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You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit. – Oscar Wilde

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    • Issue 12 – Nomads
      • Resolution – Penny Blackburn
      • Rosa Maria De La Luz – Tabatha Botti
      • something you should know about me – Tabatha Botti
      • A Shower, An Acid Trip, New Year’s Eve, 2019 – J. Ian Bush
      • online body language – Octav Codrea
      • safe distance – Octav Codrea
      • The Dead Don’t Write – Chella Courington
      • the river as i remember it – Greg Edmondson
      • Apathy for the Devil – Howie Good
      • [Old books of poetry on the shelves. Rotting Ginsberg] – Nicholas Karavatos
      • [We both analyze, apply, and argue settled texts but only one of us works hard] – Nicholas Karavatos
      • Feather – Yasmin Mariam Kloth
      • The Raven – Alexia Koudigkeli
      • A Spell for Beginnings – Erin Pinkham
      • dark rivers of the mad alphabet spiked w/ opium  – Rob Plath
      • the saddest nod – Rob Plath
      • Prime Beef – Estanislao (Stan) Rodriguez-Cuevas
      • Querencia – Hibah Shabkhez
      • echochambers of my mother and i’s heart – Ellie Sharp
      • Purple winter – Steven Tutino
    • Issue 11 – Making your mark
      • Eight Wheels – Harold Ackerman
      • Note on Modern Infrastructure – J. Ian Bush
      • To a bruise – Rachel Cunniffe 
      • Eye of Yew – Quin de la Mer
      • Patterned Ground* by Quin de la Mer
      • The Muezzin – Ken Galbreath
      • Bedtime Ritual – Srijani Ganguly
      • Myth of the Sun-God – Jordan Hoban
      • Myth of the Wise Hero – Jordan Hoban
      • Daisy – Raum Inam
      • The Candle Is Lit – Kristi
      • The Tub – Isabella Orrebo
      • Of a Clear and Warm Evening – Rochelle Shicoff
      • Of the Dust – Rochelle Shicoff
      • Alfred Jarry – Richard Weaver
    • issue 10 – message in a bottle
      • Was und warum bist du? – Irene Allison
      • Breakup – Linda Boroff
      • Fleeting ideas – Serene Chan
      • The guardians – Holly Day
      • The history of walnuts – Matthew James Friday
      • Millie and the wendigo – Katherine C. Frye
      • A hazy shade of postcolonial melancholia – Howie Good
      • Sea – Giles Goodland
      • Out of the mouths of babes – Terry Graff
      • 23 or 50 – John Grey
      • A prospect of lyme – Geoffrey Heptonstall
      • I’d like – Trevor Knorr
      • The invitation – Rosalie Lander
      • Reach – Edward Lee
      • Disney’s land – David Lohrey
      • Sometimes, I live in a place called Saddle – Hunter McLaren
      • Untitled – Jeremy Szuder
    • issue 9 – art from history
      • Blessing – Gale Acuff
      • Glory – Chloe Balcomb
      • Undertakers at Lightning Ridge – Jan Ball
      • A Visit from Dr. Rae, Lawnmarket 1645 – Stephen Barnaby
      • The Gods Invite Us to Glory and Fortune – Shelley Benaroya
      • 80 – Karissa Riffel
      • Reel Irish Women – Elaine Gallagher
      • Darwin’s Guest – Frederick Highland
      • Self-reflection – DS Maolalai
      • Returning – Laura Johnson
      • Self-reflection – DS Maolalai
      • Witch Trial – Christina Petrides
      • Ghazal for Sukha – Gita Ralleigh
      • executive function – Sarah Rosenthal
      • 3 – Juan Cruz Sainiuk
      • Handmaid’s Tail – Gerard Sarnat
      • 1968 Summer Olympics – Fabio Sassi
      • The First Time I Went to the Gynecologist, My Mother Said to Bring John Lennon – Isabel Spiegel
    • Issue 8 – Meaning
      • The Reckoning – Danielle Paige Williams
      • Recycle – Robert Sachs
      • Shrink – Nina Belen Robins
      • All Dogs Are Created Equal – Suchoon Mo
      • Committing Poems – Lois Marie Harrod
      • Blueberries – Lois Marie Harrod
      • At Lutheran Summer Camp – Lily Forrest
      • I Cry at Movies Now – Samantha Fain
      • After the Astronomical Union, 2006 – Samantha Fain
      • Scarlet Poppies – Dani Dymond
      • Appraisal of the Water Serpents – Dani Dymond
      • (Spill-O the crepuscular pillar) – Colin Dodds
      • Emily as where the blue dips into the black and rises into the blue again – Darren C. Demaree
      • Bleeding into Being – Quin de la Mer
      • Nocturne Stitches – Quin de la Mer
      • Feminine Transcriptions – Olga Alexander
      • We Have Questions – Regina Ernst
    • Issue 7 – small art
      • Gator Stew – Taylor Adel
      • Astrid – David Capps
      • Human Copyright – Chris Connolly
      • Predator – Caron Freeborn & Steve Armitage
      • Absent Music – Howie Good
      • Beneath Me – Don Hogle
      • base notes – Zachary Hourihane
      • Little Glass Vial – Hannah Kludy
      • Mansplaining – Hannah Kludy
      • Commuter – Katarina La Poll
      • Are We There Yet? – Lise Leroux
      • Drink the Ramen – David Lohrey
      • Powdered Sugar – Lorette C. Luzajic
      • Well, She Took Me to the Woods – Lorette C. Luzajic
