Author / Drake Trampe
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BLUE SUNSETS – Breanna Coe
The soft pink of the sky washed the day in an ethereal haze. It wasn’t sunset, not even close, but the sky was pink. A cheery cherry pink, that reminded me of blush on cheeks and raspberry lip gloss. I stared at it through thick alumino-silicate glass that let in just pinkish-gold light to give…
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Waist Deep – Hayden Moore
‘The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land, Thus do go about, about: Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, And thrice again, to make up nine’ (William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I scene iii) At the hour when the shade lay least on the wooded shore, the girl walked on the…
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Orange Fog – Michelle Brooks
Michelle Brooks has published a collection of poetry, Make Yourself Small, (Backwaters Press), and a novella, Dead Girl, Live Boy, (Storylandia Press). Her poetry collection, Pretty in A Hard Way, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2019. Her collection, The Pretend Life, was published by Atmosphere Press in February 2020. A native Texan, she…
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Let It Burn – Robert Vaughn
Dear Whoever This Is, Mankind fucked up, one last time. This isn’t some cautionary tale about what we should have done, or a recipe for what we should do next. Too late for that. It’s just a story about how our final, fatal mistake started, what happened, and where it will end. How did it…
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Agree to Disagree – Lindsey Heatherly
Would God still love and forgive me if I asked Him to consider agreeing to disagree? Would He welcome a meeting with me, taking an unassuming seat across the table— the same hands that wove the strands of the universe into being, clasped around a simple cup of coffee— calmly waiting for me to gather…
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Godspeed – Phillip Matthew Wendt
At thirteen-thousand feet Nick feels like a God. He is an atheist, but looking down on the world like he is God seems to be a fitting title. He is reminded of himself as a boy, towering over antbeds with his magnifying glass. He cast down fire and destroyed cities with a quick kick of…
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Loose Petals – Angelina Troche
Facing upwards, smiling at the sky the sunflowers whisper good morning to their mother as she rises. she warms them, simultaneously warming my face as I stare out into the vast openness in front of me. golden and homey and safe. the only place I could go to get away from the overthinking and loudness…
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Lantern Bug – Emma Compher
The bug pounces. I scream for help, And you laugh. Lantern bugs are harmless, you say as it jumps on my head. Lantern bugs wouldn’t hurt you, you say as one crawls up my leg. Lantern bugs don’t bite, you say as this creature clings to my back. Well wait 10 years because these bugs…
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Pollution – Ruslan Garrey
Trivialities come like a toxic rain They linger, then slither off into bushes Like snails, they hide Untended they roll into shells And become forgotten Coiled into nuggets of dirt That becomes the calcium deposits of streets– They are a heavy residue Guests who have become furniture Meager warnings of the past To always be…
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A Love Affair Plus Thunder – John Grey
Sometimes there’s a storm and lightning cleaves a maple tree in two, and one half crashes through the roof of a house and the other demolishes a neighbor’s garage. But sometimes, it hasn’t rained in months and the land and the reservoir are crying out from thirst, and this sudden downpour spurs the soil to…
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The Sea Never Rests – Judith Skillman
Despite tacky music blaring evenings and afternoons from the massage parlor— Palapa roofed in black plastic— the same woman’s shawl comes higher, entreats the land. A long wave followed by another, one sun glittering its googolplex of glints in the cadenced waves. Earth wooed by water— a turquoise unlike any found beneath the crust of…
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Somewhere outside the grasp of God – Mallory Rowe
Somewhere outside the grasp of God– Where stars are never born And abandoned wings fly aimlessly– you and I burst into being; lovers, enemies, One Mallory Rowe has been writing poetry for over ten years, but she is currently passionate about haiku and senryu specifically. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Art History and…
