miCRo: “The Visible Woman” by Alexandra Teague
Clear. Nuclear. Like the Visible Woman in her plexiglass-clear skin once lied to me I wouldn’t grow to be. One button for her heart to light up red. One for the nervy, branching rivers in her head.
miCRo: “The Landscape Painter” by Matthew Thorburn
An ekphrastic prose poem that makes the artifact embodied through a narrative.
miCRo: “Biology” by Ting Lin
A poem that captures that back-to-school feeling and the violence of coming-of-age.
miCRo: “Fascism” by Mark Strohschein
A starkly titled prose poem about a figurative ocean of blackness.
miCRo: “In Transit” by Bella Gibb
A sharp, lyrical meditation on the vulnerability and rage at moving through public space in a queer, feminine body.
miCRo: “Eyeglasses and Rocketship” by Chris Haven
A family story that takes us millions of light-years away to get a closer view of home.
miCRo: “Benevolent Ruler” by Mary Ardery
An essay in which the quotidian overlies concerns about women’s health
miCRo: “The Red Negligee” by Jenny Molberg
A poem about a honeymoon and a stranded giant Pacific chiton
miCRo: “A Village Tries On Her Skin,” by A. A. Balaskovits
In this Shirley Jackson-like fable, A. A. Balaskovits gives us a glimpse into collective cruelty and our age-old fear of, and fascination with, difference.
miCRo: “Sonnet As First Words” by Elane Kim
An internally expansive sonnet about the interplay of language, family, and country.
miCRo: “The News” by Laurie Blauner
From the very first line of “The News,” we’re plunged into an absurdist reality that we slowly come to realize is just reality as we know it.
miCRo: “Lion” by Nandini Bhattacharya
A tight and powerful piece about a lion and its violent transgressions.
