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Sanne Bergh

"The most remote places are difficult because they capture our energy in the most delightful way; there is no room to capture much else. And I prefer it that way."

Ziaul Moid Khan

"In a week, the whole village became acquainted with Ummed Ali. Kauser never felt him a burden. When the neighbors enquired of him, she simply said, 'It is perhaps God’s will that he should get his food and shelter here at our place.'"

John Grey

"Really, his burial was so unlike him. / They should have plopped him in the coffin face down. / But there are certain rituals to be followed"

Aaron Barry

"like twinkies, rhinestones can survive nuclear war. / (that’s probably not true, but a guy wearing a bedazzled ed hardy koi shirt / once told me that outside a casino, and there’s no way he would have been lying.)"

Purbasha Roy

"I am behind you and my steps crunch your / shadows. I am tired of this walk that sweats / us till our marrow."

Kate Irwin

"It was his moment to move. Carr accelerated, Harley engine revving loud over the sound  of the howling wind, hitting eighty K around the SunRype truck as a rusty Honda Civic appeared  through the blur toward him."

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."