By Alex Guffey This is My Last Serenade Floating in the span of space, hearing the hymn of my swan song. This is the infinite sadness of song, sung on a moment’s notice, sealed on a permanent staccato. I feel you as you fall away. I hear you say you want to stay. This is … Continue reading This is my Last Serenade and Other Poems
Seagulls from the Other Woods and The Body of One’s Day and Night
By Hua Ai Seagulls from the Other Woods In the woods, my leaves have tapped on many people’s heads during their yellowed seasons. The fallen woods and the wind towards the west, two glasses of a historic yesterday, cut through Sava River, and they asking about how hungry I must have been to be aboard. … Continue reading Seagulls from the Other Woods and The Body of One’s Day and Night
Turning points and Other Poems
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
Academy of the Heart And Mind 