By Erik Kennedy

Poems: Iain Britton

/ Iain Britton / Poetry
'a born earth-watcher who / keeps past thoughts locked in a child's toy car'

Poems: SJ Fowler

Poem: Chris Campanioni

Poems: Benjamin DeVos

/ Benjamin DeVos / Poetry
I spend most of my time eating pepperoni pizza in the everglades, watching spiders burst from the inside of unwashed tomatoes.

Poem: Franz Werfel

Poem: Sue Landers

/ Sue Landers / Poetry
In her mansion Michelle Williams / can see my apartment building from her balcony.

Poem: D.J. Parris

/ D.J. Parris / Poetry
Perhaps you are both player and game. And no one cares if you win, but that you buy it.

Poems: Dawn Robinson

/ Dawn Robinson / Poetry
I hadn’t a moustache, the one I drew on fled my face with a flock / of wrens who laughed, tried it on / among gargoyles at the old church tower

Poems: Ariel Dawn

Poems: Raquel Salas-Rivera

/ Raquel Salas-Rivera / Poetry
every time you write DEATH TO THE COLONIZERS a golden coquí is born.

Poems: Keith Kopka

Poems: Geoffrey Babbitt

Poems: Stephon Lawrence

Poem: Triin Paja

Poem: Maya Owen

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Poems: Suzanne Fischer

Poems: Mark Cunningham

/ Mark Cunningham / Poetry
'Turns out the title was "The Locus", not "The Locusts", "of Memory".'

Poem: Alina Pleskova

Poems: Stu Watson

Poems: Stacey Tran

Poem: Jennifer Corley

/ Jennifer Corley / Poetry
'The only time I ever saw my mother laugh was when she told the story of / The Only Time She Ever Laughed.'

Poems: Max Schleicher

Poem: Daniel Bosch

Poem: Rich Ives

/ Rich Ives / Poetry
'I might ask one of them, Why are you happy? But / the truly happy one does not understand the question'

Poem: Shy Watson

Poem: JC Bouchard

Poem: Rita Banerjee