Van Donsel’s pieces explores grand American imagery and poetry itself.
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The First Real Funeral
Emma Crockford explores the connection between mourning and childhood, through the alluring analogy of snake skin.
By The Sea
In By The Sea, Francesca Ciampa illustrates the beauty of the seashore during the evening. She uses vivid imagery to broaden the reader’s senses.
My Childhood Essence
This poem by Calli Hilvitz identifies the relationship between growing up and traumatic experiences.
Melon Groves
In this poem, Segolene Pihut explores the interchangeability of terrain and relationships through the physicality of the human body.
melon groves
Phone List, by Emily Clarke and Danae Devine, is a poem that emphasizes the strains of an abusive relationship.
