The Facing by Patty Maher
Arthropda by Nicholas Lockyer
And They Will Lean this Way Forever by Suzanne Koett
Double Take by Kieran Sperring
Beware of the Obvious by Michael Harford
Honey Art by Bryan Olsen
Normalization by Eugenia Loli
Face of Glass
Once,
I slipped my hand into the pocket of your winter coat
and found the stolen slivers
of a woman’s scowl.
I put back all
but
an eyebrow
that bends effortlessly into
ocean
and sky–
it can be pinned on
in naked moments to
erase
all signs of me.
and
Though it bites
with the dull pain of a rotting tooth,
I cannot bear to live
without it
“The Things We Keep” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork: “Barbie” by Jordan Clark
Empty Amber
lofty golden goals
lay down to rest
to stay
after taken tolls
after time
after soot settled shame
nothing else remains
“Empty Amber” by Meaghan Merrifiend
Artwork by James Kirwan
Lit Mash: It’s Me You’ll Never See
“Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all.”
-Ray Bradbury
Artwork by Chase Kunz
Eyes Open to the Glittering Guts of the Wild World
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
Artwork by Quynbi Ada
Frail Folds
silly self
involved
destructive
rests within walls that wind in
curves that roll
crumble where the body begins
folds wail as they wilt
frivolous and frail
words limp out of lips
chewed
chapped
stale
Artwork by Rick Stoller
Inadequate Me
I am left
to steep
in the vast sea
of my inadequacies
“Inadequate Me” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Wharton
Monstrous Me
sun sucked skin
radiates red
under-toe
rusty rivers
intemperate
in a short lived sleep
slowly flow
lukewarm in a mellow must
head full of heavy hair
hisses
snaps
haughtily heaves
whips through wet sheets
revels
in riling the rowdy
the deceit
“‘Monstrous Me” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Javier Piñón
The Show Tell Project 