Skylar Avery

Accidentally on Purpose There was a man who loved a fairy, who flittered to and fro. She didn’t know why he loved her so. She startled dogs and made cats glow. She put bee nests in car mufflers and wasp nests under tractor seats. She wore her long hair every...

Brian L. Marshall

To Dream I am not sure what feels more real anymore. The dream or the nightmares. There was a time when I had made it. Steady work, a home, a family. There was a time when I lost myself. Work first, family second, nothing left for me. My dreams, my nightmares. Now is...

Skylar Avery

A lifer’s Bewilderment What is this sickness we all suffer from?What makes us hate the migrant,scorn the uneducated,ostracize the awkward,shame the homosexual – while weflirt with our notions, or fantasiesof lesbians in our porn,and react with disgustat...

Michael McKenzie

Are You Ready? The maw opened, swallowing her world in chunks, and for Sarah, darkness followed. —- You miss strange things. I miss the smell of the city. The choking smell of coal smoke and rain on the street. And English. Oh what I would give to have a proper...

Brandon Williams – Brooklyn 23

Abandon I dont understand, what did I do wrong? I thought the bond between us was strong? What did I do? I repeditly ask myself these questions, and I do my best to hide my true feelings. I walk around feeling angry. Mad and pissed off at everything and everybody. I...

DaVaughn Johnson

-Product of Society- White walls and glass. I’m surrounded by cowards in masks and crooked cops with degrees in criminal justice but by law I’m corrupted? Society divided. I’m a minority and statistics say I’m supposed to be dead, gang related...