Tag: poet

ONE POEM – Lee Fraser

are fig leaves poisonous
good first foods
solar powered roaster
basic metallurgy

ONE POEM – Daniel Cartwright-Chaouki

I get lost in the soft tips of the cedar tree
hanging over the fence

My parents melt into deckchairs
like American cheese

ONE POEM – Adrienne Weiss

I find a seat,
hold a headache in my hands, cradle it like a rock
between fingers, think about how this birthday
will be soup and crackers and cancelled plans.

TWO POEMS – Chloe Hanks

I remember the shape of the word rainbow
on her puckered mouth, how we sounded
it out from my bedroom window.

ONE POEM – John Dorroh

How did a barrel-chested man learn
this magic? Softened like golden butter
in a dizzy aftermath, he did too many wars perhaps.

ONE POEM – Morgan Boyer

Rain upon me your turbulent tales of locker-side loves,
the gossip of girls whose braces still encase their molars

ONE POEM – Erin Vance

Just as Hemlock
digs its graves in the
carrot family plot

ONE POEM – Alex Stolis

because there’s no way he would ever find it,
being interested only in dinner/work/breakfast
/work/sex on demand/sleep/work.

COMFORT FOODS // Overheard at Terasa Obor – Ana Prundaru

the problem with mici is
they’re all so good
that they don’t even ask you
what you’re ordering

ONE POEM – Elizabeth Seven

So next time you feel so anxious that you can hardly unlock the door,
remember that the world holds your feet

TWO POEMS – KG Newman

First day of the World Series,
autumn hanging on, each tree
seeing who can keep from
being a skeleton the longest

COMFORT FOODS // Bombay Toast – Samarth Agarwal

I see you standing there – starch white lungi draped
7AM freshly shaved – wooden spoon in hand
Commanding your caramelising populace.