Issue: NiftyLit #11

Nathan Nicolau

"I just learned / how to spell / my last name / and here she / comes staring me / down with her / wide red eyes"

Nathan Nicolau

"Sewing is one of those things I can’t do / (in-out-in-out-in-out-in-out-in) / because putting the needle in my hand would make / me question."

Nikita Andester

"Do you know what I mean when I say there’s a feeling someone gets in their eyes? You can look at the woman you love and see when she’s drawn the blinds, decided to pretend nobody’s home? And suddenly you’re sure that no matter what you say, she’ll never hear it because she turned the TV on full blast even though you were mid-sentence?"

Purbasha Roy

"As they passed swift, peeling barks of hours balmed by / void. This poem is about something wanting less and inclined / more towards how a wait when over, leaves a / blank."

Judith Skillman

"I admit he was a provider for sister yam / & brother spud, snot-nosed children / who went off & had their own children"