The Women’s Frescoes in the Palazzo Chiaramonte Ray Ball   today I looked at graffiti rendered from vegetable oils and menstrual blood daubed onto the walls of a prison                                                                               to create images to mark their presence                                             …

Two Poems Signe E. Land Mama Said He Said Mama said              she doesn’t rememberhe said                    he put me in a box with himi said                       i said nothingsomething bad     …

When my dad caught me fireflies after catechism Magdalyn Gould   If ever Its neon guts could smear your name, I would squeeze my palm this flush dusk to keep you always in June.       © 2019 Magdalyn Gould ===== Magdalyn studied poetry at Queens College’s MFA program. She is the winner of…

Better Than Chicago Danielle Susi   I said I’d never leave Chicago, what could be better than Chicago. Than architecture & mustarded hot dogs & constant whir. Song of the city. Of catcalls & men following me onto the bus or off of the bus or standing too close waiting for the bus. Maybe Chicago…

from tedious to wildly overblown to kind of fun Seth Simons an @NYTMinusContext cento a lot. Too much I can’t tell anyone normal about this It’s a car and you can’t drive it It’s just another bird until you pray for it the hugeness of the thing is a problem do you want me to tell you the…