Genesis Somewhere in the Old Testament, mankind lost its way, so God brought on a flood and started again. This supports my theory about writers and gods: we never get it right on the first try. Rebecca Cohen is a graduate of the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, where she…
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The Little Things – Apollo
Apollo Apollo, in a toga, headless, spoke to me of the sacrifices he used to receive, and expected. I replied to him that I was great, and did not need to be other. Margarita Serafimova (Sofia, Bulgaria) was shortlisted for the Montreal International Poetry Prize 2017 and in the Summer Literary Seminars 2018 poetry contest….
The Little Things – My Mother’s Voice
My Mother’s Voice My mother’s voice is smog sunsets and matzo balls diet coke with ice. On the phone our accents twin and twine round vowels, hard Gs, the hiss of a long S. Ashley Herzig is a poet from Long Island, Ny. She is currently taking far too long to complete…
The Little Things – Innocence
Innocence I think I lost my innocence When I wrote ‘I like people- I just don’t like myself’ Nina Armstrong is a high school Junior in Los Angeles, CA. After graduating, she plans to study English, Gender Studies, or Political Science in university. Her poems have previously been published in “Just Poetry National Poetry Quarterly,”…
The Little Things – Empty
Empty The hole inside me can’t be mended with bread, pasta, pretzels, pop-tarts, or chocolates. Maybe with bananas, romaine, carrot sticks, or kale. I’m overflowing but I’m never full. Megan Clark is a twenty-two year old English major determined to change the world with her words.
The Little Things – Premature
Premature Sudden deaths are disappointing. It must be hard to leave in the middle of the third act when the actors are mid-sentence, mid-breath, still smiling. Rebecca Cohen is a graduate of the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, where she minored in creative writing. She is currently pursuing a secondary degree…
The Little Things – Microwork
A Wish Come True After that spring, despite pretty blossoms, Lexi never felt safe again. Months later, cross-legged on the grass on a bright summer’s day, she copies her older cousin, chubby fingers squashing petals of daisies in poor imitation of “he loves me, he loves me not”. When her uncle hunkers beside her, she…
The Little Things – Microwork
They Part of me, and yet not. With me, and then banished – to another room. They fall into darkness where I cannot follow, and all the things they brought are taken, as they are given up, to the great metal maw that is unforgiving and yet, transformative. “We must all give ourselves over to…
The Little Things – Microfiction
Retribution She wasn’t in touch with her father for twenty-two years, since her mother died. But when she got the call as his next of kin, she still went through his things. Checked his browser history, too. Last searches were: difficulty breathing; pain when breathing; shallow breath; can’t breathe; help. Noa Sivan was born and raised…
The Little Things – “Russian Red”
Russian Red Whenever my grandmother presses a smattering of kisses to my face, she leaves behind faint, scarlet smudges that don’t wash off. (There are whole universes of love packed into tubes of old lady lipstick.) Rebecca Cohen is a graduate of the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, where she…
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