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July 4, 2020July 13, 2020 kitsch

By Emma Eisler 1. cornflower as a child, i press fingers to my neck and search for gills, widen my eyes in the mirror – irises sea-blue like captured pools of water. in the bathtub, i am seal-slick and mermaid-lovely. … Continue reading blue notes

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Quaranteen Blues

June 28, 2020July 13, 2020 kitsch

By Ana Penavić Cento compiled from Troubadour Logic written by Brent Terry, and from The Bijak of Kabir translated by Linda Hess Son of a slut! there’s no hope: I’ve burned my own house down. A dumb man illumines “I’m … Continue reading Quaranteen Blues

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Puddles

June 28, 2020 kitsch

By Zahavah Rojer There are puddles that go down into the earth forever, and you fell into one. At first, you didn’t realize that it was an unusual puddle other than the fact that it didn’t reflect sunlight so much … Continue reading Puddles

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Edith Pilaf

June 28, 2020 kitsch

By Anna Canny Images in grainy blue. Horoscope says Rose (moon) colored glasses. Trembling, crooning when he takes me in his arms I learned those chords. Heaven sighs sun-lined clouds ruin the charm of cold, picking fingers. I’d like to … Continue reading Edith Pilaf

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Hexes for Your Exes & A Spell for Wellbeing

January 9, 2020 kitsch

By Stephanie Tom Hexes for Your Exes a poem May you get stung by a dozen bees, may you get hit by a falling star; May you trip and always scrape both knees, May you run out of gas in … Continue reading Hexes for Your Exes & A Spell for Wellbeing

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The Oximoronicity of Desire

November 22, 2019 kitsch

By Sarah Chefka CENTO COMPILED OF LINES FROM DIGEST, BY GREGORY PARDLO AND THE POETRY OF ARAB WOMEN, A POETRY ANTHOLOGY PUBLISHED IN 2001 I don’t know what is in me I can’t contain. Come, the poem falls from the … Continue reading The Oximoronicity of Desire

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Barefoot

November 21, 2019 kitsch

By Emma Condie dirt in the creases of the skin of the bottoms of my feet tough calluses rub leaves and rock toes dig deeper into soil roots straining farther from my heels all the way down through the ground … Continue reading Barefoot

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Dream Shores

November 20, 2019January 15, 2020 kitsch

By Ana Penavić The whale swallowed us whole after he looked at us with one big round eye (bulbous) (soft) (blue) mouth opened wide The waves crashed against him creating a maelstrom outside our walls but within was the tender … Continue reading Dream Shores

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Thoughts on a Kiss

November 6, 2019November 21, 2019 kitsch

By Anna Lee Continue reading Thoughts on a Kiss

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