MICRO

Postcard to David Byrne

By JOSHUA JOHNSTON | 07 MAY 2019

By Viviane Sassen — Courtesy of Stock Snap

A pair of legs protruding
from beneath a collapsed house

kicking a little, choreographing
something into the air

Joshua Johnston was born and raised in Caneyville, Kentucky. His work has appeared in such publications as Salt Hill, Ninth Letter, Passages North, and New South. He currently lives in Tallahassee, where he’s working on a PhD at Florida State University.

MICRO

poem without awakening

By MARLIN M. JENKINS

when the sea swallows us / whole—which will be / soon—i will learn to / swallow the whole sea.

MICRO

Before

By VERONICA MATTABONI

My mother’s fuzzy silhouette rises, / Tells me to go back to sleep.

MICRO

Tea

By BEN KLINE

You’ll find me oxidized and open wide, yet rust resistant