Love Poems

The Vulnerability Accident by Tara Rigg I poured out my heart and it spilled onto the floor. We stood looking at it for a while. Eventually, I wiped it up with paper towels as she watched. Every visit after that We both remembered the mess I’d made on the floor. But she never mentioned it. She didn’t want to be rude. ### Tara Rigg writes … [Read more...] about The Vulnerability Accident by Tara Rigg

Neuroscience by Harnidh Kaur I used to smoke, and a lot, at that, and I quit it, cold turkey one day- it wasn’t easy, my nose still traces the traces of nicotine that stain the air like they once stained my teeth, but I’m okay now, I suppose, I have a list of vices that are presumably under my control, and I count love amongst that them, or I would, if it actually … [Read more...] about Neuroscience by Harnidh Kaur

Blinking is Ill-Advised by Sarah A. O’Brien That joke was not funny, and I am willing to bet Your next one isn’t either. I am terribly sure you do not like me, But I was banking on that to begin with. There are too many places to be right now And deciding is like a plane deciding to swim. Stranded in a labyrinth of self-creation, Turned on only because I forgot … [Read more...] about Blinking is Ill-Advised by Sarah A. O’Brien

Metamorphosis: Octopus/Reader by Miki Fukuda Sever your right hand, set it free in the ocean saltier than blood. A smoke of bloody nebulae the burgeoning image— Eight-fingered, your vision holds, consumes the sea. You are the hand, speed- reading brailed white sand, a page- ful of blue fishes and coral reefs, the hand jumping on a conclusion—a … [Read more...] about Metamorphosis: Octopus/Reader by Miki Fukuda