A black-and-white photo of an older man sitting at a table writing in a journal. A caption over the photo reads "This can't be dressed up / Deflected or summarily dismissed." Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels.

Rob Sienna describes his poetry as “mischievous, sprightly, and elfin,” and I couldn’t agree more. I also can’t think of a better piece to end Issue 1 with. Read “#1551: Milo Tends to Silo” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of a scenic lake. Garbage floats on the lake and the remains of a factory with four smokestacks can be seen through the green foliage on the opposite shore. A caption over the photo reads "Don't forget whose skin you sleep on." Photo by Yogendra Singh from Pexels.

The refrain of Bella Melardi’s poem never leaves me. Read her poem, “To End Like This,” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of a classroom. A girl sits at a desk facing away from the camera, looking toward a wall of windows. A caption over the photo reads "Why I write it the way I did? I wanted the format of the poem to represent the way I think. Photo by cottonbro studio from Pexels.

Jack Brodeur breaches the very concepts of what poetry can be in his depiction of neurodivergent experience, so much so that it changed the way I formatted the issue! Read “The Weird ADHD Kid” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of a man wearing a face mask in a dark room. A shaft of light illuminates one of the man's eyes, and he looks down, saddened. A caption over the photo reads "so could we please stay out of everyone's sight lines and, for the love of god, not complain?" Photo by Ondosan Sinaga from Pexels.

Litsa Dremousis describes her work as “part memoir, part Molotov cocktail on behalf of the disabled.” Read “On Behalf of the Tens of Millions of Us Who are Immunocompromised” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of a busy sidewalk. A person's legs and shoes and some bags beside them are visible at the right side of the photo. A caption over the photo reads "Then, because then never stops either, we had to get used to a new way to die." Photo by Özlem K from Pexels.

Rachel Nix’ “& then” is refreshing in its bluntness and pacing, a lens through which to examine violence that I never knew I needed. Read it here:
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A photo of the Wells Street Bridge in downtown Chicago. The Chicago River flows underneath and buildings line the sky. A caption over the photo reads "ice is a hand dragging. ice is a wrist twist, a shoelace pulled tight, / a paper folded into disgrace. Brown Skin is tagged for export." Photo by Vladislav Lolenko from Pexels.

Waverly Vernon’s “ICE spotted in downtown Chicago” remains tragically relevant. I look forward to the day I can read it in a history book. For now, read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of a hand holding a match to a candle to light it. The candle is white and twisted, and the flame of the candle and of the match lean toward each other. Smoke curls in the air. A caption over the photo reads "The lawyer said not to apologize, even if you mean it." Image by Multimedios Del Sureste from Pixabay.

Chris Mesch’s poetic diptych, “A Diptych on Sincerity Being Buried Alive,” uses its very language to confront and refuse the script of capitalism. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A black-and-white photo of a woman standing in the snow, covered with snowflakes, with her back to the viewer. A caption over the photo reads "I’m alone as the winter rains down / bit by bit, I’m buried under it"

This speaker’s passage through winter is a song for the lonely. Read Cithara Patra’s poem, “Blinded by the Blizzard,” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of two gentoo penguins walking along a gray, silty coastline, their wings spread out. A caption over the photo reads "“Sir, penguins are here to see you,” said a staffer to Trump. “How do you know?” “They said so.”"

Remember when Trump put those tariffs on uninhabited islands? Well, the actual inhabitants of those islands are NOT happy. Read more in Marleen S. Barr’s short story here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of a bed of red and yellow tulips in front of a white picket fence. A caption over the photo reads "If those policies could save the homeland, couldn't they also save my home? It was worth a try."

See what happens when an American husband and father applies the president’s policies to his own household in T. Francis Curran’s short story, “How I Made My Household Great Again,” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of a bedroom with several vintage-looking photos and paintings hung above a cream-colored bed. A caption on the photo reads "Did she watch? Did she know her heart would become a smudge of oil paint?"

Sophia Black’s prose poem, “BEDROOMS,” is a thoughtful reflection on the presence of bedrooms in art; have you ever considered the occupants of those bedrooms? Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of painting supplies (brushes, a palette knife,paint tubes, a cloth) on a paint-splattered surface. A caption on the photo reads ""I do not plan to start painting again,” I replied. I was done with it. Indeed, I’d been done with it before I was done with it. Now it was final, cast in iron. “But you’re an artist,” he said. “And you’re not respecting your gift.”"

Salvatore Difalco’s short story, “Life & Death in half-Light,” is the kind of story that deserves time: time to read, time to ruminate, time to settle. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of a white and gray feather resting on green and yellow grass, clover, and other small plants. A caption on the photo reads "Hope is like a feather lost by a bird on the lawn. / Always a child finds it, and keeps wondering / where it comes from, where the bird is—"

Julian Lovelace’s poignant comparisons and poetic throughlines aren't to be missed. Read his poems, “Childhood” and “I Dreamed of Speaking Irish Yesterday,” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of some postage stamps depicting various flowers and plants. A caption on the photo reads "I bought some stamps today. / The postal worker asked me: / “Flags, flowers, or birds?”"

Paul Hostovsky’s poem, “Resistance at the P.O.,” examines American identity through the insights of a routine interaction. And what an ending! Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A blurry photo of a hand lit by streaks of light from half-opened blinds. A caption on the photo reads "Looking up at the medicine cabinet mirror to pull back from near defeat, he saw just how translucent he’d become."

R.G. Mint’s short story, "ECTOPLASMA," is a queer, supernatural take on a hookup gone wrong with commentary from a 19th-century ghost. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of a workbench covered in tools dimly lit by the light above it. A caption on the photo reads "I carry silence like a socket wrench— / handle cold with the weight of memory.

The turn in Joshua Walker’s sonnet, “How to Carry Silence” is too good to spoil with an excerpt, so you get the first two lines. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A dimly lit photo of a white husky staring into the camera with one brown eye. A caption on the photo reads "The sounds carried across the night air—yelping, snarling, the wet rhythm of feeding."

Dale Scherfling’s story, “Feral,” explores the horror of familiarity through the lens of encounters with the feral dog packs that terrorized the American south in the mid-20th century. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of the Dolomites. A large gray mountain range dusted with snow towers over a green forest. A caption on the photo reads "Modern lurid conquistadores / without an erogenous care."

I find myself reading aloud Colin James’ poem, “Black Herons in the Dolomites,” again and again. James’ use of sound is as captivating as his subject matter. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo of a young boy washing silverware in a wet and bubbly sink. Only the boy's hands can be seen from above and he holds a fork and spoon in one hand and a lathered sponge in the other. A caption on the photo reads "The fall of democracy is imminent / and yet, there’s a pile of laundry to do on my floor, / dust bunnies by the corners of my bed…"

Adriana Vazquez’ poem, “The fall of democracy is imminent,” casts a literary light on a common sentiment. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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A photo showing the Earth and the moon. The image has a caption that reads "The Sun then peered unto the Moon with the warmth of a godless monarch. "Moon, my child," he said, "why can't you be more like the Earth?”

We’re so honored to publish two poems from Eva Gray. Read “Vermont (or, now those are some green mountains!)” and “Ohio (or, my biggest star)” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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Issue 1: Louder than Noise

Issue 1 of 25:05 Magazine, "Louder than Noise," is out! Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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