbert
So, she breathes. Do you believe in God
like the rest of them? Birch-light
rains down the wall, moving…
From the magazine:
Icarus: A Self Portrait—1984
By Nick Makoha
I quit my job that Saturday when I heard my name called by the manager.¹ That motherfucker always
looked…
From the magazine:Limerence
By Steven Leyva
What do we call this desire
to be desired? The milkweed’s impenitent bow
to the monarch or starlight. …
From the magazine:From “carrying songs from the sky to crease the ground”
By Janice Lobo Sapigao
1.

i wish i could tell you why i go back and forth between cities.
maybe i belong to the bridges &…
From the magazine:I Remember
By Jayne Cortez
I remember through remains
of my lip hanging cigarette
three days before your ass was dog-tagged
and…
From the magazine:Hungry Love
By Jayne Cortez
Warm night of flesh pimples
Alone
Fear pressing between my eyes the mark of despair
& my thighs once …
- Love
- Desire & Passion

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poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Intenciones de respirar [“fantasía"]

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:For the Cult-Themed Party

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:February 14

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Intentions to breathe [“fantasia"]

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:When the Seed Spans the Length of the Fruit

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Deep Thoughts at Ulta Beauty

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:From “Winter with Ovid”

But Not Forgotten

The Rabbi’s Red Ink

[Let me not to the marriage of true minds]

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Skeleton Key

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Eileen

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:so coffee is a laxative & i am writing this poem on the toilet

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:March

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Her Grimoire

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Icarus: A Self Portrait—1984

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Limerence

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:From “carrying songs from the sky to crease the ground”

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:I Remember

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Hungry Love

From the magazine:
Intenciones de respirar [“fantasía"]

From the magazine:For the Cult-Themed Party

From the magazine:February 14

From the magazine:
Intentions to breathe [“fantasia"]

From the magazine:When the Seed Spans the Length of the Fruit

From the magazine:Deep Thoughts at Ulta Beauty

From the magazine:From “Winter with Ovid”

From the magazine:Skeleton Key

From the magazine:Eileen

From the magazine:so coffee is a laxative & i am writing this poem on the toilet

From the magazine:March

From the magazine:Her Grimoire

From the magazine:
Icarus: A Self Portrait—1984

From the magazine:Limerence

From the magazine:From “carrying songs from the sky to crease the ground”

From the magazine:I Remember

From the magazine:Hungry Love