Shambles
a literary journal
Punchy poetry and pocket-sized prose published every four months.
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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…
Two Poems By Gabrielle Gruszynski
The Witching Hour
In the ungodly hours of the evening,
Oddities trace alongside the crack of wallpaper…
Pandemic Endorphins
By Caitlin Coey
When you get tired your breathing
gets shallow. The body releases…
Adventures of Mr. Teddy and I
By Meher Narula
This poem has been inspired by the “dress-up” games played by children, where they let their imagination run…
What Is a Pelican?
By Matthew James Babcock
From the ground, a particle wave
crossing humid noon. Stern sage…
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