Tag: poetry

By Azalea GeistNever forget what they took from you Walks in the park BREASTS! Privacy at home BREASTS! Peace and prosperityBREASTS!our daughters are cuttingoff tits and puttingon scarves and chantingin devil tongues and partyingat ground zeroNever forget the three thousand Americans, People! That’s the size of towns andtheir names don’t matter.Destruction tenfold! Let them die […]

By Ewen GlassThe clouds are so close. Usually I’m the one full of hot air. We drift over fields, moved by currents and majesty.I’m not afraid of hyperbole. Here is a green that’s new to me, a bracing sense of horizons; my jesus I am small and immediate.I’m on week six of a trial involving […]

By Ewen GlassA teacher makes a throwaway comment during a parent-teacher conference.You do something surprising on holiday one time.Parentary Alignment. Grandad says something about you and Grandad rarely speaks so everyone listens.Repetition.The neighbours call the police.Your birthday present makes more of an impression on the grown-ups.Repetition.Everyone agrees on the reason you’re so upset.Your teenage lie […]

By Isabel Grey anemoia (n)- a. Nostalgia for a time or place one has never known b. Beauty standards are either out of style or making a comeback c. Craving discontinued food brands d. Desiring to look and behave differently than one’s contemporaries e. Escapism f. Fast-forward’s antonym g. Ghost towns never visited that inspire […]

By Jade Harper Ben Shapiro APPROACHES the store to ATTAIN some groceries. Ben Shapiro COVETS to ANNEX milk, eggs, and onions. Ben Shapiro UNEARTHS the milk and eggs but REQUIRES to INTERROGATE an employee to ASSIST to DISCERN the onions. She SIGNIFIES to the produce aisle. Ben Shapiro PRAISES her and ABDUCTS the onions. Ben […]