We sat at the table with clean plates the lamp flickered as though mourning Benjamin Franklin or taking the time to praise him and house mouse was not afraid to run across your patent shoes neither of you sure why both are here On Christmas day I gifted you with a… Continue reading You Forgot Who You Were When Our Table Lost a Chair by Summer Young
Each day I see the many ways in which we impact the people around us; and they, us. From when we feel compelled to tell them what we think, to us wanting them to voice their opinion. We seek to not only affect them, but also their validation. We feel incomplete having not told them.… Continue reading The Handprints Inside Us by Afrah Bari
Leaves falling from the tree Following in the footsteps of unknown Crumbling up into memories Of the unseen People walking by Towards money and fame Not being able to see What they step on What they spend on Crumbling the leaves Memories of seeds Break into pieces Stepping on hearts Of the people that are… Continue reading Life by Sultan Sajid
I don't have much to offer, only two restless eyes, all the music I’ve heard and a great hunger for life and understanding. I can't give you more because I don’t have it. I haven't earned the right to have it. I must admit, I don't like when I’m wrong, I hate the… Continue reading Offer by Juan Bautista Correa
In captivity of the cure, He laid dormant for days, Splendid was he on his feet, He tries to paint upon his greys, His spirits have him far from the edge, He carved another line on the wall, Waiting to break free but, Patience and Temptation, it was a brawl! Cling! Cling! Cling! And he… Continue reading Cure! You Menace by Mohid Bin Abid
We got it from her big brother Or more likely from one of his friends They were hot, spotty year elevens and we wanted to be them Or more likely the girls they hung out with who had big earrings red hair like Rihanna and the kind of confidence we could never seem to buy… Continue reading m/45/toronto by Aisling Towl
It comes with a punch-drunk stroke of bad luck, and knocks the air out of your lungs; your vodka windpipe burns black, makes you breathless - and settles in your bones. Your body will heave a breath of dog tiredness, And you wonder if it’s from carrying around the weight of solitude, Or from the… Continue reading Creepers pt.2 by Natalie Caulwell
This summer we’ve lost each other in healthy heat. I hang about all day straining the flesh of my apple to its core and singing to you through its juice. Whilst holding on to young weight I poke my arse in the air, let myself labour in your lap like a puppy that’s found something… Continue reading Immortal fruit by Sophia Georghiou
Loving them can be free, It can be everything you want it to be, Through thunder, lightning and the rough sea, You can be who you want to be. They bow down with grace, I look at every worn out face, They have fought for years, In hope it won’t end in tears, They… Continue reading Grace by Ben Robinson
A new hairdresser came on set of a Johnny Depp film I wish I could work on. Big fan, huge crush ‘n that. Mr. Edward Scissorhands, Captain Sparrow Gilbert fucking Grape, don’t introduce him while she’s got to cut his hair, meet him before hair cut day. Might trim off his head otherwise. You… Continue reading Writing a New Something for Later by Jack Stacey
