2026 Pushcart Nominees
resistance
I fill water. I chop wood. The routine of struggle. Today, as I worked, sweat poured down my body. Tiny splinters slid into my hands — quiet, unnoticed. Later that night, I felt the sting. Not just...
A List of Poems I Intended To Write (With Notes on Appropriate Performance Considerations)
1. Collect headlines about bomb threats to libraries, because we’re choosing a timeline where libraries receive bomb threats because one time a queer wrote a book and didn’t die at the end. And also...
God Underground
God is underground. The other kids, ones surer than him and more authoritative, said so as they played in the sandbox of the kindergarten. If you dig deep enough, you will see the face of God...
Summer of Soft Deaths
I used to eat Jenny’s fresh ground almond butter straight from the tub when she wasn’t home. Jenny was my boss. Last week on my front lawn, B. told me that last Halloween they were a Wright brother....
Earth Water
I. We named him Sean. Mom and dad had picked us up at an abandoned fire station north of town. That night, I simply couldn’t resist the clamoring and violences sparking our home: the mug mom flung...
Save The Date
Miss Saskia-Chantelle Carriage and Mr Vince Process expectantly invite you to join them on their wedding day. The ceremony and celebration will begin on Friday 18th June, 2:30pm, in the Tenebrous...