Cathexis Northwest PressOct 1, 2018I Drink to My Fallen Kindred, The LeavesBy: Steve Penkevich I. I salute the efforts of trees Stretching towards a sky always out of reach, Disrobing from their gold to Stand...
Cathexis Northwest PressOct 1, 2018In Defense of the McPoemBy: Alexandra Umlas As I finish the final weeks of the MFA program at California State University, Long Beach, poet and professor Charles...
Cathexis Northwest PressOct 1, 2018bad partner; on the farm owned by the man who patented velcroBy: Amber French bad partner before: the water never got hot deluge of silence until you arrive without reason claiming repose among the...
Cathexis Northwest PressOct 1, 2018At a Reading; You Walk Away from Your FamilyBy: Lisa Flynn At a Reading A cocktail crowd competes with the poet’s voice, and I’m lost to where words start and end. I cup my hand...
Cathexis Northwest PressOct 1, 2018A Girl, or a TicketBy: Andrea Clark From a seed (a seed!) I ripened into a majestic softwood tree fallen flattened ferried sold I surface as your surplus...
Cathexis Northwest PressOct 1, 2018DUVAL ST: SPRINGBy: N. Cuzzi Don’t read about misery in paradise. The dilation of the sky the split of the storm I almost fell into it with...