POETRY
ISSUE 5
“Gracie”
by Lucas Goncalves
There’s nothing like looking into your eyes, seeing the
sweetness behind them.
Eyes that said
“I love you.”
“Do You Remember?”
by Kathryn Haig
After Todd Dillard
Constellations wink in a raven black sky.
Your car, lights off, waits as we gaze from atop a hill.
Do you remember the first time we danced?
“The Pint”
by David Irizarry
And in a moment of great revenge,
My mother once poured a pint of beer onto a man she had left And said “well… she’s alright, if you like freckles, I guess” She watched the drink drip down his face,
and even still, after all of that trouble, he just walked away It’s been years since
And it’s still one of her biggest regrets
“Separate Corners”
by Mary Margaret Nugent
Lingering Stares
Standing in separate corners
But we each still hold a gaze
Glances alternating
“Running Water”
by Mary Margaret Nugent
Running water
Running away
Helpful daughter
Help her stay
Stay still
Stay quiet
“Dirty Dishes”
by Mary Margaret Nugent
If I was an object
I’d be a spoon
You can fill me up with your words and all of your proof
Proof that you love me
“The Soliloquy of the Sea & The Reflection of the Robin”
by Broderick Prendergast & Jakub Zujewski
A frigid summer night. Crash! Crash! Crash!
No response.
Slapped, smacked, chopped, hooked, toyed with all day.
Things to be said but nobody to talk to.
“I miss…”
by Jenna Siuta
“I miss him”
What do you miss?
The flowers he never bought you?
The dates he never took you on?
The attention he never gave you?
The constant lies?
