“Man is Asakusa”

“Reflections”

“T.J. and the Sea Cow”

“Untitled”

“Warrior”

“The Firetruck Game”

Every woman has a memory

“The Reader and I Take a Walk”

The sidewalk was wet and so were our shoes.

“mantodea”

last night i thought of what i should’ve said and it’s already escaped me again but i think it had something to do with how

“Rapid Eye Movement”

the weight of a dream

“Cleaning Out”

An Elegy to Dust

“My Mother to the Writer”

Who curves back her tongue behind her teeth

“A Self-Reflection”

I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.

“Ouse”

For a moment I am able to stare down the barrel. From both ends it’s daunting; from both sides, there, for a moment, I can see

“Sylvia Plath: A Voice That Will Not Be Still”

“What a million filaments.

“The Aspirations of a Moth”

The summer after third grade was the summer of church camp—ticks, Bible studies in the woods, creek stomping, camp songs,

“I Am Turning This in Because”

I keep trying to think of different, interesting things that I could write about. I feel that all of my friends are beautiful, talented

“Into the Light”

A place of nature, nurture, and endless space to explore the goodness of God.

“The Cornflake Angel”

Elia sat in his blue velvet Victorian armchair in silence. The chair’s opulent vintage flair stood in contrast to the rest of the

“Bildungs-NOSE-n”

I pull the skin under my left eyelid and paint a thin, yellow line, connected to a second yellow line. I fill in the lines with quick

“Spaceships and Ink”

The curious girl considered her options.

“Dying Daisies”

When Kiran entered the room, a burst of energy filled everyone around him. Olivia watched him enter her shared apartment as

“White Freckles”

She’d bought them at the tanning salon: the white freckles. The plastic stencil stuck to her face and the woman with bright pink

“What She Meant”

Maya watched as her girlfriend tapped her chipped, black nails against the steering wheel of her 2014 Gray Ford Escape.

“Prices May Vary”

The Nowhere Grocery Store didn’t seem to be anywhere. The parking lot, littered with half-painted spots and deteriorating