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Has anyone ever called the river a ringworm when the air runs wetter than normal, or has every proper nickname been taken. New
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by Jeremy Nathan Marks!
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Jeremy Nathan Marks: “Cattywampus”
CattywampusI scratch my skin and catchthe trunk of a hair with my fingernailthat is thicker and darker than the others,a hair which, when I try and pull it out,wriggles and writhes like a crawlerin…
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by Samuel Prestridge on AIOTB!
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Samuel Prestridge: “Drab Horses (America, 1958)”
Drab Horses (America, 1958)Before my cereal lost its crunch,I’d have the TV on and turnedto cowboy shows. A motley bunchof bad guys riding round the bendtoward some shenanigans, a raceto no …
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"he pictures the fronds of scarlet bracken rising like flames in an artist’s illustration of hell," New
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by Anna Saunders on AIOTB!
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Anna Saunders: “One whistle to go after”
One whistle to go after.The man has waysof communicating with his animal -different whistles; one to send it out,one to bring back the prize. When the man takes his doginto a café, women cluckand c…
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by Savannah Williams on AIOTB!
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Savannah Williams: “Cell”
CellThe death of that day became a calling cardto look through a blue mason jar, filled with water,and try to find god. Imagine the microscopic life—floating protozoa, like ghost sperm,fertilizing …
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Our February Poetry Edition is now live! Check out fresh new poetry by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal,
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Poetry: February 2026
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal: “Do Not Be Afraid” Rose Mary Boehm: “Dead machines” Aarik Danielsen: “South 190th Street, Omaha” Jade Kleiner: “Blood Draw at MGH” Jeremy Nathan Marks: “Cattywampus” Sa…
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"I believed in Sherlock Holmes; my father believed in God." New
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by Dudley Stone on AIOTB!
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Dudley Stone: “Bad Roommates”
Bad RoommatesIt’s just as well that when I met Mister Sherlock Holmeshe already shared lodgings with stolid Watson in Baker Street.We would not have got on. I could bear the violin, pipe,and chemic…
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all the fallen leaves are sitting on the verge of panic, and it feels like there’s thunder just below the floorboards and cracks New
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by Jason Ryberg on AIOTB!
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Jason Ryberg: “Garden of Guilt”
Garden of GuiltThe old rocking chairon the porch is moving witha ghost of wind andall the fallen leavesare sitting on the verge ofpanic, and it feelslike there’s thunder justbelow the floorboards a…
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New
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Garth Pavell: “Cascade Loop”
Cascade LoopThe sky looks high, you said as our car circledthe bloodshot dawn smoking on the mountains.We didn’t stop until we reached the iced coffeeat a female-run gas station in a valley of appl…
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I am still as a dress model cut from paper, waiting for you to flick your switch, gazing toward your cast iron arm, New
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by Kristen Keckler on AIOTB!
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Kristen Keckler: “Woman and Sewing Machine”
Woman and Sewing Machine After Joseph CornellAs beautiful as the chance meetingof a sewing machine and its mistresson a dissecting table,I am still as a dress modelcut from paper,waiting for you to…
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by John Grey on AIOTB!
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John Grey: “Relationships, Your Argument”
Relationships, Your ArgumentYou told me to watch outbecause there were timeswhen you were out and out poisonous.But I nibbled. I even ate.And the longer we were together,the more you declared that …
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New
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by Cal Freeman on AIOTB!
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Cal Freeman: “Essay On Whistler”
Essay On WhistlerThe Princess from the Land of Porcelain,a French woman wearing a kimononext to a vase painted with trilliumsand a small flock of yellow-eyed juncos.Whistler, you blamed a bad revie…
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Nada Faris: “The Way Forward”
The Way ForwardLet the truth of what you want riseslowly to the surface. These butterflywings are not a testament of ease. And allthese hurricanes are misunderstood.Even moths are merely seeking wa…
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how lightbulbs make me sneeze or the word blood bends my vision New
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by Sarah Carleton on AIOTB!
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Sarah Carleton: “Point of Reference”
Point of ReferenceI tell friends the bottoms of my feettingle when I peer down at a gorge from a high bridge or watcha video of a cyclist popping wheelies on a roof or followthe wearable camera of …
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Our January 2026 Poetry Edition is live! Check out new work from Sarah Carleton, Nada Faris, Cal Freeman, John Grey, Kristen Keckler, Garth Pavell, Jason Ryberg, and Dudley Stone.
