"Durutti Column on the DC Metro" by Ed Brickell
"because they lived for doing, for telling others what to do, / for anger with strategic purpose, leaving and arriving / at their homes in darkness holding hours more of work"
"the like-likes & manhandlas of N.W. 72nd Ave." by Michael J. Pagán
"a mouth can be a weak point – an open wound – / to some, but she made it a gesture of life, of saving, / our saving."
“I feel very close with all the speakers in this book”: An Interview with Jeffery Berg
"Your question makes me realize that the book is sort of a cacophony with a lot of different speakers, voices, and dialogue."
"Don't Ever Do This" by Steve Petkus
"They didn’t take the car, / then it snowed overnight. / I got in the cold Bug after breakfast, / sniffed motionless, vinyl air."
"We’ve Discovered the Perpetual Motion Machine" by Svetlana Litvinchuk
"She doesn’t believe in the silent treatment. The only thing funnier than a dog standing on two legs like a human, is your face getting further away and then closer again."
“Tabula Rasa” by Eve Müller
"No hair / in the sink. No tumbled sheets. No echoes of arguments won and / lost."
“Girl Dinner” by Isabel Galupo
"Boursin on a stale pretzel with Carolyn / who wants us to love her new guy as much / as she does, frisée and free champagne with Audrey / who hates her boss."
"Grain-Free" by Ben Gunsburg
"less / full of bread, / less haunted by money. / Free of pain. Free of dairy."
"You Are Kirsten Dunst in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" by Ally Feisel
"The makeup team will smudge your mascara so you look tipsy. The hair team will carefully ruffle your blonde shoulder-length-cut."
"Do You Hear a Sound Like Someone in Mittens Piling Rocks in Secret?" by Tarn Wilson
"As soon as I said it, you knew it was true, didn’t you? / You have always known the badger people. They / don’t care for your name, but they never forget you."
the door shut and i jumped and the exam room was too small and we two were too close and he looked at my chest for too long too long too small too close the two of us or am I too paranoid too scared too worried too traumatized to function in a world with exam rooms and shut doors and too many men who look for too long too long too—
Thank you so much to @pinehillsreview.bsky.social for publishing my poem, "too two."
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Thank you to @pinehillsreview.bsky.social for this interview opportunity! It was fun to think so deeply about my new poetry collection, What Haunts Me.
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"Because life… is far more terrifying at times than a ghost": An Interview with Bernadette Geyer
"I’m ultimately confronting that ghost of my childhood and telling them they don’t scare me anymore."
“too two” by Skylar Camp
"the door shut and i jumped and the exam room was too small and we two were too close"
"Because can begin a sentence" by John Wise
"displayed in accordance with Roy G Biv, for / it is one of few ways to show acceptance yet / still be on the payroll in Florida public schools"
“In Her Ears, Still” by Juliet Way-Henthorne
The difference between you and I is that you can leave anytime you choose. But this is my home.
"Goddess of Airlines" by Misha Lynn Moon
"Forgive us our trespass, sin of speed // burning up the world. The patchwork earth / hungers for our blood."
“I have trouble finishing things” by Michelle Matz
"I grew up in a subdivision where streets met at 90 degrees and now I can’t find the center of things."
“One Bullet Left” by Corwin Ericson
"When he finally hung up his double-barrel and bunnystalker cap, he was dismissive of his lack of family and the mystery of his place in society."
“I Am Trying to Love the Whole World” by Shuly Xóchitl Cawood
"But it’s hard to love what I am when I know it’s wrong. / I don’t easily forgive my mistakes in their swishing dresses / and careless mascara, with their impetuously long cigarettes. "
“What Isn't Love” by Jennifer Juneau
"Because / What isn’t love is nobody’s red sock / And somebody’s black boot."
“Amateur Filmmaking in the 21st Century” by David Dodd Lee
"You think it’s hot outside it’s hot in a house / when you’ve got nowhere else you can go, a glass of milk glowing like / radiation on a table"
"Filthy goddess in search of vulgar god” by Michelle Stoll
"Priestess of Pan seeks creature to unwind with, / drink wine with, must be kind without being too nice."
"The Loneliness of the Sharpshooter" by Bryan Furuness
"At some point, it didn't even feel like I was shooting anymore; I was diving through the hoop every time I threw up my arms—like a dolphin, like water, like a fall of light."
“Love Poem to Saving Your Own Life” by Meggie Royer
"Sometimes, what hurt the most / was your childhood phone number lost to memory, / its digits swimming down darkly through the depths."
