Special FeaturerbdOctober 04, 2018Margaret Yapp, poetry, special feature

Margaret Yapp: Everything Is Lavender

Special FeaturerbdOctober 04, 2018Margaret Yapp, poetry, special feature

That Feeling When You Accidentally Go on a Date with a Writer

He teaches me a lot of stupid things.

If you get tired, put a handful of almonds in your pocket and eat them one by one.

In your twenties, it’s acceptable to sleep in the bed of your truck.

Age is so much more than just a number and you should say it li-locks not lil-acks.

Lastly: lately, everything is lavender.

But I already know that.

I already know afternoons are simple like Sunday nights.

I know reading books out loud together on the carpet like something is missing.

I know it’s two kisses, then goodbye, when I leave him at the truck.

In the snow, in that order, in the lavender winter.

I know all of it. I don’t need it.

Poetry is nothing but a vacuum.

Margaret Yapp lives and works in Minneapolis. Her work has been featured in the minnesota review, Whiskey Island, Midwestern Gothic, and elsewhere.

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Special FeaturerbdAugust 21, 2017Ashley Mares, special feature, poetry

Ashley Mares: Unclean Hands

Ashley Mares is the author of Maddening Creatures (Aldrich Press, forthcoming), The Deer Longs for Streams of Water (Flutter Press) A Dark, Breathing Heart (dancing girl press), and Killer (Ghost City Press, forthcoming). Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Stirring, Whiskey Island, Sugar House Review, Glass Poetry Press, Prelude, PANK, and others. She is currently completing her J.D. in Monterey, Ca, where she lives with her husband. Read more of her poetry at ashleymarespoetry.wordpress.com and follow her @ash_mares2.

Special FeaturerbdAugust 21, 2017Ashley Mares, special feature, poetry

Special FeaturerbdJune 18, 2018Laurence Li, poetry, special feature

Laurence Li: What Is Coming Now, What Beast

Laurence Li is a recent graduate from Yale and now lives in Beijing. His senior year, he completed a poetry portfolio, "The Nixon Scenes" with Louise Glück. His work has appeared in the Yale Daily News Magazine and the Yale Literary Magazine's online section.

Special FeaturerbdJune 18, 2018Laurence Li, poetry, special feature

Laurence Li: What Is Coming Now, What Beast

Special FeaturerbdAugust 13, 2018David Hanlon, poetry, special feature

David Hanlon: As Fickle as an Orange Is Orange

David Hanlon is from Cardiff, Wales, and currently living in Bristol, England. He has a BA in Film Studies & is training part-time as a counsellor/therapist. You can find his work online in or forthcoming with Calamus Journal, Occulum, Riggwelter Press, Dirty Paws Poetry Review, Into The Void, Impossible Archetype & The Rising Phoenix Review, among others.

Special FeaturerbdAugust 13, 2018David Hanlon, poetry, special feature

David Hanlon: As Fickle as an Orange Is Orange

Special FeaturerbdOctober 08, 2018Kristen Bulger, poetry, special feature

Kristen Bulger: Triptych of the Body

Kristen Bulger is a poet from New Hampshire and currently lives in Boston, MA. She is a graduate of the MFA program at the University of New Hampshire. Her work has appeared in Salamander, Superstition Review, Houseguest, and elsewhere.

Special FeaturerbdOctober 08, 2018Kristen Bulger, poetry, special feature

Special FeaturerbdJanuary 04, 2019poetry, special feature, Kyle Valentine

Kyle Valentine: It Is You

Kyle Valentine is the recipient of a Fulbright, and he is currently working on his first chapbook, Glossolalia. His work has recently been published in Whiskey Island, Visitant, Rock & Sling, Construction, and elsewhere. A native New Orleanian, he currently resides in San Antonio, TX where he plays lead guitar in the rock & roll band The Holy Knives. You can check out their music and follow their tours at www.theholyknives.com

Special FeaturerbdJanuary 04, 2019poetry, special feature, Kyle Valentine