By Tori Cárdenas Worn flags fall and burn / as bumper stickers / beer cans / boardshorts / truck nuts / red visors and head coverings / and hearts purple-swelling with pride / beneath twisted knuckles Paint your storm windows / with razor wire / and the blessed blood of the unborn / seal out [...]
Laura Orem is retiring after almost two years as one of our dedicated volunteer poetry editors. Farewell, Laura! While we'll miss Laura—and her sense of humor—we're delighted to welcome our newest poetry editor, Tori Cárdenas. Tori is a queer Tainx/Latinx poet from Northern New Mexico. In 2014, she graduated from the University of New Mexico with [...]
By Tori Cárdenas Poets aren’t on TV because they cry when they are asked about their feelings. Poets are messy. Poets will tell it like it is. They will tweeze out the words you meant from an argument & divinate the heart of you by casting your dry fingerbones. Poets are easily distracted. They will [...]
