Stonecoast Review

The Literary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA

Poetry

Issue 22

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Chair

By Beneth Goldschmidt-Sauer
When I try to tell you how a body becomes ceded ter­ri­to­ry I could start by telling you I can’t leave the car’s heater at 69 degrees… Read More

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Need To Know Basis

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… Read More

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Dear Jordan, Who’s About to Punch Me In The Face On My Last Day In the Afterschool Program

By James Daniels
I just want it sharp this time—not quick, just knuck­les… Read More

Tale of Two Americas

The Tale of Two Americas

By Nikki Ummel
COLUMBINE VIRGINIA TECH MCDONALD V CITY OF CHICAGO NY STATE RIFLE AND PISTOL ASSN V BRUEN RED LAKE RETURN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ACT… Read More

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Crossings

By Emma Sheppard
The first man I loved would prop the fridge open with his foot and chug two litres of water… Read More

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Think of Us

By Emilee Kinney
Think of split-pelvis road­kill, of wild straw­ber­ries smaller than the width of your thumb,… Read More

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Summer Help IV

By Emilee Kinney
Semi­trucks shed tires often without real­iz­ing, layers left behind until blown out to the rim… Read More

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Home

By Brooke Harries
In slow heat inside, fan whirls can­dle­light. I watch a film and fold cloth­ing.… Read More

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Ever After

By Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
I don’t know how my brother forgave the doctor who missed the melanoma on his scalp and tried to… Read More

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Noah

By Chiara Di Lello
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… Read More

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Foreman Lopez

By Dennis Cummings
When they came,Tomás Lopez, the green­house foreman, sliced through the poly­eth­yl­ene siding with pruning shears,… Read More

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Who, How Many Did He Erase

By Mia Dyson
Very hon­or­able Mrs. Dyson, many thanks for your inquiry. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, we know very little of the role your grand­fa­ther… Read More

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Imme’s War Years

By Mia Dyson
my Omi Gisela Jung suit­case stuffed chil­drens’ clothes diapers a wooden toy or two… Read More

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