      • Slice – Hari Ramakrishnan
      • Ten Steps Along The Way – Mary Street
    • Issue 6 – Buried objects
      • Week One Of Our Asserted Future, Annotated – Joseph Goosey
      • Western Flyer – Forest Wilson
      • Pirate – Faye Boland
      • Tirma Girl – Barney Ogolla
      • Northern Skyline – Yuan Changming
      • When a Faggot Speaks up in Church – Andrew Hahn
      • Violet Embraced Blooms – Maryamm Abdullah
      • The Price of Blood – Cara Fox
      • I Let the Horse Live – Holly Day
      • Another Alien Invasion – Jonathan Kravetz
      • The Great Library – Paul Ilechko
      • And Then There Was Man and Woman – Candice Horde
      • The Void – Aisha Ahmad
      • God’s Gift: Thalia – Candice Horde
      • Coup d’etat – NJ Hynes
      • It’s Not the First Time I’ve Seen Him – Gail Owen
      • Garbagekammer – Spencer Merolla
    • Issue 5 – Landscape
      • Enter [Here] – Kate Bae
      • With the Waves and with Your Voice – Kate Bae
      • Northwest Passage – Devon Balwit
      • Blankets – Joe Bielecki
      • Anxiety – Amy La Porta
      • Only What – Matt Liebowitz
      • He Would Follow Such Beauty – Arlene Naganawa
      • The Plenthorum – Carl Nelson
      • Dairy Aisle – G.B. Ryan
      • Laundry & Leonids – Becca Shmuluvitz
      • Rock Pool – Lynn White
      • Stories of the Goddammit Pantry – Greg Williard
      • Belgian Skylight – Margaret Winikates
      • Little Nomad – Stefanie Wolfson
      • Triptych (Dawn Day Dusk) – Stefanie Wolfson
    • Issue 4 – Dislocation
      • Conquered – Crisosto Apache
      • Bittersweet (Lifeline) – Sean Howard
      • Cambridge 20 52014 – Trisha McCrae
      • Flying Fish – Lily O’Dowd
      • untitled – Simon Perchik
      • The Meeting – Jonathan Pett
      • Melted – Kelsey Richey
      • The Magic in the Motion – Peter Scheponik
      • Hopeful – Ziggy Schulting
      • untitled – Rebecka Skogh
      • Mixed Things – Foster Trecost
      • 50 Sure Fire Ways to Change Your Life – Leslie Tucker
      • Manifesto: Vitriolic Disruptions Reclaim The Righteous Soul – Leslie Tucker
      • Mystery – Vivian Wagner
      • And the Dogs – Hannah Wells
      • Swan Lake – Alexandros Zochios
    • Issue 3 – Art inspiring art
      • Peroration – Devon Balwit
      • Coyote Road and the New Sun or How Tomorrow Shall Be the Day – Brian Michael Barbeito
      • The Astrology House – Brian Michael Barbeito
      • Exhalted/Useless – Eva Griffin
      • Creative – Matthew Harrison
      • Origami – C. Z. Heyward
      • Harlequin and Pierrot – Alan Murphy
      • How to Make a Matisse – Alan Murphy
      • Mad Boy’s Love Shanty – Alan Murphy
      • Isn’t It Amazing? – Tom O’Brien
      • Anatomy of Failure – Sergio A. Ortiz
      • Antique Portrait – Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño, translated by Jonathan Simkins
      • Artist Pop – Adrian Slatcher
      • Joni – Adrian Slatcher
      • Torn Blue Dress – Vinny Steed
      • Before Bodies – Dayna Troisi
      • An Onlooker – Janell Ward
    • Issue 2 – Movement
      • Perfomance Art in a Meadow – Peter Baltensperger
      • A Particle, Perhaps, Spinning – Devon Balwit
      • We Gloom and it is our Gloom – Devon Balwit
      • Woman in a Chemise (1906 – present) – James Caley
      • The Ain’ts – Joshua Everett
      • L’Heure Bleue – Mia Funk
      • Post Never Never Land – John Grey
      • The fulfillment of a desire or else reported missing by moving off the map – Gabor G Gyukics
      • Moving Walls – Matthew Harrison-Lord
      • Good Neighbours Make Good Fences – Mike Loveday
      • Southern California – Maeve O’Sullivan
      • Flare – Richard King Perkins II
      • Muse of Fire – Frederick Pollack
      • Second-hand or the ghosts of company – David Russomano
      • The Bride’s Bouquet – Sarah Wallis
      • First Thing in the Morning – Sue Webster
      • Houseboat – Kyle Hemmings
      • Witnessed – Donna Kuhn
      • Sine Waves – PW Lewis
      • The Intercession – Alison Lock
    • Issue 1 – Celebrating Dahl
      • The Date – Simon Banos
      • Brilliant Moonbeam – Meghan Barrett
      • Crassostrea virginica – Meghan Barrett
      • 45 Tonnes of Love – Lucy Furlong
      • Harvest Moon – Alex Hales
      • Like Braille – Alex Hales
      • A Story of Before – Lanna Joffrey
      • Boy – Rachel Plummer
      • Selkie – Rachel Plummer
      • Wine Drinking (Orange Dubai) – Joe Stevens
      • A Glint of Gold – Clio Velentza
      • Last of the Fool – Giles Ward
      • Half-Term Holiday – Nik Way

Melted – Kelsey Richey

 

Melted

melted

 

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Kelsey Richey is a poet who lives in Indiana. Her work appears in Field: A Journal of Arts & Sciences, and Manuscripts. She lives on memes, caffeine, romance, and over-thinking.

 

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