RACHEL TANAKA
Instinctual
If you feed an animal what it will eatÂ
sometimes you kill it.Â
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RACHEL TANAKA
TOMAĹ˝ Ĺ ALAMUN
Three Poems
Translated by Brian Henry
Two votive plaques
crept on
CINTIA SANTANA
drought
along the windowsill
ants stream in
seeking water
MARY ROSE MANSPEAKER
On seeing a frosted frog melting into a cake, I begin to think about what Schrodinger’s cat wants
I text my friend the photos of this iced creature curling in on itself, a wick burnt beyond its usefulness
HAI-DANG PHAN
Two Poems
He sent me into a rapt confusion, looking and listening
KB
I Admit It
I am not always hypervigilant
about killing bugs when they tangle
in my locs.
ROSALIE MOFFETT
Will
Blank cartridges, useful in races, threats, theater
and reenactments–all heat lightning, no rain.
SARA MICHAS-MARTIN
Possible
Everyone’s talking about the dead owls
AMANDA SMELTZ
Victoria Nostra
Of the arts, only two remain: the documentary and the fragment
MONICA RICO
Two Poems
The fragrance is sun and grit.