Finishing School by Emma Bolden

Finishing School by Emma Bolden

Finishing School   Emma Bolden     Couldn’t sugar. Couldn’t sweet right. Couldn’t rat- comb, couldn’t tease the boys with a belt and a bra, Madonna   coned. Couldn’t talk lady. Couldn’t coo. Couldn’t bless   the heart of Jesus till he bleached...
Finishing School by Emma Bolden

Sensorium by Emily Corwin

Sensorium Emily Corwin 1 in dappled sun, in wine sap apples I dab prismatic gloss atop my cupid’s bow—the philtrum it’s called, it’s chrome-like. I have a mouth & it stinks— this is where I masticate the animal brisket, the pie pumpkin & red plums, pomegranate...
Finishing School by Emma Bolden

Barn Point by Talin Tahajian

Barn Point   Talin Tahajian   I’ll always be where rainbows are, forever in the Maine-bright stars, when sunsets light the eveningtide, with the moon in sparkling skies, with the rising sun each morning, with the quiet of dawn by the sea, along the beloved...