In America by Carrie Rudzinski
The first hitchhiker I ever picked up I dropped off in the wrong place. We were both backpackers – young, dirty, and foreign. I was so excited to help, I didn’t even realize my mistake until I was too far to turn around. I’d left him on a busy overpass – gray eyes and … Read more
A Promise to the Little Ones We Lost by Nairy Kevork
A Promise to the Little Ones We Lost I promise you, This world had more kindness than it did filth. I am so sorry that you will not get a chance to see. He was lost. No one found him. So, he found you. You would have felt what loving someone is in about ten … Read more
Mistaken Love Letter Of A Teenage Rascal by Bird
Deeeeeear Darla, I loathe the thought of you. Your mother should’ve sat on you at birth. Your name gives me mental cramps. Your name has become a punchline for bad luck. Your name is a bad word in the mouth’s of children. I’ve learned 4 languages over the years to better express how much … Read more
Dear Mr. Gaddafi by Danielle Bennet
Click To Listen, full text below. Dear Mr. Gaddafi, Congratulations. You’ve managed to receive more attention from our government in six months than my students have in six years. My 12th graders hardly know the names and situation of our 50 states Or where your country is on a map but they know your name know … Read more
The Morning After by Venesa Marco
The morning after a one night stand You will search for the God left in you He will be standing still Somewhere away from home This will be the day Heaven will seem too far You will not acknowledge him Instead, You will bathe in scalding water Attempting to wash away your sins You will … Read more
Leaf by Fisseha Moges
It is said a breath takes 7 years to mix completely with the atmosphere. which means in another part of the world what you exhale at this exact moment, will be inhaled by someone else 7 years from now. I pray they know what to do with it. for I remember when I once blindly … Read more
Hallelujah Showers by Nick Macedo
Today I looked out my window And watched two boys Climb onto a rooftop To leave a bucket To catch the rain Later When the rain had come They returned to bathe Previously baptized in brotherhood The older boy lifted the bucket And poured it over his naked brothers head As if to say “In … Read more
Lucky by Nikki Blak
LUCKY (click for audio) It was once said That the only reason I had never met the back Of a boyfriends hand Was simply because he had chosen Not to introduce me I was lucky Unlike so many women Landed face first Into the ridges of a lover’s knuckles Accidental And shouldn’t I be grateful … Read more
Drunk Text Message to God by Sarah Winters
drunk text message to god after george watsky dear god: on the fifth day, you created birds. on the sixth, man and the animals on the seventh, you rested, and on the eighth, i am convinced that you created alcohol as a way to play truth or dare with me on nights like tonight. tonight … Read more
