By Ghost of Earth In my womb grows an aching child of fire and in her belly flickers a lone black candle one that draws death’s head and...

By Damen O'Brien I will slip between the loose scales of a fish. I will tickle under the silver swivel of an eye, lodge like an old hook...

By Adrianna 'Drienne' Buczek I dig in the petrichor-smelling ground until my hands were bruised and fingernails bled I crawled into dark...

By Italo Ferrante i groped my way out of a needle pit i swished through a fan of blades snapped knuckles twisted muscles watched the...

By Jess Richards Inside the body, Grief morphs into an insect with a sharp sting. Grief is endangering— it grows articulated legs, crawls...

By Andrew Barnes She is too tired to chew food. Imagine fatigue so all embracing that only movements of unconscious reflex can occur, and...

By Anthony Gannon From my icy window fierce frost flanked the land in mist. In the frigid fields stark, naked trees wilted pale. That...

By Dominic James In a shortage of materials before the war my paints were spoiled, Quinacridone and yellows altered by rich oils spilled...

By Hidden I write what I see I see what I know Today’s season is about warmth Heat burning on the face as it rests bare before a burning...

By Daniel Gene Barlekamp The water and the weeds have taken over this place. Islands of graves dot the surface— an acre here, a plot or...

By Anne Casey I feel them everywhere the ones who left the thin girl shivering in the dark cupboard upstairs when I reach to put away...

By Elara Arani If I have red flags, it’s because the white flags my body bore in acquiescence have been dyed in the boiling blood of...

By Helga Lockheart I found myself drawn to his darkness, while he was enchanted by my light. As we tried to bridge the gap between us, we...

By Kevin Childs As I lie with you on our bed The sheet all wrapped around us Like a crumpled veil, Venus Has made a crown of your hair,...

By Isabel Mya I threw out an old pair of socks today. This shouldn’t be a big deal, but I’ve never been good at letting things go....

By Emma Jessen Fish on the pavement, eyes startled, tail thrashing. one walks by, others follow, all looking, noticing, considering, not...

By Adam Cullen You're going 120km/ph, Yet going in circles, Not making any distance, Just burning fuel, You feel panicked, Wired...

By Kerry Gallagher Your words carve a Chelsea smile Into my retorts Blood spills like water falls Before my eyes I Find that truth lies...

By Jason Lingard i. A disco ball ghost, slips into a serpent sea —sex and salt-flavoured. ii. Medusa orgy— Anxiety, shedding skin....

By Jo Syz An ancient attic lies untouched, save my six paces across a dead skin carpet, flowing sun dappled to the crumbling eaves. A...