Selected Poetry
VOL. 01 — 2026
contributors:
MJ Weerts (he/him) teaches at LSU. He loves Thao and Kai so much.
Kenneth Pobo (he/him) is the author of thirty-three chapbooks and fifteen full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Raylene And Skip (Wolfson Press), and Wrap Me In Plastic And Feed Me A Butterfinger (Chaps Poetry Series). His work has appeared in Asheville Poetry Review, Roanoke Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Amsterdam Quarterly, Weber Studies, Hawaii Review, and elsewhere.
Dezzy Henri Writer in Athens, Gr. In search of the best tequila.
contributors:
MJ Weerts (he/him) teaches at LSU. He loves Thao and Kai so much.
Kenneth Pobo (he/him) is the author of thirty-three chapbooks and fifteen full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Raylene And Skip (Wolfson Press), and Wrap Me In Plastic And Feed Me A Butterfinger (Chaps Poetry Series). His work has appeared in Asheville Poetry Review, Roanoke Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Amsterdam Quarterly, Weber Studies, Hawaii Review, and elsewhere.
Dezzy Henri Writer in Athens, Gr. In search of the best tequila.
contributers:
MJ Weerts (he/him) teaches at LSU. He loves Thao and Kai so much.
Kenneth Pobo (he/him) is the author of thirty-three chapbooks and fifteen full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Raylene And Skip (Wolfson Press), and Wrap Me In Plastic And Feed Me A Butterfinger (Chaps Poetry Series). His work has appeared in Asheville Poetry Review, Roanoke Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Amsterdam Quarterly, Weber Studies, Hawaii Review, and elsewhere.
Dezzy Li Writer in Athens, Gr. In search of the best tequila.
Instead
He’s chill except after a graveyard shift
at Sunoco, he’ll bum rush early walkers
at the mall, to rinse out.
MJ Weerts
Instead
He’s chill except after a graveyard shift
at Sunoco, he’ll bum rush early walkers
at the mall, to rinse out.
MJ Weerts
Instead
He’s chill except after a graveyard shift
at Sunoco, he’ll bum rush early walkers
at the mall, to rinse out.
MJ Weerts
FLAGPOLE AND MORNING GLORY
A bluebird sits
on top of our rusted flagpole.
Blue wings, blue sky,
a morning glory at the base
of the pole. In fall, bluebirds gone,
our day begins by counting blooms.
When colder days kill the vine,
we don’t remove withered blossoms.
They retain a faint trace of blue.
Kenneth Pobo
FLAGPOLE AND MORNING GLORY
A bluebird sits
on top of our rusted flagpole.
Blue wings, blue sky,
a morning glory at the base
of the pole. In fall, bluebirds gone,
our day begins by counting blooms.
When colder days kill the vine,
we don’t remove withered blossoms.
They retain a faint trace of blue.
Kenneth Pobo
FLAGPOLE AND MORNING GLORY
A bluebird sits
on top of our rusted flagpole.
Blue wings, blue sky,
a morning glory at the base
of the pole. In fall, bluebirds gone,
our day begins by counting blooms.
When colder days kill the vine,
we don’t remove withered blossoms.
They retain a faint trace of blue.
Kenneth Pobo
5 minutes
away from the rodeo, internal
sitclose and watch the
curtains sway
or lay eyes closed
and press the bottoms of our feet
together
a mirror image
each other's gravity
or stand and hug
breathe me in
like fresh bread
dessert please
Dezzy Henri
5 mimutes
away from the rodeo, internal
sitclose and watch the
curtains sway
or lay eyes closed
and press the bottoms of our feet
together
a mirror image
each other’s gravity
or stand and hug
breathe me in
like fresh bread
dessert please