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On The Rocks, Michael Grassetti

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Upon a scoured stone, painted in soil

a bear scouts the raging river below.

My Responsibility To Live, Michael Grassetti

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I wonder what it's like

to be a man unfazed by fire?

The New Historian, Nilsa Laine

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One month, we were given just one month.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa Parks.

Harriet Tubman.

Plum Rains (梅雨), Claire Kuo

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Tissue paper petals

wilt under the weight

Flashes, Lila Bovenzi

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Maybe it's grotesque

That I think of them like flashers.

Rites, Sanjana Aiyar

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Present turns to past,

When tenses change with

Youth, El J. Reyes

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A miracle crosses paths

with me, and I find myself

staring right at my youth.

Headed Inbound, Claudia Rosado

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i've fallen in love

with you on the train

Unlike Mike, Caleb Lewis

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We lost time while heat simmered on the blacktop.

Our hands stunk of warm rubber

On The Rocks, Jen Mazlymian

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He sat on the rocks

by the shoe

Staring at the sea

I Drop Your Photograph In The Sea, Claire Kuo

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But I am the sailor submerged

in your endless blue --

I Have Felt For A While That..., Nichole Page

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Time is passing too quickly again

and I have not had enough time to hold you

Countless Stars, Mckenna Themm

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I still taste the golden wisps

of stardust, dancing across the midnight blue

Not A Goodbye, Sanjana Aiyar

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Blood flowing in your veins.

Heart beating slow.

Rx#: Sea, Mikaela Gresty

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The ocean calls, smells,

like rosé aged with salt

Full, Caleb Lewis

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Be the cup,

have more purpose when you're filled up.

Winter, Claudia Rosado

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i was born on an island

and hand crafted for the sun.

Driving To Look Out Point To See The Sunset, Riley Mayes

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My car or yours?

We already know the answer.

Mono No Aware, W.W. Harris

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a part of me is still

drowning beside

Submersion, Meg Peters

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Before anything else, there is water.

God Spoke To Me Through The Car Stereo, Alexa O'Kane

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I was twelve.

The woman with the crooked teeth

Told me I was a pearl,

Only Touch Is Impossible, So We Touch, John Sibley Williams

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Silence enters us.

These once familiar faces go strange

over time.

Saudade, Lisa Russo

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Now that you're gone, you've left me longing.

I smile softly because you were here

Constructing Border Quilts, Martha Brenckle

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looking for justice with thread, pins, needle

and scissors, cutting shirts and dungarees abandoned

The Book Of Bad Faith, Noel Sloboda

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Back when Mom first swore

Dad rated an entire chapter

Fortress*, . Yvonne

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Not a single ceiling or window fan

In our stifling apartment on the top floor.

Object Permanence, Jacob Nelson

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When the sheet is pulled over

your father's face is still there,

his mustache, too, for you to tug.

All I Know About Pool, Charles Harper Webb

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Winning depends on the right numbers and hues.

If White rolls in a hole, like a dog, you scratch.

The Bush Burned With Fire And The Bush Was Not Consumed, Peter Munro

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Skin draws gaunt to his skull, deflating

jowls he has borne across eight decades.

The Help, J. Tarwood

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In the morning, the radio

praises God while the maid

cracks eggs.