Poetry

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“Divine Right,” “Of Kings,” and “The Oracle of New Delphi”

CS Crow

A paper Burger King Crown,
Lunch with mom in the park,

She adjusts it over and over,
But it never fits right upon your head.
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“Succulents,” “All My Doctors Fear My Mother,” and “For You Are At That Place”

Claire Poole

When I arrived home from the hospital,
there was a gift box at my doorstep
from my daughter, who recently moved away.
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“Listening In,” “Few have Noticed,” and ‘The Big “C”’

William Ray

the winter-bare forsythia is so many
arrows of neglect, bundled;
the light, quilted, a question.
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“Gardenias,” “87 years ago,” “Eyrinyes”

Lumina Miller

Skin stippled with drops from the emerald canopy
quietly content with the other,
no need to speak over
the rustling soundtrack of ironwood sway.
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“Kayaking On Spy Pond,” “Parenting Mistakes,” and “Choices”

Randi Schalet

I lied when I said he’d been clean for a year.
It made a better story:
Addict resisting the call of meth,
riding the wave when the desire hit,
how big he felt—and bigger.
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“Still Life,” “Lost,” “Nothing”

Anna St. Aubrey

This morning I wanted
there to be eyes watching
out for us, something somewhere

caring that we died,
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“Never Flan,” “No Cares Where We Go,” “Work This”

Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith

I am sure that everyone in my familia really enjoys flan.
But not me.
May I please taste the glazed churro,
the timeless cochito (con café and cream) or the delicate
tres leche cake.
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“Picky Soul Eater,” “I Was Thinking…,” and “The Witch and the Townsfolk”

Blair Boleyn

You want my love but don’t want my pain,
My sunshine, but not my rain.
Can’t you see how that’s driving me insane?