Emerge Literary Journal: 2020, Issue 16

Editor’s Note

As we close this year, 2020, remember the joy we found where we could. Online literary magazines, chapbooks, books, virtual readings, and the writing community on Twitter. We here at Emerge are thankful for all of these things and more. Our submitters, contributors, and followers have show us such love and support as we relaunched in January. We have grown our magazine with your help and all of this is due to you. As we move forward into 2021, we will continue to bring emerging writers to the masses and showcase the best works we receive.

Be Well. Write Well. Read Well.

Damon

Poetry

“Homeland,” Marissa Glover

“emigration,” Nardine Taleb

“2 Untitled Poems” Jenny Wong

“Litany of things to remember,” Olivia Braley

“Witching Hours,” River Elizabeth Hall

“A Good Kind of Soon, My Son,” Hannah Cole Orsag

“Dark Star,” Bri Bruce

“Apologies to Every Empty Daisy Flower,” Ashley Bao

“History of violence“; “The Shape of You“; and “Closet(s)t,” Christopher W. Clark

“Melding Metal with Metal,” Deirdre Fagan

“growing,” Rox Kashun

“Roots,” Alan Kissane

“Before my birthday,” Tyrel Kessinger

“Weight Bearing,” Susan Fuchtman

“Human Immunodeficiency Virus,” Anthony Aguero

“small thoughts on the sea,” Savannah Jensen

Esperanza Corner

“Pocket,” Amy-Jean Muller

“Theft,” Madeleine Corley

“Reflections on the New Patient Handbook at My Eating Disorders Clinic,” Shannon Frost Greenstein

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