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Poetry: January 2026
Sarah Carleton: “Point of Reference” Nada Faris: “The Way Forward” Cal Freeman: “Essay On Whistler” John Grey: “Relationships, Your Argument” Kristen Keckler: “Woman and Sewing Machine” Garth Pavel…
https://asitoughttobemagazine.com/2026/01/27/poetry-january-2026/
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"She tries to grab them, but they’ve found a home in the noodles." New
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by Madison Woodle on AIOTB!
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Madison Woodle: “Worms”
WormsThe can is cold against her fingers.It’s hidden in her grip beneaththe table, her nail tracing the cool tin.Her feet don’t reach the floor,Twinkle Toes only brushing the tileas she kicks. If M…
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Whatever remains of memories stored inside drawers, kept dormant or meant to be opened on an auspicious day? What of the efforts to recognize dozens of white medicinal powders by taste, touch, aspect, smell, or fricative sounds? New
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by Hedy Habra!
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Hedy Habra: “Whatever Remains of What We Once Knew So Well?”
Whatever Remains of What We Once Knew So Well?Whatever remains of drafts and notes scribbled in marginsthat can no longer be deciphered or elucidated? What ofthe pain once thought unbearable after …
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maybe I look mad, fingers tracing my chiseled past, spooling thoughts—trance-like, but in this spun-out moment I can honor the mysteries of my body New
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on AIOTB by Adele Evershed!
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Adele Evershed: “loopy”
loopybefore clocksthere were stone circles,listing like a groupof middle-aged womengathered for a girls’ night out—a way to grasp timewhen everything was a mystery,a place to gather,walk in circles…
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Bonnie Demerjian: “A Lesson Not Taught in Supermarket School”
About the Author: Bonnie Demerjian writes from her island home in the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, a place that nourishes her writing. Her poetry has appeared in Unbroken Journal, A…
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New
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by James Benger on AIOTB!
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James Benger: “pep talk”
pep talkshe told mepeople have more fun in factories;they’re not so stuck up,everyone knows their place,knows they’re at the bottom,knows they have little,but deserves so much less,not like those o…
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Mom had no time to explain the alchemy of bluing to a nine-year-old. New
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by R.A. Allen on AIOTB!
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R. A. Allen: “Bluing”
BluingSharing a spidery basementwith the furnace,our washing machinehad two cycles—hot & cold.I discovered my momhand-washingher “good” whitesin the kitchen sink,with some kind of blueliquid in…
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Our December Poetry Edition is live, featuring new work by R. A. Allen, James Benger, Bonnie Demerjian, Adele Evershed, Hedy Habra, Madison Woodle, and Robin Wright.
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Poetry: December 2025
R. A. Allen: “Bluing” James Benger: “pep talk” Bonnie Demerjian: “A Lesson Not Taught in Supermarket School” Adele Evershed: “loopy” Hedy Habra: “Whatever Remains of What We Once Knew So Well?” Mad…
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I’m not the mythic real boy, the bookend son New
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on AIOTB by Alicia Wright!
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Alicia Wright: “She doesn’t wish me dead”
She doesn’t wish me deadbut she dreams me a clot,a porcelain smearchasing a current of almostson their trip downriver.I’m not the mythic real boy,the bookend sonin grass-stained denim,baseball card…
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It is the white satin lining of the coffin lid. This is the lid that closes every night upon our lids. New
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by J.R. Solonche on AIOTB!
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J.R. Solonche: “The Ceiling”
The CeilingIt is one sixty-fourth of a chessboard that isn’t there.I am the king of the white square the size of a room.It is a sky without birds, except for the ones I remember.It is a sky without…
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"Listen, and you’ll hear something being stripped away." New
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by Joe Mills on AIOTB!
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Joseph Mills: “Retinue”
RetinueAt first, they’re happy to be part of the one hundredchosen to remain with King Lear in his retirement.The A-team. The posse. The ones who made the cut.Then the daughters begin to ask why 10…
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New
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Joshua Lillie: “WHAT BECOMES A TUMBLEWEED”
About the Author: Joshua Lillie is a bartender in Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of the chapbook Small Talk Symphony (Finishing Line Press, 2025) and the collection The Outside They Built (Alien…
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Sometimes he still tries to kick his missing back leg when we find that right there spot New poetry on AIOTB by A.M. Hayden!
