By Kashiana Singh Turning points silverfish darning holes in language doppelganger the caesura between death and I repotting I dig deep into dirt standing atop a disemboweled earth many limbed durga moon shapes remaking of old habits sleeping town a window lights up at dusk Menopausal the insect inside its amber, a womb sharpness of … Continue reading Turning points and Other Poems
The Albino African Clawed Frog and Other Poems
By Robert Beveridge The Albino African Clawed Frog The machinery thumps, cracks, presses a thousand thousand plates into a thousand thousand —what else?—other plates. Cannibals are rumored to live on the valley floor, but what if, just this once, a longpig really is just the opposite of the litter's runt? We carry it on its … Continue reading The Albino African Clawed Frog and Other Poems
D/L/T/B/B
By Leonardo Chung D/L/T/B/B let the bedbugs bite / and the pain won’t melt into discomfort / hopefully / because ignorance / isn’t bliss over here / turn a blind eye / and tempt yourself / now hurry before / those five words / snake into that / deeply nestled mind and say / who … Continue reading D/L/T/B/B
Santiago and Other Poems
By David Kim Santiago I hop off the bus, Hailed a hero for bringing my Nintendo DS The Autumn wind The smell of the mountain snow The pastel orange sky shimmers I face the buildings, The mountain peaks still shimmer behind A long march ensues The sidewalk trickles people Construction workers, helmets covered with stickers … Continue reading Santiago and Other Poems
The Best Day for Folding Clothes and Other Poems
By Yoon Park The Best Day for Folding Clothes is on a second Wednesday when the radio plays its 1 p.m. classics mother’s favorite dvorak and when the window is open, so that the room can breathe as I do. I first separate father’s socks, match them at the end before a turn inside out … Continue reading The Best Day for Folding Clothes and Other Poems
Light and Other Poems
By Andrew Chung Light Once upon a time, every texture was important I’d follow the beat of my soul creativity without limits, that was my life one day, it diminished the possibility of everything became intangible dreams now a distant memory and reduced to ashes no matter how blue the sky is, just a picture … Continue reading Light and Other Poems
Snack and Other Poems
By Andrew Ban Snack It's dark out It’s cold out Any moment now the sun might come out But i can still hear the sounds of people moving people struggling people trying their best to live I thought I wasn't getting much sleep these days These people don't sleep at all I lay in my … Continue reading Snack and Other Poems
1915 and Other Poems
By Rena Kim 1915 Menlo School was founded My Menlo School Originally a military school Boys only super strict Now a place for this Asian American With it's nontraditional values The school challenges me each day Pushing me more and more So close to bursting but never quite there I learn more and more Menlo … Continue reading 1915 and Other Poems
ROC, NY and Other Poems
By Isabella Dunsby ROC, NY and so the ducks glide in the direction of The Mushroom House. There’s a Man living there who picks them up by their bellies and kisses ‘em as they wander by. The Man visits a fish hatchery on days he thinks of his children in the city, watching speckled brown … Continue reading ROC, NY and Other Poems
11/11 and Other Poems
By Junseo Lee 11/11 11 AM—Armistice To be remembered in remembrance A dirty pool of evacuees Defy the Four Horsemen of D-Day In earnest To discover our origins the Mendelian factor the paradox of L’Hopital’s Rule Seemingly noncancerous But the preconviction yields Discovery is a maladapted fool In a private first class wins the Pulitzer … Continue reading 11/11 and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 