Meeting the human behind the typewritten poetry desk Matt Shipley (he/him) // Co-Editor-In-ChiefLucy Benson // Illustrator Surrounded by the typical dreariness of a Monday afternoon, Sheyanne Sundahl drops to her…
Tag: Poetry
Here’s To
Maysa Sharifi // Contributor Geraldine Yaris // Illustration Here’s to the women who’ve had their strength stripped from them, the ones who treat everyone right but somehow get treated so…
I won’t tell you
Wen Zhai // Contributor Valeriya Kim // Illustration OkI will tell youabout the wild apple treesand how I racedagainst squirrels and antsto taste the fallen apples I will tell youabout…
Make Contact
Sarah Rose // Features Editor John Pachkowsky // Illustration Endless night runs its zoetropebefore mea two-faced godmoonlight starlight Follow the eyes like spider websbetween four wallsin a hall of mirrorsbackwards…
A lunch poem for Esmé, age 2
Charlotte Fertey // Contributor Anais Bayle // Illustration I staggered and fell, picked up, again.It is sometime between light-time and dark-timeAnd I sing a tuneless songStumbling aimlessly around the house…
Portrait of Dora Maar
Stephanie Duke // Contributor Anais Bayle // Illustration personparisianphotographer.lovermistressweeping woman. one chapter in her bookwith volumes before and afteryears of work and perfecting craft now resigned to being “a muse”behind every…
Hands.
Alden Wallace Mackay // Contributor You always loved to fidget with your hands grinding a thumb into your palm turning one over for inspection searching amongst the newfound lines as if…
Burning Sugar: A Q+A with Cicely Belle Blain
A rare insight into revolutionary writing Emma Mendez // Contributor “I think I would like people to walk away with a bit of rage,” said author Cicely Belle Blain. I…
Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers’ Poetry
The stories of sex workers across North America are woven together in this newly-published book of poetry Jayde Atchison // Staff Writer For many, the term “sex worker” evokes images…