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Spiders on Goodrich Avenue by Zach Murphy
A fine mist lingered as Dao went for an early morning run on Goodrich Avenue. The only problem with running before sunrise is that she...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 24, 2020
- 1 min
Two Poems by Selina Whiteley
The Resilience of Lithe Lemon Trees In proverbial perfection, my mind is elsewhere, on the resilience of lithe lemon trees, no yellower...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 24, 2020
- 3 min
Three poems by Katherine Gwynn
Where the Marrow Lies You feel both so new and bone-deep, to me. you’re right there, when I crack my femur-- just there, where the marrow...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Two Poems by M.P. Armstrong
love letter to kenneth patchen your generation is dead. now mine is reading the newspaper and fading scans of your poetry. jstor delivers...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Four Poems Christina Strigas
Let the Clouds Speak Love can be so cruel to eight-year-old girls who remember every cut their parents sliced. Funeral cake with bloody...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
Sometimes I sit by Kiley Lee
Kiley Lee is a Pushcart nominated poet and artist, with work in multiple publications and exhibitions across the United States. She lives...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Thirty Something by Guliz Mutlu
Little is known throughout the rain. The sound is keen, but all my words are broken. I hear a single dog barking, longing in a...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
Two Poems by Yuan Changming
Yuan Changming published monographs on translation before leaving his native country. Currently, Yuan edits Poetry Pacific with Allen...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Three Poems by Anita Patel
On Our Way to Missouri There is nothing to spy except for blue skies & old videos of monkey-pudgy babies sitting on a box of...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
restless in pieces by Vanessa Maki
when you think of the dead / you don’t necessarily imagine / people coming back as zombies / who tear flesh from bones / or munch on...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Stasis by Elisabeth Horan
One finger. One finger in the dark Enters. Does Wonders. Finds Stasis. Finds Water. Makes. New, old reservoirs. One tongue. I’ve...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 3 min
Three poems by Rachael Gay
C18H34O2 after the experiments of E.O Wilson They say that insects do not have the brain capacity to worship or the ability to mourn but...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
It’s Important by Taylor Napolsky
Approaching the register, the employee working it slid Pauline an electronic slate and accompanying pen to write down what she wanted. At...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Two Poems by Kathryn Collins
We All Race the Tide After he beat you, I waited in the dark, listening to the wheezing swamp cooler that he told you he would fix. It’s...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Oct 31, 2019
- 1 min
Three Poems by Rickey Rivers Jr.
Graveyard Song I hum a somber song into your waiting ear. Dear I play happily as if you're still here. Beyond grave song, a gravedigger...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Oct 31, 2019
- 2 min
Three Poems by Tianna G. Hansen
linger hold me tight / as you sleep / keep me from slipping / away, more ghost than woman / a haunting to linger / energy trapped in each...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Oct 31, 2019
- 1 min
The Blue Room by Lucy Whitehead
I wake around midnight on Christmas Eve in the old hotel; my mother is still sleeping. We are not alone. For three nights now we've heard...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Oct 31, 2019
- 2 min
A Sigh In The Dark by Amanda Crum
You like to imagine what you would do if you heard hangers clashing together in the closet. When it’s 3 a.m., the loneliest hour, but...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Oct 31, 2019
- 2 min
Three poems by Jessie Lynn McMains
Mad, Love Dearest Peter Lorre— Or shall I call you Laszlo, Mein liebchen? Shall I call you moonface? My mouse-king, furry small thing,...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Oct 31, 2019
- 1 min
damphyr's revenge by linda m. crate
you wanted a little bird caged away pretty woman seen not heard obedient and quiet whose song you could keep to yourself, but i refused...
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