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The Horrors of Admission or AdmissionMashiyat Ahmed You and I would be better off if we admitted things more often. We…
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The one leaf on the floorDemilade Akinleye The orange tinted leaf lies lifelessOn the floor that birthed itStem since detached,…
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The Notes of Your VoiceJada D’Sa Hit my skin as you speak to me With the youth in your timbreThe days…
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you could have just said it to my face.Vedika Awtani i shall not award you the satisfaction of declaring you…
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We are the EarthMaryam Uddin It is speculated by some that since the days of Adam and Eve,We are a…
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transcendenttranscendent Is it the days of grog and a runny nose that matter most or least?I sit in the sun,…
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RainstormHannah Grace Wang Awakened by the storm,you’re never the same afterwards.When it rains, streams become rivers.Rivers flush away the debris,…
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The seashore kelp that waits for the wavesMaryam Uddin My ambiguous yearning for you gradually gathersLike silky seaweed at the…
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Identity SyntaxAyomide Bayowa A child has more than a language baptismafter its olive-wobble sentences and spit bubbles. My mother’s tongue…
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GillsAyomide Bayowa since I last saw a corkscrew pop a gaseous cache, self-split broilers had saluted a handful of worms neglected eggshells,…
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once upon a timeYasmine Benabderrahmane curled against the blaze of a dull fire,streaks of light, shadows dance against her skin.gathered…
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Sonnet for YouOttavia Paluch There were nights where you couldn’t fall asleep.You would get up and fold the map so…
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Hero Among the TulipsPaige France Our love began when the tulips sprouted,Back when your glimmery eyes competed with the dew…
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the girls go to carnaval—1927Ciera Couto Borrowed shoes for the night, smooth leather on my heelsMy sister and I, arm…
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Rap SheetAyomide Bayowa, Poet laureate of Mississauga, Ontario (2021 to 2024) (i.) My mama’s obsessed with uniforms. She wished I…