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A.M. Hayden: “Ghost Leg”
Ghost LegSometimeshe still tries to kickhis missing back legwhen we findthat right there spotscratch until we seeripples vibratejust beneath surfacerepeat messages activatedsent to nervesto spinal …
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she plays with the sound in her mouth tongues the note around like a two-ton stone New poetry by John Compton on AIOTB!
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John Compton: “the musical of the bell jar”
the musical of the bell jarshe plays with the soundin her mouthtongues the note aroundlike a two-ton stonetrying to dislodgethe musicfrom her throat.a cricket hidits songunder a trapdoorwhere a tur…
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Ruth Bavetta: “My Father’s Shirts”
My Father’s ShirtsEarly mornings, I woke to the creakof the ironing board, the smell of hot cotton,my mother humming “O, Sole Mio,”as she hurried to iron a clean white shirtin time for my father to…
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Our November 2025 Poetry Edition is live, featuring new work by: Ruth Bavetta, Jacob Butlett, John Compton, A.M. Hayden, Joshua Lillie, Joseph Mills, J.R. Solonche, and Alicia Wright.
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Poetry: November 2025
Ruth Bavetta: “My Father’s Shirts” Jacob Butlett: “Feeding Time at the Zoo” John Compton: “the musical of the bell jar” A.M. Hayden: “Ghost Leg” Joshua Lillie: “What Becomes A Tumblewee…
https://asitoughttobemagazine.com/2025/11/29/poetry-november-2025/
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"running fingers over each tooth, raggedness gone, transition from one to the next like precise words that keep the hard work to themselves..." New
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Abner Oakes: “Floating Teeth”
Floating TeethThis poem, shiny and straightat the start, soon a mouthful.I yank lines, grind awayat first words, milk teethof the draft. Uncle Bob floatedteeth, arriving at each barnwith his bucket…
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New poetry on AIOTB by Andrew Mulvania!
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Andrew Mulvania: “Self Portrait As The Grasshopper Trapped Inside Van Gogh’s Olive Trees”
Download About the Author: Andrew Mulvania is the author of a collection of poems, Also in Arcadia, published by the Backwaters Press (an imprint of The University of Nebraska Press). Recent poems …
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"There is a subordinate hush beneath the silence" New poetry on AIOTB by Lindsay McLeod!
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Lindsay McLeod: “Sleeping Dogs”
Sleeping DogsThere is a subordinate hush beneath the silence like father’s anger here in the long quiet dark of this country road that seems suspect soft and warm as a lamb yet we both know f…
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dusty instant coffee greets us on a cloudy coastal morning. this gulf smells sour after heavy rain. New poetry by Madison Isbell on AIOTB!
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Madison Isbell: “corpus christi, early march”
corpus christi, early marchdusty instantcoffee greets uson a cloudycoastal morning. this gulfsmells sour after heavy rain.i grew up collectingshells from a foamyshore further east—so we do ittogeth…
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"you’ll feel the whirring of the cogs as it settles quietly into a safe warm place" New work by Paul Ilechko from the October Poetry Edition!
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Paul Ilechko: “Memories of a Memory”
Memories of a MemoryMemory is the easiest thing to rememberwhen once again there is somethingyou can’t quite bring in while utterlycertain that you knew it onceand if you stop trying quite so hardi…
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last winter's coat opened in Fall of the year holds forgotten crumbs of crushed amber leaves New
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by Sam Culotta from our October Edition!
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Sam Culotta: “A Winter Coat”
A Winter CoatEmbedded in the textureof the fading pastever present in the patternof the fabric, ever presentin the material of memoryin which I wrap myselfwhen the wind turns chillwhen the sunflowe…
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AIOTB's October 2025 Poetry Edition is live!
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Poetry: October 2025
Sam Culotta: “A Winter Coat” Paul Ilechko: “Memories of a Memory” Madison Isbell: “corpus christi, early march” Lindsay McLeod: “Sleeping Dogs” Andre…
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AIOTB is open for submissions! Check out our guidelines below:
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But no matter how the ink curls, the pills still rattle in their plastic drum, chalk dust lining the childproof lid like it’s been counting the days, too. New work by Jeremy Jusek from our September Poetry Edition!
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Jeremy Jusek: “Prescriptions Written in Calligraphy”
Prescriptions Written in CalligraphyThe pharmacy across from the rec centerjust started doing it—flourished capitals,swans in the tails of the y’s,the refill date looped like a lasso.But no matter …
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New poetry by Cindy Rinne from our September edition!
