Time Animal | Emelia Steenekamp

"Then comes a high-numbered day in the cold season when something happens, e.g. the sound of a digital bell saying it is time for mothers. Soft handbags and heads of hair pouring in through the door..."

Don’t Worry, Be Happy | Melanie Friedman

"too many notifications but waking up to an empty phone is vacuums / sucking butterflies I am the same thread flushed and forgotten by the space / I used to occupy..."

The Exasperated Law Professor’s Final Exam | Kevin Finnerty

"Question No. 1: Law enforcement discovers credible evidence that President Underhill murdered someone long before he assumed the Office of the Presidency. Can President Underhill be indicted and tried for murder while occupying the Office?"

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..."

Itchy | Turandot Shayegan

"let me know if you plan on borrowing my skin it itches sometimes when you pull it off it itches / and i can’t itch it when i’m so naked sitting here without my skin i’m so naked it itches it itches..."

Sounds Like | Jennifer Lang

"I read one syllable at a time first-grader fashion: ga-go-a-im, which makes me think of the game charades—sounds like garinim, Hebrew for sunflower seeds, a common Israeli snack..."