Vol. 6, Issue 2: Poetry

Vol. 6, Issue 2: Poetry

AZE Journal
Journal, 2023

AZE, 6(2): Poetry

Contributors: Jules, RJ Ilog, Lionel Kitt, Michael Paramo, Emma Friend, Jennifer Elise Wang, h.e. grahame, L. Amariti, Nora Vien, Baroque Hart, Meera, LiftaSail, Emilie Arnaud, Elle Rose, Nashrah, Faith Cardillo, szelter, Fox Albright, Sylvia, Audrey Ledbetter, Maya Mohammad, Cyndi, Ray, Annabelle Smith

Editor: Michael Paramo

Cover Artwork: “asexual, aromantic, agender font” Paramo

Supporters: This journal issue would not be possible without AZE’s supporters on Patreon. A special thank you to Lindsey, Alex Hansen, Caitlin McKenna, Chris Pasillas, and Heidi Samuelson!

Date of Publication: November 11th, 2023

Featured
Shattered / did you mean *a romantic*
Jules
Shattered / did you mean *a romantic*
Jules

I will pick up the pieces

of my broken heart

Jules
Terra incognita
RJ Ilog
Terra incognita
RJ Ilog

An atom within a speck, a point within a dot

RJ Ilog
Kitt’s Aro and two Haikus
Lionel Kitt
Kitt’s Aro and two Haikus
Lionel Kitt

I have one love for my loved ones

Lionel Kitt
The body
Michael Paramo
The body
Michael Paramo

My teeth 

Were a little 

Splotched 

Michael Paramo
Climate Change Denier's House Floods
Emma Friend
Climate Change Denier's House Floods
Emma Friend

Recognize yourself in my deluge

Emma Friend
One
Jennifer Elise Wang
One
Jennifer Elise Wang

Some arrive in pairs; 
More leave coupled, 
Sometimes in multiples.  

Jennifer Elise Wang
In Puddles / In the Red Chair
h.e. grahame
In Puddles / In the Red Chair
h.e. grahame

You wrote me prose about the rain and 

now when it storms I can’t seem to

 think about anything else. 

h.e. grahame
“To Have Fun” / The Green Room
L. Amariti
“To Have Fun” / The Green Room
L. Amariti

Dear [REDACTED]

L. Amariti
“Empty Grave”
Nora Vien
“Empty Grave”
Nora Vien

An empty grave
For one gone too soon – 

Nora Vien
A Poem On Lacking Heart
Baroque Hart
A Poem On Lacking Heart
Baroque Hart

O to shield oneself with the visage of the sunset;
To shroud away from the rake of nail and bruise of touch

Baroque Hart
4-liners and (thoughts on you)
Meera
4-liners and (thoughts on you)
Meera

You rarely get your pictures taken
So I memorized your shy smile,

Meera
There Were Signs
LiftaSail
There Were Signs
LiftaSail

Looking back there were signs
I know there were signs 

LiftaSail
Ace Of Heart excerpts (II)
Emilie Arnaud
Ace Of Heart excerpts (II)
Emilie Arnaud

And will you vow to stay
If I let you plant a kiss

Emilie Arnaud
empty calories
Elle Rose
empty calories
Elle Rose

I lay on his lap in the dark
pale faces cotton freckled with time 

Elle Rose
q-u-e-e-r
Nashrah
q-u-e-e-r
Nashrah

I’m queer but not queer enough for queer poetry slams

Nashrah
Car Ride
Faith Cardillo
Car Ride
Faith Cardillo

On the car ride home with you
Me in the passenger seat
You, one hand on the wheel
The other in my hand.

Faith Cardillo
Untitled
szelter
Untitled
szelter

the ugliest euphemism for sex
is pleasures of the flesh

szelter
Confession from a Black Hole
Fox Albright
Confession from a Black Hole
Fox Albright

My sun, my radiance

How cruel of me to crave you

Fox Albright
The Talk
Sylvia
The Talk
Sylvia

Mom always said she’d support us

if any of us were gay,

no questions asked.

Sylvia
Literalism
Audrey Ledbetter
Literalism
Audrey Ledbetter

Bodies are meant to hold other bodies,

I’ve heard,

Audrey Ledbetter
purely to terrify
Maya Mohammad
purely to terrify
Maya Mohammad

but when it’s time I can never

let myself begin / what’s the meaning

of acceptance if everything collapses

Maya Mohammad
Asexual Comfort
Nashrah
Asexual Comfort
Nashrah

Go tell a tree

It’s beautiful and watch it

Lean a little more

Towards the road.

Nashrah
Silent Conflict
Cyndi
Silent Conflict
Cyndi

You never wanted to be the girl who cried wolf. 

Cyndi
Lover's monologue / There is something
Ray
Lover's monologue / There is something
Ray

Lover’s monologue

I love you so much 

Ray
My Heart at the Center
Annabelle Smith
My Heart at the Center
Annabelle Smith

I haven’t made this easy. You may unbutton

my blouse, but you cannot unlace my ribcage.

Annabelle Smith
How the Gender Binary Influences Attraction

How the Gender Binary Influences Attraction
Shattered / did you mean *a romantic*

Shattered / did you mean *a romantic*

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