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The Commuter

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When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud

Two poems by Birch Wiley

Sep 9 - Birch Wiley
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A Frozen Bird Too Beautiful to Bury

Three prose poems by Mike Bove

Sep 2 - Mike Bove
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Even Good Boys Get a Little Bloody Sometimes

Two poems by Kate Stoltzfus

Aug 12 - Kate Stoltzfus
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When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud

Sep 9 - Birch Wiley

Crying on the Floor and Other Ways to Get Through It

Apr 7 - Elliott Vanskike

The Last Man I Loved Was a Woman

Jun 3 - Hua Xi

Oral Sex Is the Only Honest Prayer

Oct 29 - Andrea Jurjević
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My Student Loans Would Prefer Me Dead

Two Federal Loan Forgiveness form erasures by Julia Carey

Apr 17 - Julia Carey
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My Empty Ears Listen for the Shore

Three poems by Suphil Lee Park

Mar 6 - Suphil Lee Park
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Trying on Alternate Selves at the Abandoned Mall

Two poems by A. M. Goodhart

Feb 13 - A. M. Goodhart
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Nina Simone Reminds Me to Suffer No Fools

Two poems by Akhim Alexis

Feb 6 - Akhim Alexis
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My Autism Has a Mighty Appetite

Two poems by [sarah] Cavar

Jan 23 - [sarah] Cavar
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The Best Artists Are Complete Failures

Three poems by Kyle Seamus Brosnihan

Jan 16 - Kyle Seamus Brosnihan
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Each X-ray Erases Me a Little More

Two poems by Kelly Weber

Jan 9 - Kelly Weber
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These Shoes Were Made for End Times

Two poems by Alyza Taguilaso

Dec 26 - Alyza Taguilaso
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Drowning Under the Perfect Wave

Two poems by L. A. Johnson

Dec 12 - L. A. Johnson
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