Joy | Samantha Fain

"a limbless thing, / a flushed pink tube / that bristles & grows / symmetrical, / that wiggles rings / around your heart / & drums around, / but dim. & in the rain / joy arrives—"

Selected Poems | Daneen Bergland

"Let this make us safe / to kiss and wake in the bright light / of science. Let us place too much / stock in our own resilience. / Let us experiment. Let us embrace / and make pets of our differences..."

The Memory Game | Franki Haber

"The Rules of the Game: If you follow these rules, no harm can come to you. It is important to remember these rules. This game relies on your memory. How much can you remember?"

The Role of the Environmental Writer | Juliana Roth

"An enduring poem engaged with ecopoetics does more than comment on the natural world; it finds a way to evoke and challenge the senses and intellect of the reader." Juliana Roth on ecotone, ecopoetics, and the role of the environmental writer.

How the Island Forms | Jesi Bender

Jesi Bender is an artist from Upstate New York whose first book, The Book the Last Word, was published in spring, 2019 from Whisk(e)y Tit. Her shorter work has appeared in Split Lip, Lunch Ticket, and The Rumpus, among others.

Thrust Fault | Vivian Ia

"our lot was labor / & liquor / made us feel bigger / than monstrosities, sooty / for the tazing / amoebic cancerous darlings / whispers from lineage to lineage, / clutching their pain..."