welcome in. stay awhile.welcome to Stay. we have changed the name of this space to better reflect our values and beliefs: some days, staying is enough. don't be gone. not every day needs to include a break through. it is enough to stay, and let your body carry you through. the day we published our last issue, we felt bubbly. anxiously on the cusp of a new year, ready to be awaited, to leap in head first, and to thrive. now, seven months later, i am a different person. perhaps i have aged about twelve years. take this moment to acknowledge all you have survived. all the anxiety and fear or protectiveness you have held in your body. soften your jaws. lower your shoulders. sit up tall, stretch your spine slightly back, core engaged. inhale deep into your tummy. you are here. you have made it here. welcome. we are so pleased to present you with a third collection, full of surreal new worlds and airy spaces. we hope you love it. thanks for being here. you matter. stay awhile. x, m Flying Geese by Margot Nelson two poems: Node / Four by Jacqueline Brown photos by Dana two poems: Sunspots / Why are you telling me this by Alicia Byrne Keane photo by Brian Michael Barbeito two poems: on the morning of my colposcopy / the territory you’re looking for has no map by V. S. Ramstack Back Seat Driver by Matthew Dube Indecision by Cole Pragides Ol' School by Oak Morse three poems: Quarantine poems #131 / #128 / #125 by Hunter Gagnon street games by Stephanie Hauer four poems: 3 1/2 Sonnets for 7 Minutes / Size Zero / poem for a Blue Page / ways to harm a seed by Sal Kang photos by Dana photo by Brian Michael Barbeito two poems: An Asian-American Becomes an American-Asian / Watered-Down Youth by Cole Pragides three poems: To be Temporary is to be Chronic / World Wrestling Entertainment / Beata Beatrix by Katherine Beaman our still alive list Dressing Room Drama by Jean Colonomos two poems: Taxonomy / Concavity by Lily Klinek photo by Alicia Pau Keane two poems: Okay / These Kinda Scales by Corey Hill my golden boy by Dana best enjoyed with cold brew and chocolate covered fruit. black lives matter. joy, affirmation, presence, representation and catharsis are all suicide prevention. you matter.
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