Vol. 6, Issue 2 of AZE is centered on the theme of Poetry.
All in 2023
Shattered / did you mean *a romantic*
I will pick up the pieces
of my broken heart
Terra incognita
An atom within a speck, a point within a dot
Kitt’s Aro and two Haikus
I have one love for my loved ones
The body
My teeth
Were a little
Splotched
Climate Change Denier's House Floods
Recognize yourself in my deluge
One
Some arrive in pairs;
More leave coupled,
Sometimes in multiples.
In Puddles / In the Red Chair
You wrote me prose about the rain and
now when it storms I can’t seem to
think about anything else.
“To Have Fun” / The Green Room
Dear [REDACTED]
“Empty Grave”
An empty grave
For one gone too soon –
A Poem On Lacking Heart
O to shield oneself with the visage of the sunset;
To shroud away from the rake of nail and bruise of touch
4-liners and (thoughts on you)
You rarely get your pictures taken
So I memorized your shy smile,
There Were Signs
Looking back there were signs
I know there were signs
Ace Of Heart excerpts (II)
And will you vow to stay
If I let you plant a kiss
empty calories
I lay on his lap in the dark
pale faces cotton freckled with time
q-u-e-e-r
I’m queer but not queer enough for queer poetry slams
Car Ride
On the car ride home with you
Me in the passenger seat
You, one hand on the wheel
The other in my hand.
Untitled
the ugliest euphemism for sex
is pleasures of the flesh
Confession from a Black Hole
My sun, my radiance
How cruel of me to crave you
The Talk
Mom always said she’d support us
if any of us were gay,
no questions asked.