Pencil LetterBy Irina RatushinskayaI know it won't be receivedOr sent. The page will beIn shreds as soon as I have scribbled it.Later. …LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & Brevity
The Rabbi’s Red InkBy Shereen AkhtarIn our first house-let in London, she drew on the tablecloth to createa calligraphic feast. Our friends…LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveReligionJudaismRelationshipsActivitiesTravels & Journeys
Notes on DevotionBy Caroline Harper NewA man by the name of Skinner becomes famousfor keeping caged pigeons, whom his clock feeds or starves at random. Their tiny twitching heads exaggerate until...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedMelancholy & Despair
The Skin's InstructionBy Jessica RigneyIt's important she says that summerFlatten itself against autumn. That it keep Insisting yes yes it'…LoveNatureSummerFallRelationshipsMen & WomenOptimism
[Let me not to the marriage of true minds]By Trevor Ketnertongue / rim a soft hole—tender meat trim—mind leitmotiv (doe, moss, petal, vein,hart, hilt, waist, …LoveDesire & PassionThe Body
RewindBy Anastasia Taylor-LindIt’s 9/11 the first time you stay.In the morning you bring Taliban poems back to bed.I drink cardamom…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesWar & ConflictThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineHe Was ChaoticBy Fatimah AsgharMy teacher says of their cat, now gone missing. In his absence, everything is still. The small, silvered… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic Love
poetry-magazineEileenBy Olive Franklin Loved you since I was little, on the playground break-time -brawled with you and your mismatched cuffs… Related Audio LoveFirst LoveInfatuation & CrushesRomantic LoveRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineMiddle School DanceBy Nicole TallmanTo all the boyswho asked meto dance and to all the boys to whomI said yes and to all the steps we took… Related Audio LoveInfatuation & Crushes
poetry-magazineThe Time Traveler Finally Falls in LoveBy T.S. Leonardand it ends, of course, in fabulous heartbreak, like anything—it’s not an if, but when—so the trick … Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossRomantic Love
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poetry-magazineMarchBy Jessica JiangTiffany,I’ve gotten used to sunlight with you,but no pressure! Just—spring doesn’t hurt as much anymore… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionRomantic Love
Guilt or Dread What An Amazing Instrument You AreBy Karen Houle Pulling the foreign body off me— out of the dress up over my arms through the neckhole— he says, You…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveClassic LoveRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesMen & Women
poetry-magazineTransgender opera for perpetual metamorphosisBy heidi andrea restrepo rhodesI: My beloved is called an inconceivable beast, a spectacle diagnosed with teratoid genitalia, a chaos… Related Audio LoveRomantic LoveSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineTranscendental Love SongBy Darrel Alejandro HolnesThis love dares not speak its name in some states until your eyes say it on a beach in Ft. Lauderdale… Related Audio LoveRomantic LoveSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsLGBTQ+
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Dirty ValentineBy Richard SikenThere are so many things I’m not allowed to tell you. I touch myself, I dream.Wearing your clothes…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & Loss
poetry-magazineHungry LoveBy Jayne Cortez Warm night of flesh pimples AloneFear pressing between my eyes the mark of despair& my thighs once …LoveDesire & Passion
poetry-magazineDinah’s Back in TownBy Jayne CortezI wanna be bitchyI said I wanna be a bitchcause when you nicetrue love don’t comeinto your lifeYou get…LoveRealistic & Complicated
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