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Cindy Rinne: “Ghost Turkey”
Ghost TurkeyUnder lace stars andembroidered birds,a turkey ghost is proudhe sacrificedhimself for a good cause –a mountain lion’s hunger.His caretaker was dreamingof a shaded gardenwhere people cou…
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"The dead time traveler keeps disappearing when we try to bury her" New work from our September Poetry Edition by Patricia Russo!
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Patricia Russo: “The Dead Time Traveler”
The Dead Time TravelerThe dead time traveler keeps disappearingwhen we try to bury herThe hole’s been ready for daysWe’ve followed the instructions on the sticky notesthat appeared on the kitchen w…
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Our September Poetry Edition is live! Check out new poems by: Susan Cossette, Tony DeGenaro, John Grey, Jeremy Jusek, Cindy Rinne, and Patricia Russo
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Poetry: September 2025
Susan Cossette: “Five Things I Will Do in Aegina” Tony DeGenaro: “Flight Path” John Grey: “On a Funeral Pyre” Jeremy Jusek: “Prescriptions Written in Calli…
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AIOTB is proud to announce our nominees for the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology
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AIOTB’s Nominees for the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology
As It Ought To Be is proud to announce our nominees for the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology. Laurel Benjamin: “Motel Room Without a Night Light” Jane-Rebecca Cannarella: “Quilted R…
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Their necks intertwine like some comic valentine; your hand snakes into mine. We two are like those two, A new poem by Paul Jones on AIOTB!
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Paul Jones: “Two Flamingoes at Pea Island Reserve”
Two Flamingoes at Pea Island ReserveA named storm brought them here,pink pair walking the pier,reed thin birds built backwards,both in legs and bent beaks.They deftly lift and landin the crab-rich …
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New prose poem by John Brantingham from our August Poetry Edition!
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John Brantingham: “The Greening of Creatures”
The Greening of CreaturesYou don’t imagine green bees until you spot one landing on the yellow rose; theymight be common, but you’d never heard of them, never considered their metal bodies.Now that…
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that unspoken question unseen but perpetual looming, cradled in the bottle New
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from Sarah Angstadt on AIOTB!
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Sarah Angstadt: “Counterproductive Side Effects”
Counterproductive Side Effectsswallowing a pair of sleeping pillsslowly, deliberately,that unspoken questionunseen but perpetuallooming, cradled in the bottlekeep any thought at bay for the moment.…
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I used to think he was trying to outrun the backseat, but I don't think he thought of kids, my mother, white-knuckling the ride, or traffic ahead. New
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from Samuel Prestridge on AIOTB!
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Samuel Prestridge: “My Father, Hailing from Ignorant Hill, Texas…”
My Father, Hailing from Ignorant Hill, Texas, Would Drive at 100 Miles an Hour toClean Fouled Spark Plugs, Piston Heads on the Highway from Birmingham toHamilton, AlabamaMy father burned carbon off…
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"in the absence of life, of muscles and skin, history, all of it, ever, told in what is left, black and white." New work by
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J.D. Isip: “Triceratops”
TriceratopsLet go of this obsession with bones, they say. Howcan one look away from the shadow cage of ribs,or the frill like a dark sunset, the negative of itwalking alongside, two beasts lumberin…
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Proud to debut our August Poetry Edition, featuring new work by: Sarah Angstadt, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Sue Blaustein, John Brantingham, J.D. Isip, Paul Jones, Samuel Prestridge, and Diana Rosen
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Poetry: August
Sarah Angstadt: “Counterproductive Side Effects” Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal: “Hearing Aid” Sue Blaustein: “Serving Orders at Brother’s Foods” John Brantin…
https://asitoughttobemagazine.com/2025/08/24/poetry-august/
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“Nothing ever changes,” my dad says after we lose" A new poem by
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from our July 2025 edition!
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Justin Karcher: “In Buffalo, Our Dads Come Back From the Dead to Watch the Big Game With Us”
In Buffalo, Our Dads Come Back From the Dead to Watch the Big Game With Usand their drinking becomes ferociouswhenever Josh Allen starts fighting for his life.“Nothing ever changes,” my dad says af…
https://asitoughttobemagazine.com/justin-karcher-in-buffalo-our-dads-come-back-from-the-dead-to-watch-the-big-game-with-us/
8 months ago
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