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When the World Tilts
Audrey Howitt like now,when toy soldiers cannot graze the sunor crease skin,I come home, to sand and mist,to the way my eyes hold a horizonknowing its impermanence against movementits sturdinessas planted feet hold the setting sun below water. I want to know how we came to this,though that won’t take the pain awayor cause the… Continue reading
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On a Pale Horse
Rachel Armes-McLaughlin They were going door to dooron a pale horsein Minneapolis. The largest raid ever,boasts the bloated king. But you know thisbetter than any. Just the first day –one weekinto this fresh new hell – and you were shotfor taking a video. What did she saywhen they shot you, dove? Stuffed animal, air bag,her… Continue reading
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Fractions in a Spectrum: An Interview on Collaborature
Back in September, I sat down with poet and editor Melissa Lemay for an interview on her site, Collaborature. Somehow I completely missed when the piece went live—and we can chalk that up to juggling a few too many projects at once, or my own scatterbrained nature, or… whatever—but that one’s definitely on me. Melissa did send me the link, and… Continue reading
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The Chaos Section Poetry Project is Open for Submissions: Coping Mechanisms
Submissions Are Open! The Chaos Section Poetry Project is now accepting poems for our next collection. Theme: Coping MechanismsDeadline: Monday, September 15, 2025Publication: Winter 2025 We’re looking for poems about how people endure, adapt, and hold on in turbulent times. Coping can be political or personal, healthy or messy, quiet or loud. Protest, ritual, stress eating, resilience, bad… Continue reading
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Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age
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