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Jan 101 min read
Sausage Casing By Megan O’Hanlon
I steal a second glimpse My figure contorts curves into acceptance, Tell me how to feel comfortable in skin that won't fit me, The rips,...
Jan 101 min read
Poem 3 By Ashley Hobbs
The distaste of your love lingers in my mouth sour, bitter and bloody I am begging to unlearn all the ways you moulded me into an...
Jan 101 min read
Spare Skin By Val Roberts
I grab my spare belly skin, stab it with scissors, cut it, snip snip snip. Rip from my skeleton. Flush down the sluice. Blood licks,...
Jan 101 min read
Swan song By Lewis Webb
On Sunday, I’ll watch As the flames flicker in the distance Sliding closer every second And I’ll think about Monday And what I’m having...
Jan 102 min read
SKIN By Storm Hollings-Whitfield
I have never been afraid to be naked not in front of lovers my family anyone all this is just skin there is my ribcage prudent as ever...
Jan 101 min read
Yearn for madness! By S. C. Ward
Yearn for madness in your home, Roam in dance, scream in laughter, Spring up like a maddened shrew, Bray at yourself, till your insides...
Jan 101 min read
Untitled By Lev Ifergan
I fucking made it. Just look at me now. Soaring I’ll crush stars if I want to I could bring about an end A million new beginnings I’ll...
Jan 101 min read
Sweet Release By Joseph Marshall
The buckle is broke The holes in the belt are warped The leather is stretched The stitching is torn Abused by a weight It was not made to...
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Fountain By Jack Westmore
Only big boys are allowed to do that. The trick is not to look down but straight ahead, as if one were riding a bicycle hands-free. Big...
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On Meditating By Molly Davidson
When I’m anxious, my mum tells me to lie down and let each stressful thought pass by me like a boat. Deal with them later, she says. I’m...
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Corpse Collector By Marah Holman
Once, I collected foxglove and lobelia. I still find them pressed between the words of Austen and Wilde. I took them as keepsakes, my...
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The Moon Has Risen 30 Degrees By Nathan Wainwright
The moon has risen 30 degrees in the pitch black sky. The orange and yellow lights twinkle above the bountiful hills, though they are not...
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The Gardening Section By Gareth Barsby
I looked through The gardening section Of the shop And saw a bottle With ‘ANT KILLER’ On it In big movie title letters As if That Was...
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Autumn’s Embrace By McKenzie Reitmayer
Summer’s warmth begins to end Bringing autumn’s golden hue Gentle shade and breeze anew Ember leaves softly descend Sweet hands concoct...
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Fragment By Marah Holman
But when you emerge from darkness, I am still submerged Facing the endless void of something unheard, For that which I fear is the...
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Oral Fixation By Madeleine Howard
On Sunday morning Black coffee, marmite, weed: No wonder they feel weird. But they need to digest, every waking hour, Empty mouths must...
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Rollerblades By Kirsty Miles
Rollerblades and a belly / your technicolour tongue you mispronounce things, cling to the wrong parts of words and people, probably, too...
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E.T. By Nazaret Ranea
For reasons I don’t understand yet I’m making out with you Tastelessly Without desire At this party. You must be so ugly Your sweat...
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Coffee Cup By Nathan Wainwright
I woke up as my favorite porcelain mug. I made myself into a cup of coffee, and accidentally bumped my body into a shattered mess.
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I Can Be Good By Traneycia
I was prancing around in the garden with ballet slippers & broken ankles to show you how good I could be even when hurt by your...