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First Place: K. Vaghela

May 17, 2021/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2021 / K. Vaghela

How does one mourn
a not-dead, a once-here-but
not here?

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Second Place: Mai Serhan

May 17, 2021/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2021 / Mai Serhan

I make an offering,
mango crescents,
powdered moon,
dipped one in dusk,

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Third Place: Rich Pagano

May 17, 2021/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2021 / Rich Pagano

Songs of morning doves
revealed during the lockdown.

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Sky Ghost

April 28, 2020/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2020 / Fiona H

Words like vapour from skies redeemed

Enchanted from the start

The nectarous rill of romance.

A perfect Magic.

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sound hour

March 12, 2020/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2020 / Britta Alford

I look out of the small kitchen window

above the table,

and saw the skin of your elbow

hanging from the outline

of a phantom shard glass.

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In Passing

January 29, 2020/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2020 / Peter Chiu

re: your temporal lobe/circular breath/first words as
typography/the eye slant/your name/your heritage/how
we cradle our Mother Tongue/the way your back slouches
when dreaming

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O’Hare

October 8, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Mackenzie Moore

It’s always the drive to the airport
when you look at me
merging concern from
the corner of your right eye
in my direction […]

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Styx

September 1, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Karthik Sethuraman

In this poem, I am an outlaw / though what do
I know about headstones or hemoglobin / my
father promised me that Morricone captured the
most important feature of existence / the whistle […]

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These Boots Are Made for Trauma

August 12, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Lannie Stabile

My feet
Are wearied and jaded
As a pair,
one incites the other […]

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transgender (adjective)

July 24, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Danielle Rose

trans·​gen·​der | \ tran(t)s-ˈjen-dər, tranz-\

Definition of transgender
1. a  : of, relating to, or being a person who is vulnerable : see OTHER

// like a fetus or an orioles’ egg it is fragile & frequently unborn […]

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Anthem

May 26, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Carla Schwartz

We, of the overbearing bosses,
the sovereign bosses
hovering over our desks,
we, just looking to advance our careers,
or seeking guidance, a leg up, […]

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A diaspora gives birth

April 19, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Alex Luceli Jiménez

Like a whisper caressing the back of our necks / kissing a line connecting sporadic wisps of hair / that’s how we feel it / a promise of a home we ever got to claim / made from bricks the color of earth / as deep and rich and brown as our skin […]

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Friday Lunch Blog

Friday Lunch! A serving of contemporary essays published every Friday.

Today’s course:

Where Are You From?

August 5, 2022/in Blog / Majella Pinto
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The Old Folks’ Home

July 22, 2022/in Blog / Karen Gaul Schulman
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Peace, Love, and a lot of Loud Rock & Roll

June 17, 2022/in A Transfer, Blog / Sunee Lyn Foley
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Midnight Snack

A destination for all your late night obsessions.

Tonight’s bites:

QVC-land

May 6, 2022/in A Transfer, Midnight Snack / D. E. Hardy
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Escape Artists at the End of the World

April 29, 2022/in A Transfer, Midnight Snack / Lisa Levy
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The House in the Middle

April 15, 2022/in A Transfer, Midnight Snack / Megan Vasquez
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Amuse-Bouche

Little bites every Monday to whet your appetite!

Today’s plate:

My Mother’s Hands

August 8, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / Annie Marhefka
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Defy Gravity

August 1, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / Megan Peck
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Little Shrimp

July 25, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / Karen Poppy
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School Lunch

An occasional Wednesday series dishing up today’s best youth writers.

Today’s slice:

I’ve Stayed in the Front Yard

May 12, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Brendan Nurczyk
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A Communal Announcement

April 28, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Isabella Dail
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Seventeen

April 14, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Abigail E. Calimaran
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Word From the Editor

The variety in this issue speaks not only to the eclectic world we inhabit but to the power of the human spirit. We live in an uncertain world. In the U.S., we’re seeing mass shootings daily. Across the world, we’re still very much in a pandemic, some being trapped in their homes for weeks on end, others struggling to stay alive in hospitals. War continues to wage in Ukraine. Iran and North Korea are working diligently to make nuclear weapons. The list goes on. Still, we have artists who are willing and able to be vulnerable with one another, to share stories and art to help us try and make sense of our world.

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