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Everything feels so personal now. The shitty connection of this call, the warping mole on my shoulder, the dinner plate shattered on the floor. It’s dangerous, that kind of belief, … Continue Reading A Phone Conversation with a Friend That Doesn’tUnderstand Me Very Well by Emily Linehan
Great Fish in the Sky Taroko the whale shark died 18 yearsafter his relocation to the Georgia Aquarium. Acquired from an illegal fish market,he would need a shroud the size … Continue Reading Two Poems by Qiang Meng
INTERLOCUTERHere, cafébound among people with laptopsor grading papers in this university town I read of the 2%of wild things remainingtotal body weight vs oursand the beings we control my animal … Continue Reading Two Poems by Dave Rosenheim
two poemsI. miles per hourmy father and i areheavy footed pedalgoblins. i inheritedhis deliciousneed for speed. my father is an old friendof I-95. spent yearsmowing that pavementdown, crooningJohnny Cash, John … Continue Reading GYM CONFESSIONS: 2
I. Middle School the carrion-climbing unit sixth grade, suspended fifteen feet up, body rocking into the synthetic rockclimbing wall: a boat barely surviving a ferocious ocean. hands slid like dull … Continue Reading GYM CONFESSIONS: 1
By Adrianna Gordey i read some of your poems her critiques were shrikes impaled me on a thorn savored my self-esteem with … Continue Reading My Mom is the Worst Workshop Partner
By Jemma Emele I stand here, in front of the mirror of the bathroom in my friends house and I look at myself and through the window the sun shines … Continue Reading Here
By Evan Tassin All the eulogies for the horse. All the slack and rambling. All the more reason to fall. On your knees you could drain it down. I won’t … Continue Reading Dead Language
The Poem “Many Red Devils” by Stephen Crane has fascinated me since I first started engaging with poetry. This poem was featured in one of the first collections of poetry … Continue Reading Many Red Devils: Crane is Simple Yet Elegant
For my final blog I thought I would compile a list of things that the Gilmore girls have taught me over the years. However when I sat down to reflect … Continue Reading The Things I’ve Learned from Gilmore Girls
As my time writing these blogs comes to a near end, I think it’s only right that I discuss my very big thoughts on the men who have ventured into … Continue Reading Rory Gilmore Boyfriend Battle
The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen is one of my favorite poems for a number of reasons. One is that I love the post WWI era poets … Continue Reading Dulce et Decorum Est: Sweet and Proper Indeed
“Don’t worry. She was gone by the time she got to the third step,” he says, describing the fall that resulted in your mother’s ill-timed death. You’ve just parked in … Continue Reading The Good Son
By Val Vanderburgh I knew to listen for you at the not-quite-hill slumbering at trail’s end It was there where we first smelled the soccer fields ringed by a thousand-thousand … Continue Reading Mine Falls Park, Nashua, NH
The bike race comeseach year to San Sebastianattacks the famous peakat Jaizkibeldowntown the old manpulls his robe aroundhis ageing bodyshivering beneaththe northerly windeyes squinting overa cup of instant coffee remembering … Continue Reading Donostia
Another one of my favorite episodes of Gilmore Girls takes place in the final season of the show. Rory is entering her last few months of undergrad at Yale and … Continue Reading Semester Blues