Poetry

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Noah Poetry By Chiara Di Lillo I want the ending we’ve earned even as I know it won’t land on those who deserve it most, who engi­neered our fate not with their hands (never with their own hands) but with their…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Think of us Poetry By Emilee Kinney Think of split-pelvis road­kill, of wild straw­ber­ries smaller than the width of your thumb, think fried bologna, dry church wafer, think Grizzly tins in jean pockets, trac­tors in the parking lot, think unbuttoned…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Who, How Many Did He Erase Poetry By Mia Dyson MIA DYSON was born to a British father and a German mother. She earned a BA from Tufts Uni­ver­si­ty in Inter­na­tion­al Rela­tions and a BS in Nursing from…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Dear Jordan, Who’s About to Punch Me In The Face On My Last Day In the After­school Program Poetry By James Daniels I just want it sharp this time— not quick, just knuck­les digging into my cheek­bone. Maybe even…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Foreman Lopez Poetry By Dennis Cum­mings When they came, Tomás Lopez, the green­house foreman, sliced through the poly­eth­yl­ene siding with pruning shears, was caught in the canyon below the airport  five miles nearer the ocean. In two hours he…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Home Poetry By Brooke Harries In slow heat inside, fan whirls can­dle­light. I watch a film and fold cloth­ing. Think like a poem thinks. Lately nothing blooms. The stairs shake. A neigh­bor triple-checks their lock. It makes my door…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Need to know basis Poetry By Emma Shep­pard I’ll tell you that my legs were swing­ing off the exam table. But it was an MRI machine and I don’t know how to phrase that. And I’m six feet…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA The Tale of Two Amer­i­c­as An Inter­ac­tive Poetic Poetry By Nikki Ummel Answer Key NIKKI UMMEL is a queer artist, editor, and edu­ca­tor in New Orleans. Nikki has been pub­lished or has work forth­com­ing in Gulf Coast,…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Imme’s War Years Poetry By Mia Dyson MIA DYSON was born to a British father and a German mother. She earned a BA from Tufts Uni­ver­si­ty in Inter­na­tion­al Rela­tions and a BS in Nursing from Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty. In…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Ever After Poetry By Gibson Fay-LeBlanc I don’t know how my brother forgave the doctor who missed the melanoma on his scalp and tried to freeze it off before it came back and was every­where.   Or how…