Category: Poetry

Corazón de Cuetlaxochitl

Jun 1, 2026 | ,

By Angelina Leaños Could you hear it then—the queerness between me and my lover? Or did you gather us earlier in the car, her nose and mine embracing unlike amigas normales? I forget the fibers of your face when I introduced her...

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Love letter to my family

Jun 1, 2026 | ,

By Alyssa Walker This is Family. It is the blurred lines of true friendship and romance and pure unadulterated adoration burning love that spills from the basement of your essence entwines their stardust with yours rooted to...

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Dear Nan

Jun 1, 2026 | ,

By Mya Lucia Of all the wisdoms you taught me in life, “everyone will be bisexual one day” was, and always will be, the most significant I can remember one of the many times you said it in my childhood, in the car, driving the...

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Dear A

Jun 1, 2026 | ,

By Maxine Bette I kissed you when you asked me to that summer on the farm. You said you wanted to practice for boys You said you were an asshole magnet, grinned like you couldn’t help it Ewes in the pasture memorized your face...

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