A wide variety of poetics works here, and you’ll have the most success submitting poems that can do these three things well: Feel good leaving the mouth; Use original or interesting language skillfully; and Use visual spacing, narrative pacing, consistent meter, or any combination of these to make the reading capture the reader. In addition to the typical free verse, rhymed and blank verse is welcome, as well as lyric forms. Thematically, writing with tinges of the dreamlike or unreal is a good bet, but anything goes. Voices of people of color, neurodivergent people, and LGBTQ+ people are welcomed here.
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