Photo by Angie Shenouda By Angie Shenouda is this one ready? i ask but i think i know the answer. she tilts her head. hmmm. i don’t know… maybe. i’ve never seen a peach look so perfect, a warm sunset on fuzzy skin, orange yellows reds in harmony as if birthed by delicate brush strokes.…… Continue reading ripe
Category: Poetry
the smell of moss
Photo by Rosie Lopolito By Rosie Lopolito you smell like sunlight:warm & woodyclover & wild strawberriespoking between the seams of our futurebrick-bordered gardenfilled with thyme, thyme, thyme(we have nothing but timeand striped tomatoes). you smell bright & brilliantspiced & soft like a chai-laced dream orchamomile & sunflowers &speckles of baby’s breath &surely these aches rooted…… Continue reading the smell of moss
Secret Sapphic Spread
Photo by Nilanjana Ray By Nilanjana Ray Two girls in flowing dresses join their hands together in silent prayer, hoping no one finds out their secret. Hiding spots or otherwise stay hidden. They walk through the forest farthest away from their homes, humming a familiar song, a little off-key. Their hearts beat in perfect unison.…… Continue reading Secret Sapphic Spread
I keep buying expensive shoes and they never last as long as they should
Photo by Sigra DeWeese By Sigra DeWeese I am climbing the rocks by the water in Platform boots Always more a danger to myself than others A twisted ankle seems a small price to pay for a dinner Party story. I’m always roughest on things I love I cannot keep from touching From leaving my…… Continue reading I keep buying expensive shoes and they never last as long as they should
self portrait as a humid night
Photo by Sydney Shaffer By Sydney Shaffer This is a summer poem. Nothing else but sun and barbecued hot dogs. Charred from not paying attention and too much liquid courage. It is sunburn and peeling skin days after, the flakes sticking to the old couch that you can’t replace. I wonder how each year is…… Continue reading self portrait as a humid night
ants and wasps
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Cait Thomson everything breaks my heart and i’m tired but lets stop by the river help me to forget the world for an instant here kiss each fingertip devour me like the ants and wasps swarm the over ripe berries just you and i now and the steady beat of…… Continue reading ants and wasps
Picnic Basket Spill
Photo by Jazz Marie Kaur By Jazz Marie Kaur Because of you I peanut butter n’ jelly picnic dream I dream of our first date by your favorite beach I dream of snapping photos besides you I dream of becoming your first forever ice cream You are moon beautiful Your voice shoots jumper cables into…… Continue reading Picnic Basket Spill
Summer of Shygirl
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Mimi Flood Woman with Dove I laid my head on his lap in Bryant Park/ as we waited for the summer movie to start/ he outlined my face with his finger / like a Picasso with a dove. Sprinklers and Flower Crowns We ran through sprinklers/ sat in a kiddie…… Continue reading Summer of Shygirl
june 1st
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By A.J Stanton i rise from the grasp of sleepand what greets me when i rise?an old friendgone for so long, it seemsreaching through the cracks of my blindsstroking my face as if to tell meit’s time, loveit’s okayand she laces up my shoeshelps me down the stairsand it’s hardi open…… Continue reading june 1st
New Blue Hue
Photo by Greta Unetich By Greta Unetich I wish to be all the blue that touches you, The color around and between my fingers, Off the dark blue deep end. – I made my bed with the pink comforter today for the first time in days. Carry me to this bed. Lay me down and…… Continue reading New Blue Hue
Kindergarten 