APR Volume 55, Issue 2

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March/April 2026

p. 4
Know Thy Other & Other Poems
Bianca Stone

p. 7
From Minneapolis in January
Michael Bazzett

p. 8
On Shapeshifting & Malleability: Lineation & The Fluid Couplet
Carey Salerno

p. 11
I’ve Been Going Over My Life Choices & Speaking of Greek Theater
John Gallaher

p. 12
A Fighter’s Prayer & Other Poems
Patrick Rosal

p. 15
Catalogue of Husbands & The Book of Flame
Dara Elerath

p. 16
Self Portrait as Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire as Me, Mom to Teens & Other Poems
Lynn Melnick

p. 18
Rotting Pigs & Fresh Snow: Trans Childhood and Naming in Averno
Apollo Chastain

p. 22
Feed
Casey Thayer

p. 23
Creature Comfort
Trevor Ks

p. 23
Appearances
Lisa Low

p. 24
Anatomy at Westfarms Mall & Other Poems
Sasha Roque Pimentel

p. 26
Katie Ford’s Comb
Harold Schweizer

p. 30
To Be Made of Time
Katie Ford

p. 32
Go Bag
Donna Masini

p. 33
Shut Up About Past Lives & Other Poems
Melissa Broder

p. 34
On Seeing the Gift Shop My Mom Used to Work at in The Florida Project & Other Poems
Ariel Francisco

p. 36
Universe Truths: A Review of Ada Limón’s Startlement: New and Selected Poems
Maria Dikcis

p. 38
Steel Bikini & I Only Care About the Inverse
Sara Sturek

p. 40
Wizard
Kay Cosgrove