Poetry 6/24

Marías at Sampaguitas

Aug 4, 20201 min read

Poetry by Khalisa Rae

she said she only picks the half-grown ones a fig and lemon tree nursed past the delicate stages, a bonsai or begonia watered in a nursery

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 31, 20201 min read

Poetry by Christine Fojas

Doorways open in the gradient hour when light’s long fingers bend and the encantos slip from one realm to another dancing in the shadows

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 31, 20201 min read

Poetry by Maria S. Picone

the first time she falls, you are there to catch her the second time, plants and tender keepsakes break the fall

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 31, 20202 min read

Poetry by Seán Griffin

consider the marigold whose ripple petals & slight sweet scent repels pests seeking to feast on the cucumbers, melons, asters sharing soil.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 31, 20201 min read

Poetry by Nick Newman

In the reflection, silence wears my face, slinks behind my eyes, purrs as (I) ripple.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 30, 20201 min read

Poetry by Alexander P. Garza

The healing plant, not just a folktale but one that sutures torn skin.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 30, 20201 min read

Poetry by Alexander P. Garza

The blade of the flame flickers reflection on the edge of the lighter, eternal incendiary tool.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 30, 20201 min read

Poetry by Alexander P. Garza

Oh, winged instrument, how you’ve always captured my heart into each string.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 30, 20201 min read

Poetry by Maria S. Picone

More than a Game In my dreams, I am male, blond and tall, striding with a lightsaber across digital sands.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 30, 20202 min read

Poetry by Pratiksha Sharma

I’m a muzz, sometimes even a cosset, beneath the sham of a strong woman, but only YOU can know that.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 29, 20201 min read

Poetry by Jason de Koff

Tennessee Settin’ Sun-spangled grasses, yield captured dew, as cattle stretch for missed shoots, and hawks hunt field mice nearby.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 22, 20201 min read

Poetry by Noreen Ocampo

dirty dishes In my mind, I shatter all of the mugs in our cupboards, & the floor screams & sounds just like you.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 10, 20202 min read

Poetry by Bianca Braswell

Anatomical Venus “For men to be instructed they must be seduced by aesthetics,

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 8, 20201 min read

Poetry by Noreen Ocampo

In memoriam of what was mine There are pieces of me you can never return.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 8, 20201 min read

Poetry by Travis Cravey

The Hunt The pronghorn, skittish, dodge over the other side of an arroyo.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jul 1, 20202 min read

Poetry by Christine Fojas

maybe this time you hear the echoes of questions people have asked before with the hard answers already spilled on the ground

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jun 19, 20201 min read

Poetry by Juliette Sebock

Lifelight She is scented with petals of roses, white and pink, with vanilla sugar, passion fruit and grains of rice

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jun 18, 20202 min read

Poetry by A. Martine

Trick of the Light When I was 17 I leaned my forehead against the dirty window of a bus and made a promise to the going-to-bed-now sun

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jun 16, 20201 min read

Poetry by Christine Fojas

In Our Hands Because storms shook our rafters broke our floodgates carried parts of us into the wind

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Jun 15, 20201 min read

Poetry by Noreen Ocampo

Grandfather Some nights I dream of nothing at all

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