by Leah Jun Oh | Jan 28, 2022 | More Word & Image
The Ballad of Mescal and Pistachio Verse 4. Cards 4 spades slide over the felt table. Bourbon flows to all those still able. Reek of sweat and piss stains the air and now this: Mezcal the widow maker. Pistach the trouble ...
by Desree | Dec 16, 2021 | Featured, More Word & Image
WARNING: FLICKERING IMAGES The Air We Held Between Us last time i was here, you were too and that used to hurt this hope for something solid, slowly disappearing. but i’m ok, now and i hope you are too. i really hope you’re happy, that...
by Desree | Dec 3, 2021 | Featured, More Word & Image
Minnesota Land Snail I admire your insouciant saunter– your devil-may-care sashay. The insistent probe of your tentacles; the determined waves of your slimy sole. For you, I lay down on the gritty path. For you, I risked ticks and bee stings. For...
by Kate Birch | Oct 22, 2021 | More Word & Image
History, storytelling and escape from slavery in 17th and 18th Century London Between the 1650s and 1780s many hundreds of enslaved people were brought to London. Most were African although a significant minority were South Asian and a smaller number...
by Desree | Oct 7, 2021 | More Word & Image
my grandfather’s dentition looks like a bad floor tiling but I love it. my new routine is playing hide and seek In the spaces between his 92 yr. old teeth. I cling to the roof of his mouth when he flosses, hoping to find his recipe for...
by Desree | Sep 22, 2021 | More Word & Image
Swansong After the leaves left, a chill wind came with a day to blow in my hometown. It was a cold return to places that had gone, to remain a second city. The castle’s skull still stared over the ruins Of scrolled Victoriana, lost in a...
