Shambles
a literary journal
Punchy poetry and pocket-sized prose published every four months.
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Oceania: The Last Beach By Hazel J. Hall
By Hazel J. Hall
Humanity has lessened since its peak of billions; selfishness proved to be as mortal as they were…
Paradoxes By Abu Ibrahim
By Abu Ibrahim
The universe is full of paradoxes
The way opposites attract — every night, darkness and light collides…
THEY TORE DOWN THE BERLIN WALL By J. Archer Avary
By J. Archer Avary
Victor’s social sciences teacher wheeled a TV into the classroom…
Freckles By Jocelyn Jane Cox
By Jocelyn Jane Cox
I nestle into the covers beside my mom at nap time.
I hold her arm in front of my face to examine her skin…
Impressionist Art By Jennifer Ly
By Jennifer Ly
nothing good starts in a getaway car
I’m still trying to figure you out…
Stateless by John Chinaka Onyeche
in a silhouette of time as a nation.
glooms and leadership attention breezes in…
Two Poems By Charlie Bowden
There’s a red man under my bed, ugly as sin
with pitch-black fur and a voice that pricks like a pin…
The Man in the Moon By Frances Huffman
By Frances Huffman
Moon
My first word, my mother says..
Winter Purple
By William Doreski
Black ice curses asphalt roads
this morning, the moon a white hole..
Your Reading
By Hailey Bartlett
The year is 1994, and we are together. You tell me that you are going to visit a psychic this weekend, the one…
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