New Poems in the Nest by Allison Bell Field
& Sean Glatch
“here is your whole / self against her whole self / the one with violets in her lap” From “Against Her” by Allison Bell Field
“I want you; I want / to preserve you—like the taxidermist / who transforms a carcass to carrion cast,"
From “Essay on Vanity” by Sean Glatch
New Poems in the Nest by MaKenzie Copp
“but there she is / laughing, my grandmother in her hospital gown—” from “Lumpectomy”
“I want a mouthful of vinegar, salt, and all the things I can't have.” from “Without Saying Homesick”
Read our Flash Contest Winning Story
by Olivia Fantini
“It is too soon to test. We wait. The bleeding will stop or it won’t, and then we will know.” From “Implantation Bleeding”
chosen by contest judge, Rachel Lyon
New Poems in the Nest by Jenny Maaketo and Molly Moran
“no two things ever really touch– / except on maps. Huron and Michigan look a little like a pair of lungs.” from“ Lover's Leap” By Molly Moran
“And we were the laugh track to our sick version of America’s Funniest Home Videos—rewinding/replaying Mom’s punchline.” from “In the Oven” By Jenny Maaketo