Tag Archives: 2022

Sarah Lanphear  There’s an etching in the southern magnolia  on the corner of Fourth and Mae, a scar   hidden by flowers, sticks, and leaves  on a branch just low enough,  just within reach.  The cut buried  by men who know how to hide  when they need to, who know   to work by night. White  hoodsContinue reading “Red Summer “

Rylee Delaney  Desolation   follows a path  of pickle jars   past teacup  vistas of watercolor  clarity,  through rum   bottle forests,   empty,   to one too many  towels, soiled  and vacant,   again. 

Bianca Valentin 

Rylee Delaney  They, myself  not excluded, thought:  but surely I am     None,   not one  are the “other”     The hurricanes, the  earthquakes, several feet  from the other     All lusting,  a storming desire to  be the “other”     Together, a collective  petrified, shy, shying  from the other     Knowing, it’s possible,  impossible, to  beContinue reading “I am “

Sohini Mukherjee  As the sun set by the Susquehanna riverwalk,   the sky took a shade of orange, lively   yet soul-soothing. The hills, newly clad   in emerald, ripple like the sun rays   on my caramel skin, whistling as I walk.   The river’s wind pushes into my brown hair, sends me  into a labyrinth of my fondestContinue reading “The Riverwalk “

August Wampole  I had a nightmare.  (Not unusual, but it left me in a haze)  God gave me His power, said He lost care  For humanity. Left me in a daze  And then he was gone.  And I was alone with the world. 

Rylee Delaney 

Caleb Hipple  1. A Hippie Fucks My Mom, 2000  “Tune in, Turn on and Drop out” (his favorite quote on Facebook)  Robbie, my absent creator, holds a breath—   he imagines instead her lover’s puffed chest, quakes   knowingly, blows on plump dandelions, unsheathes   in her stretching garden. Hidden, a snake   slides fromContinue reading “Who’s The Bastard Now?  “

Vijai Budhun 

Hannah Lee Defrates  Synopsis:   Imprisoned and disgraced from their surreal society of plague doctors, Meadowlark and Caraway seek escapism to escape the inescapable, even if for just one moment.   Characters:   Meadowlark- disgraced plague doctor; not as tough as they appear   Caraway- disgraced plague doctor; not exactly timid, but not tough; has a lot of abandonedContinue reading “The Last Spin Cycle “