by Alex Carrigan “I passed a lot of planets on my journey, but they’re always too far off for me to be pulled in. I’m starting to wish my parents gave me something to cuddle with in here.”

Two Poems by Alex Carrigan Ars Poetica with Lemons, Curry, and Carol Burnett After “Ars Poetica with a Bird, a Pay Phone, and Spock” by Leah UmanskyI am once again compelled to watch the clip of Th…

take these flowers and shove them please find these lilacs enclosed with my message.i don’t care what you do with them.put them in a vase or toss them in the fireplace.just don’t think that they’re…

Alex Carrigan (he/him) is a Pushcart-nominated editor, poet, and critic from Alexandria, VA. He is the author of Now Let’s Get Brunch (Querencia Press, 2023) and May All Our Pain Be Champagne (Alien B...

For this issue, our contributors have dived into the deepest fathoms of their imaginations to bring us stories and poetry about things or people falling, crashing, sliding, climbing and gracefully …

Ars Poetica: Cacophony After “Ars Poetica” by Robert Allen   There’s only been a few times I let the noise write with me.           Sometimes it brings me dew drops bursting on an overlook, or the las...

Flight is a literary magazine that features four pieces in each issue: one poem, one story, one essay, and a “Brewer’s Choice” category, offbeat submissions, which will rotate genre by issue. Please s...

"If I ever traveled back in time..."

A Collection of RuPaul's Drag Race Twitter Poetry

Letter from the Editors Dear Readers, Many of the pieces in this volume focus on the power of language—whether in its written or spoken form. From H.R. Spencer’s poem “The Grammar of War” to Dewaine ...

Confluence issue 18, May 2026. Available to order, the magazine will be sent out from 10/05/26.

To all those who believe love is the antidote to hate,and that love is action, intent, healing, and hope,Capital Love is for you.

New week, new poetry! Today SHINE international poetry series welcomes Alex Carrigan of Alexandria, Virginia with his poems: " What Is Upon Us Will Require Mercy ," "Sculpted Soprano," and "Ars...

Soaring Through the Shadows by Alex Carrigan

Alex Carrigan: National Poetry Month Blitz from Afterimages

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Carol Sturka in The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum After Plur1bus She can’t believe the building is all for her. The hivemind did away with school trips, ann

Ars Poetica: Apology by Alex Carrigan