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The Lovers
A striking poem that interrogates the search for agency amidst the complexities of sex, violence, and masculinity. Through writer’s conferences where R&B folklore mingles with acts of cruelty, “Brother” reveals how struggles for power can catalyze our deepest vulnerabilities, unveiling all the hard lessons our mothers never taught us.
By Alina Moore
The Self
Brooklyn-based writer Lilura Chacez is pulling on our heartstrings in this poem exploring the loss of a mother. Chacez paints the softest images—from the garden growing nurse plants to a grandma plaiting hair—that rescue the speaker’s memories from time.
By Lilura Chacez
The Self
A striking poem that interrogates the search for agency amidst the complexities of sex, violence, and masculinity. Through writer’s conferences where R&B folklore mingles with acts of cruelty, “Brother” reveals how struggles for power can catalyze our deepest vulnerabilities, unveiling all the hard lessons our mothers never taught us.
By Martheaus Perkins
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Love Letter to Saffy
The SelfLove Letter to SaffyBy Saffy Issue 18 Saffy Dear saffy, Have I told you how much I love you lately? The way you show up to the best of your ability. The way you’ve learned to handle conflict. The way you speak up for yourself. The way you love fiercely. The...
Flight
The SelfFlightBy Cecilia Innis Issue 17 I used to believe that the North American viceroy butterfly was a batesian mimic of the monarch butterfly, which is to say that it evolved to copy the monarch’s warning signals in order to deter its bird predators In order to...
The Triangle Hair Debacle
The SelfThe Triangle Hair DebacleBy Defne Egbo Issue 17 Startled by the sharp shriek of my younger sister, I jumped out of the shower and ran out, still soapy and dripping in my bright pink towel. In the upstairs family room, I witnessed my then nine-year-old sister...
Swamp Tears
The LoversSwamp TearsBy Talia Diane N'Sele Issue 20 how delightful must it be for you to put on your tears. dangling earrings dancing before dripping into rivers of misery. one, two, three trickling down your cheeks on an almost perfect beat. a tragic and...
Pink
The LoversPinkBy Jordan Stewart Issue 18 Everyone has the capacity for kindness. There’s joy in the small moments, too. None of us were meant to do this alone. And what if we found little pockets of love in moments of fading daylight? What if I rested in a...
dear future lover
The LoversDear Future LoverBy Cheyenne Edwards Issue 18 dear future lover, these days, not often, but often enough, you leak from my dreams into my daylight, as i imagine us in domestic bliss together. i think of us on the couch reading respective books while you...
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