Saved or Spared
No meek Agnos dei those Catholic girls, plaid-skirted and ready to fight as we huddled on their turf awaiting […]
Audio, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Jody Kennedy, Poems
Ekphrasis
Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Jennifer O'Neill Pickering, Poems
Mint in Pots
Your brain is full of worms, he said. I no longer wish to drink stardust coffee from your stinking bones.
Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Jennifer O'Neill Pickering, Poems
Trajectory
We were young once and beautiful, wandering loose as stones—Jed loping along beside me, the beret he loved like
Audio, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Poems, Samantha Gee
After Cleaning the Kitchen Again, He Realizes
Don’t look in the sink for happiness. It sounds so obvious. But even the shiniest, cleanest sink is still only
Audio, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Poems, Samantha Gee
My First Body Is Beautiful Until
On the kitchen floor, years ago, peeled potatoes roll, slippery as skulls—all the ugliness sticks to their wet flesh and
A Thousand Possible Clouds
Image: “No Name #2” by Ryan Schaufler. “A Thousand Possible Clouds” was written by Valentina Gnup for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, June 2017, and selected as the Editor’s Choice.