Don’t Sleep! | Liliya Gazizova
"One shouldn’t sleep at dawn / As a ground squirrel in its hole. / One should be a red-haired devil / Crawling / Along the night streets of Kazan..."
Selected Poems | J. D. Nelson
"tough insect tryouts this morning / a new earth happening / I have a pecking hand to work for the doctor / a hand and slow pecking..."
Nine Micropoems | Dylan Taylor
"Where, / The presentthen heres and / theres, / Mattermoving the this. / And many aretheres / here, / Many, / And manythis manies the manymores."
Ransom Note from Your PTSD | Caroline Montgelas
"Come alone. / Seek no help. / I can wait here / as long as it takes. / This is just between us..." Caroline Montgelas was chosen as a Stonybrook Children's Literature Fellow in 2019.
Figures 5-28 | Jeffrey Bean
"Fig. 8: The duck is moved by the tender color of the evening sky / Fig. 9: The duck throws a punch / Fig. 10: The duck is surprised by the skill of his opponent..."
All My Straight Friends Say | Sam Leuenberger
"All my straight friends say / the world was conquered by a girl / on / the / roof / with ultra long blond hair..." Collage poetry by Sam Leuenberger.