Poetry 9/24

Marías at Sampaguitas

May 15, 20201 min read

Poetry by Dr. Pragya Suman

Once I prised storeroom by iron bar Hand shovel—laid in corner, Grandfather scoops soil Fragmented farmer in Bawdy sun Metal tar!

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Marías at Sampaguitas

May 13, 20201 min read

Poetry by Christine Fojas

Pandora’s Box Do you believe in ghosts? She was mine.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

May 7, 20201 min read

Poetry by Vanessa Walters

a drug=good intentions why did no one tell me that a dose of what you want puts you one step back –your face

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Apr 16, 20202 min read

Poetry by Grace Beilstein

never have i relished grocery trips quite like this: the suburban dads in heavy plaid polo, khaki shorts with more pockets than any one hum

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Apr 2, 20201 min read

Poetry by Juliette Sebock

once again, it's like someone's thrust a knife deep inside of me and I wonder how I've made it this long and gotten this far without

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Apr 2, 20201 min read

Poetry by Juliette Sebock

It really is a miracle that I made it from ground to ground, overwater, through this metal tunnel in the clouds, with a single glass of win

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Mar 26, 20201 min read

Poetry by Paul Robert Mullen

i prepare for the worst scrub the surfaces bleach pots & pans scale doorframes with disinfectant turn Coltrane that little b

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Mar 21, 20201 min read

Poetry by Liz Holland

cardiac mass beating – despite another ending wrenching weeping bloody tears wrung from a sweater left behind.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Mar 21, 20201 min read

Poetry by Danielle Moles

as he trembles He opens his eyes realising he quite likes it.

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Mar 21, 20201 min read

Poetry by Dr. Pragya Suman

Spring caged in the white mist was like a ledge of snow Much whimpering was going on and on in a glow your puff of warm breath came like a

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Mar 20, 20201 min read

Poetry by Hege Jakobsen Lepri

After the second security check My head heavy with tongues of countries I barely touched, words grinding their incomprehensible urgency into

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Mar 20, 20201 min read

Poetry by Hege Jakobsen Lepri

The brother of all words yells ‘hypocrite’ from the bleachers ‘Remember that time’ he bellows letting the rest of the sentence drop into a v

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Mar 20, 20201 min read

Poetry by Hege Jakobsen Lepri

When I walk in doubt I tell myself the tale of when Jehovah’s whiteness knocked on a red door

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Mar 9, 20201 min read

Poetry by Sol Camarena Medina

Bulimia Two girlfriends borrow each other’s heart, and apply polish on their nails which smell of vomit. They tighten each other’s belt,...

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Feb 29, 20201 min read

Poetry by Andrew Shields

Pensacola A tear wells up when he sees the flag at half-mast across the street from his house. It has never been his custom to light a...

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Feb 29, 20201 min read

Poetry by John Grey

HORSES IN A FIELD It's December and I stop the car a mile or so before the house. A field of horses nuzzle grass. They lift their heads...

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Feb 29, 20201 min read

Poetry by Christine Fojas

Dear Mr. T Has the shards of your lost promises touched you? They must cut the pads of your fingertips, on the hand you used to shake...

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Feb 26, 20201 min read

Poetry by Katrina Madarang

Bruise Nothing’s the matter these days. I’m enjoying the silence, the sunlight yellowing the room like summer, and this bowl of...

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Feb 26, 20201 min read

Poetry by Nashira

Sapphic Women, we lose when we turn each other into measures we hold each other up against. One woman’s life is not a liability— not a...

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Marías at Sampaguitas

Feb 19, 20201 min read

Poetry by Hannah Madonna

Orange You Glad God, I’m funny But just on paper Don’t ask me to engage Don’t ask me to split The seam of my head, Crack open my shell...

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