Gnashing Teeth Publishing

| words that get in your teeth

Defending to a Loaded Gun by Sarah Bellum Mental

They open doors

to white supremacy

terrorists invited in

like it’s tea time

at the White House

while my love runs to

catch a train in New York

and has cops chase

follow

point loaded guns

at a man in service

and yell at him

to show ID

he sits between

death and life

at that moment

while resting on a bench

catching his breath

wondering why

he has to defend

running

to a loaded gun.

shadow image of a man pushing a cart with a large wheel and small umbrella

Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2023

Gnashing Teeth Publishing is proud to submit the following poems for consideration of the Pushcart Prize. Each of these nominees had work published by us in 2023, whether online or

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What an obscurity energy there’s no serenity A smile is what you’ll never see All you’ll hear is “In memory” Not a single ring on the telephone All you see

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