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Putting Out What You Might Put Away

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 - 1 Comment

Putting Out What You Might Put Away A crib and changing table are quietlydismantled but all the socks are paired confetti,and the hats and the layettes grown dustyin the drawers, …

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“Why can’t you sleep?”

January 6, 2020January 3, 2020 - Leave a Comment

There are blossoms in my chest Rolling off my breasts, feathering out from my sternum, violet, emerald, scarlet petals A garden of wildflowers is inside me Zara Hanif is a …

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on being mysteriously chronic
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On Being Mysteriously Chronic by Jennifer Stitt

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 - Leave a Comment

Jennifer Stitt is a poet as well as a historian of modern American thought, culture, and politics. She earned a B.A. and M.A. in history from the University of Alabama …

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rob cook poetry
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For the Doctors Who Don’t Know How To Find Your Body From Here

January 8, 2019January 13, 2019 - Leave a Comment

By Rob Cook Each brick of the hospital attacks each brick next to it. The fighting itself casts a shadethat lengthens over the parking lot,the incurable, pampered vehicles. The sky, …

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On Holter Monitors and General Malaise
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On Holter Monitors and General Malaise

December 10, 2018December 1, 2018 - Leave a Comment

By M.E. Hoban Crisscross my body with tape: would-be sex appeal, sticky under breasts, in the hollow of the hip with the freckle— I am the first person to stop …

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idiopathy by robert annis
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Idiopathy

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 - Leave a Comment

By Robert Annis Three midnights a week I’m called to wrestle noxious ferment from my stomach, eject tar, and fall asleep on numb legs. Special doctors teach me to scapegoat …

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Link Roundup: November 16th, 2018

November 16, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup (almost) every Friday. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please tweet it at me or Chronically Lit. The …

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medusa in the emergency room by cade leebron
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Medusa in the Emergency Room

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 - Leave a Comment

By Cade Leebron Call me Curly-Q for the swirled snake IV line spiraling out of my upper arm. Nothing perfect ever ends, or that’s a lie I’m okay hanging out …

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Nicole Storey poem
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Putting the Cart Before the Horse

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 - Leave a Comment

By Nicole Storey I was a blackbird for Halloween when those shapeshifters came out of the terraforming colony and explained that destiny is only a mile away from the gas …

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Link Roundup: August 17th, 2018

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Hi all! It’s Jay. I plan on doing a link roundup every Friday and this is the fourth one. If you encounter a link you think I might want to …

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