Poetry Archives – jGirls Magazine

lovers bites

Chava Adam - October 19, 2021

"they say nothing is original, but nature flies in my ear."

Did You Know That an Apple Has 95 Calories?

Dahlia Matansky - October 7, 2021

“I thought that the Apple would be enough.”

Enter: Watershed

anonymous - October 5, 2021

"Doesn’t she know? It’s all for the scale."

Man Creates Ideal Woman

Naomi Komatsu - September 30, 2021

“White, sticky drops smother the frame/Of individuality”

no-AH, NO-uh

Noa Kalfus - September 27, 2021

“What is a namesake and who is mine?”

Cracks in the Pavement

Dalia Kushnir - September 15, 2021

“Although I am with them, I walk alone”

Is Your Favorite Season Still Fall?

Emily Bebenek - September 14, 2021

“Is your favorite season still fall? I ask because we have both changed. And now that you face me after all these years I no longer know who you are."

Fall

Elise Anstey - September 10, 2021

“I fell hard for fall/Skinned my knee tripping over its crunchy brown leaves”

Sadness Starter Kit

Rivka Resnick - June 29, 2021

“let everyone believe in your facade of sunshine”

Grounded

Lila Ressler - June 25, 2021

“I am Grounded in my identity”

60 Seconds

Alexandra Cohen - June 23, 2021

“the pillowy clouds/Have turned to stone.”

64 Argyle Road

Orly Berkowitz-Henkin - June 11, 2021

“Sally, he spoke softly in the kitchen, because the kids were watching television in the next room and he didn’t want them to see him struggle to stand.”

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