The Last Time Lying cuts the tongue, Taste – torched and twisted Hiding heat repels resolution Leaving lies leaves lament, The truth triumphs, I’ve taken too much time. And with time lent and spent I’ve riddled with discontent, Granted time is torment. Penalized for two centuries And forty-five decades, to compensate, For […]
Poetry: Datenight by Samuel Wise
Datenight We were in her strange apartment When she got the call. Her grandpa needed his medication and ice cream, So she took off, leaving me with the cat. The cat has two different eyes, One fair blue and bright, The other is like that of a surgeon. Evaluating, examining, investigating, I stared at the […]
Poetry: We Are. by Dallas Sappington
We Are. Existence in the present feels like a rubber band pulled tight. Never knowing how much more pressure can be added before it snaps. We are uneasy. Mother Nature’s children are being taken from her too soon. It is beyond her control. We are mourning. The skies have become vengeful. Mother Nature is displeased. […]
Event: Fall 2021 Open Mic Night
On Thursday, November 18th, Straylight Magazine hosted an Open Mic Night in The Den at UW Parkside. Between performances, the audience and hosts worked together to create this exquisite corpse poem: I walked outside And I smelled smoke. It filled my lungs and made me choke Breathing became more difficult by the minute I laid […]