Poetry – Page 10 – Kindergarten

Sex, Appetite, & Intimacy

Photo by Hannah Loessberg By Hannah Loessberg it happens so quick the flash of the eye over my bare left shoulder and a stroke of lipstick and I can have anyone I want, enchanted this power is at my disposal and it’s oh so secretive you will never know unless I want you to know…… Continue reading Sex, Appetite, & Intimacy

Bloodline/Just So Pretty

Photo by Sydney Shaffer By Sydney Shaffer bloodline Ⅰ. Cold skin, too stubborn to wear our jackets outside even on Christmas Day. My mustard sweater keeps me warm as different types of smoke dances around us. Ⅱ. Fingers stinky from the beer spills. She responsibly orders us iced water. Dancing to music that dates both…… Continue reading Bloodline/Just So Pretty

Same Air

Photo by Greta Unetich By Greta Unetich 10/31/2021 It feels like we are lovers. You come over and we just hold each other while we look out the window, down at the cold outside, down at the groups of people walking by below us, down at the light of the streetlights hitting the pavement. We…… Continue reading Same Air

Pictures of a Hometown

Photo by Athena Rajnai By Athena Rajnai I. Dog the one who skips through the cold claiming the block with his taupe coat and over bitten jaw talks much more to me than his owner about cars, mortgage, life. the grass on the front lawn defrosts into icy droplets as each one of Roger’s paws…… Continue reading Pictures of a Hometown

Home Feels like I’m Frozen in Time

Photo by Brigita Przybylski By Brigita Przybylski Home feels like I’m frozen in time The days all blend into each other Like smeared charcoal And neighbors stay inside The suburban streets barren Yet their houses are also empty of Life or light Making me question If I can freeze time An hourglass on its side …… Continue reading Home Feels like I’m Frozen in Time

Neighborhood: Three Haikus

Photo by Greta Unetich By Greta Unetich A Haiku Trumansburg, New York I would stand in your Kitchen for one more autumn, Watching the leaves turn. A Haiku: Gold Leaves Ithaca, New York When the small gold leaves Cover the ground, I feel like I can breathe again. A Haiku: October Catalectic Haiku The light…… Continue reading Neighborhood: Three Haikus

Haunted

Photo by Lianelys Cabrera By Lianelys Cabrera Gone so fast never even asked my name I know I should be mad But still, I admire you from afar. I promise myself to not waste another minute never lose another moment what could have been? But here I am, daydreaming a future that will never come…… Continue reading Haunted

As I Return Home

Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Molly Zofia As I return home In the witching hour I feel what women fear. Streetlights burn our bodies and Douse our skin in fire- A beacon of visibility That sets alight anxieties and Blisters with the Aching encouragement of an Uninvited gaze. Quietly, the streets Divine a story Predicted,…… Continue reading As I Return Home

I Remember

Photo by Natalia Lee By Natalia Lee I remember when I didn’t see them. I remember when I did. I remember days sitting on my aunt’s bed as she blow dried my hair, staring into the eyes of a young girl hiding in her closet. After a while, I asked her to keep the closet…… Continue reading I Remember

Corner of the Room

Photo by Brigita Przybylski By Brigita Przybylski Each night I race to turn off my lamp And tuck my head under the covers As fast as I can Pulling the blankets tight against my body Giving up breathing for sanity No area of skin must touch the night air Lest it wants to be vulnerable…… Continue reading Corner of the Room