Category: miCRo
miCRo: “Fascism” by Mark Strohschein
A starkly titled prose poem about a figurative ocean of blackness.
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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.
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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.
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miCRo: “Benevolent Ruler” by Mary Ardery
An essay in which the quotidian overlies concerns about women’s health
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miCRo: “The Red Negligee” by Jenny Molberg
A poem about a honeymoon and a stranded giant Pacific chiton
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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.
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miCRo: “Sonnet As First Words” by Elane Kim
An internally expansive sonnet about the interplay of language, family, and country.
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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.
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miCRo: “Lion” by Nandini Bhattacharya
A tight and powerful piece about a lion and its violent transgressions.
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miCRo: “The Eco-Audiologist, After Hearing” by Haley Bossé
A meditative eco-miCRo that asks us to slow down and witness the missing.
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miCRo: “The Violet Hour” by Radian Hong
This prose poem captures a modern relationship hollow from within, echoing T. S. Eliot.
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miCRo: “May the circle be broken” by Bob Hicok
A masterful poem that moves from harm to care
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