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Two Poems by Lauren Suchenski
All you can measure Two black holes; I am, i am spiraling towards an infinite pool - of matter, or how it matters, or the mingling of...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Aug 23, 2019
- 2 min
Two Poems by Joy Nibbs
A Sober Man Can Play Pretend He takes a bottle once more To old memories, he raises a glass This is the last time On his goodbye, he...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Aug 23, 2019
- 1 min
Re:Inventions by Fabiola Madrigal
Punch me delicately trace the ridges of my ears box me, bottle me up and listen closely for the rescinding, regressing, yanked origin...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Aug 23, 2019
- 2 min
My Life Got Harder When I Met Her by Elfie
My life got harder when I met her. I had accepted my fate — my body drifted towards the sun my body too numb to feel the burn my mind...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Aug 23, 2019
- 2 min
Three poems by Robin Ray
Canary The slenderest thread binds to innocence the brutal thorns of fidelity, an itch that bites back furiously when threatened. Is a...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Aug 23, 2019
- 3 min
Three Poems by Hugo Esteban Rodríguez
A good place to be far from For B.B. Home, sabal mexicana, Mexican fan palm beacons of green welcoming you to the Rio Grande Valley They...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Aug 23, 2019
- 1 min
Two Poems by Kari Flickinger
Complete / Static I am always gathering gifts I find in the street in trees in side / I say little prayers all day as I forage for...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Aug 23, 2019
- 2 min
Naomi’s Mirror by Z.M. Wise
She is unavailable, Crystal Moon Woman, girl who licks glass in ecstasy. Her tongue becomes shards and she melts into magenta puddle...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Aug 23, 2019
- 1 min
Libraries of Concubines by Kristin Garth
You are subtext protected, in plastic, to keep a summer he will memorize your insides, knuckle deep — grows bombastic reciting favorite...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Aug 23, 2019
- 2 min
Two Poems by Linda M. Crate
i'll fight with any light i have beneath a tapestry of stars sings a moon crescent and silver reminding me that i don't have to be whole...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- Aug 23, 2019
- 1 min
Two poems by Laura Andrea
Maybe we were just enough We were a stutter, a scratched CD, false start after false start screaming to become. We were young intentions,...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 10, 2019
- 1 min
Two Poems by Kristin Garth
hello stranger she whispers, harrier eyes, buckle-front short coat, pole dancer’s thighs, nomadic waif accident prone on british streets...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 7, 2019
- 1 min
Stone by Lynne Schmidt
I spent years in the damp dark So that my skin would soften And tear when I washed ashore. I cracked like an oyster And was thrown back...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 7, 2019
- 1 min
Three poems by Spencer Silverthorne
DID SOMEONE REALLY LEAVE MY CAKE OUT IN THE RAIN? A STATUS FROM ORLANDO IN 2020 Orlando would regard parenthood as an ongoing performance...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 7, 2019
- 2 min
SPAM EATER by Rebecca L. (Torres) Holland
I. “The only stereotype I know about Filipinos is that they like to eat SPAM” He told me proudly on our first date / he was so handsome...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
il caffé by Susan Marie
Her name was Juliana. I met her in a coffeehouse ducking out of icy New York rainfall. I did not notice her at first. She is that type...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
A Heartbeat in 3/4 Time by Kelly Duarte
When Mami and Papi first got together, they made a pact: she got to name the girls, and he got to name the boys. Papi was certain that...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 7, 2019
- 1 min
Two Poems by Emerson Holmes
Emerson Holmes attends Lindenwood University and is working on his English Literature degree. He is on the editorial staff for...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 7, 2019
- 2 min
Family timeline awash in memories… by Dani Marty
Her father called her “rock head”. A term of endearment coined from the translation of their family name. One year he drew faces on...
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Neon Mariposa Magazine
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
Two Poems by Jose Oseguera
Délire Délicieux Arise early, Cacho Osambela, Father of five— three from his loins, One of which he’s unaware of being the father, Two...
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