Issue #24 Jan 30, 2022

Anthropocene Suite

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January 30, 2022January 29, 2022
by Geoffrey Philp

For Amitav Ghosh

1
Peel the pale, brown flesh
Hold the cracked shell to your ear:
Screams of the Banda
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Escaping Earth’s hold,
Unmanned rockets race to claim
Living … Read more

Physiognomy

January 30, 2022January 29, 2022
by Laurel Benjamin

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I’m the one with words on my face,
calligraphied by the steadiest hand. I cover-up
those dumb parts that cannot speak, choose not to,
instead live … Read more

A Covid Era Fall, That’s All

January 30, 2022January 29, 2022
by Wendy Dodek

I took a tumble –
As if my body launched
An acrobatic feat
But somehow, not so neat
I failed to land on my two feet.
Yet, that’s not quite … Read more

In The Breeze

January 30, 2022January 29, 2022
by Camille Castro

a swirl of ravenous winds,
pummeling down at high velocities
a trinket lost in the damage
a house, a home
more than a million and a half to count
tin … Read more