Tidal Minds by Renier Palland

[tabby title="Poem"] They watch me from aquariums of normalcy,faces pressed against spotless glass. I swimin waters they've never tasted—sometimes mercury,sometimes honey. Televisions grow from my fingertipsbroadcasting weather patterns from extinct planets. They call it disorder. I call it the universe...

The Sky Forgets To Cry by Khumo Gaji

[tabby title="Poem"] some mornings,the silence is so completeit hums like static in the bones. the coffee grows cold before I rememberto sip it.the window stays closedbecause opening it means admittingthe world is still out there. I think of the version...

Misconstrued by Mec

[tabby title="Poem"] My Mother in Law advisesRub alcohol on the baby’s gumsAlwaysSend a thank you noteLove your husbandReadsServe your husbandYou made your bedNow lie in itIf you want to cryI will give you a reason toThe staples in lifeAre not...

The Battery by Bernadette Richards

[tabby title="Poem"] Juxtaposing the working class and the wealthyThe view from the skate park is lovelyPerusing plaques about the Amsterdam BatteryHave we told our children Gallows Hill isn’t named as such for nothing? We stroll atop a multitude of worldsNotwithstanding...

Constitution #14 by Alikzandre Marais

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Resist,I am falling out of existence. Resist,the urge to be a non-beingTraveling along a white line. Resistthe deadening weightin your bones, stifling theconflagration in your cavernous chest. Resistthe weightless charmof the panoramic pull,each atom flaring indignantly,that seeks...