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Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 6/11/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 6/11/26

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE LITTLE BROWN GIRL WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE

by Thomas Kneeland

Runner-Up of the 2026 Online Poetry Contest

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 6/11/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 6/11/26

The Wanderer in You

by Jed Myers

Winner of the 2026 Online Poetry Contest

Marlon Rajan 5/11/26 Marlon Rajan 5/11/26

Custom Earths

by Alex Niemi

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 4/21/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 4/21/26

Botanical Witness

by Christine Kelly

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 4/8/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 4/8/26

From the Molecular Level Upward: A Conversation with Forrest Gander

by Indovina

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 4/7/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 4/7/26

Valsalva Maneuver

by Hannah M. Matzecki

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 4/7/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 4/7/26

Camp

by Preston Waddoups

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 4/2/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 4/2/26

up under the angels marble beetles too wish to be blessed

by Ashley Mo

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/31/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/31/26

Poem

by David Ehmcke

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/24/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/24/26

Not a Star

by Juliana Pan

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/19/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/19/26

The Grim and Dirty Days

by Hugo S. Simões

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/17/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/17/26

Hours Ago

by Grace Novarr

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/12/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/12/26

Fated Star and Full Fat Yoghurt

by Indy Yelich

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/10/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/10/26

Load on My Mind and Step Into Summer

by Chen Du, Xisheng Chen, & Yunping Xue

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/10/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/10/26

burntcork | Christus Victor

by J. Camp Brown

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/3/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 3/3/26

The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean

by David Moolten

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 2/12/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 2/12/26

ON SOUND and ELEGY FOR THE BABE THAT WAS AND NEVER WAS

by janan alexandra

Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 2/10/26 Olubunmi Ajoke Samantha Adeloye 2/10/26

SOMNILOQUY

by Patrick Wright

Sabrina Siew 12/11/25 Sabrina Siew 12/11/25

erasure of childhood

by Jeremy Teddy Karn