First EditionDaughter-Me by Dally Du MezTo be daughter is to be Creature stitched together by unstable hands Abandoned at the first sign of life in your eyes and left among...
First EditionWhen Your Sister/Daughter Dies by Tessa NaylorI. everything will be blanketed by a white, white snow. An arctic desert, silencing all sound. The Earth’s orbit stands as beeping heart...
First EditionMy Mother as God by Tessa NaylorWhen I was the mud heart, I swam thumb and pointer moon rotations. Universe wonders held within palm of hand, Mother bore two children of...
First EditionBroccoli and Cheddar Soup by Tasneem JassarThe secret of motherhood is stuck at the bottom of one of my grandma's soup pots. Somewhere along the way, the recipe for the soup went...
First Edition"I Always Said You Should've Stuck With Baseball" by Cody BurtTo hear of varsity baseball once more. Final game for state champ in ’58. Rock foot to foot at short. Four-three lead. Bottom of the...
First EditionThe Family in the Woods by Odi WelterThere once was a family who lived in a house on the edge of a lake full of trees instead of water, who locked themselves in a fairytale...
First EditionOw! by Odi Welter“She looketh out as the sun set, her eyes squinted-eth into thin slits alike in countenance–” “Mom! Sam won’t stop narrating me!” The...
First EditionWith Quiet Dignity by Nate WestI was waved in by aunts and close relatives, but it felt more like a mustached caller in stripes, bearded women to the left, gimps to the...
First EditionWhite Gold Carabiner by Janae MancheskiI always wanted to be like him. I wanted to grow up in a different way than I knew I would. For a few years, we were able to celebrate...