Of Forgetting by Sanam Rahimizadeh
After Ocean Vuong / After Frank O’Hara / After Roger Reeves Don’t worry. Your father is only your father until one of you forgets. And if it seems he already has, does that allow me the good fortune of forgetting myself? To forget a childhood of love, of attention, of forgetfulness, of disappointment? He tells […]
I Keep Trying To Give Up by Liz G. Fisher
still I have the appetite / of a poet / this morning there is a rabbit / outside my kitchen window / feasting on grass / flowers / weeds / I watch her / joy / in spite of myself / every day I am closing my teeth / pulling life out by its roots […]
they were the monsters by linda m. crate
they wanted to dull my sparkle, wanted me to shrink my crescent moon shaped body through their square shaped holes; wanted me to cut off my own thorns so they could enjoy the fragrance of my petals without fear of cutting themselves on my rage— & they didn’t like that i fashioned my tongue and […]
You Probably Think This Poem Is About You by Sarah Mark
I. I’m introduced as the doctor’s daughter again, in a heavy plaid dress, white tights, black leather Mary Jane’s. Plastic bows clipped to keep my straight hair still. I have a recurring dream I soar over the steep brick stairs of the house in one leap; I mistake it for a memory. It’s easy to […]
The Feminine Gaze by Jessica Decker
I forgot to have children. But society reminds me That my utility is tied To my procreation. That when it comes to my body, I have no say. But they say plenty. Whether it’s barren or breeding, It’s never my own. Whether motherhood is forced on me Or comes after years of careful […]
