Issue 11 Poetry

• Dania Daoud

When the houses become hollow, when they were never full

When the houses become hollow, when they were never full https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DSC_0792.jpg 750 500 Dania Daoud Dania Daoud https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/251ea265c65f0817bdb27764ecb4120d?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/17/2019

• Dionne Custer Edwards

All the Reasons

All the Reasons https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/askewnew.jpg 745 569 Dionne Custer Edwards Dionne Custer Edwards https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f0c48804c81c3ee70dbf7af0e59e2c14?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/12/2019

• Rob Cook

Terror Song

Terror Song https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DSC_0836-01.jpeg 1539 883 Rob Cook Rob Cook https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8af7fdb82e7a36b0a31dc143ea65579f?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/09/2019

• Melanie Kristeen

This is the Hour of Lead

This is the Hour of Lead https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Amanda-Lee-Calderon-Quiet-Home.jpg 960 720 Melanie Kristeen Melanie Kristeen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/17b20609cbad9595fe0038fa3604cd61?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/12/2019

• Sam Stebbins

My brother wants me to buy a gun

My brother wants me to buy a gun https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_5875.jpeg 750 500 Sam Stebbins Sam Stebbins https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/923eb1223b0789c4f4b74cd90e736d2c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Susan Trofimow

White

White https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Soft-Barbs.jpg 1600 1001 Susan Trofimow Susan Trofimow https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f05ddeecf02c3cf5d7940be47a5c0289?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Jason B. Crawford

sonnet of the black boy turned ghost

sonnet of the black boy turned ghost https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/nk4.jpg 1920 1521 Jason B. Crawford Jason B. Crawford https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f8767b19b10964b21e2f1cc54b759dca?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/09/2019

• Adrian S. Potter

Dear America

Dear America https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/History-Wasnt-So-Long-Ago.jpg 1125 1600 Adrian S. Potter Adrian S. Potter https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/535a2c7c2c4b96b48d8ca7ff6077674c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/09/2019

• Xe M. Sanchez

Museum of Ash

Museum of Ash https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cfieldsphoto15.jpg 1920 1439 Xe M. Sanchez Xe M. Sanchez https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/665b076f466cf30cb930ee9f8de187e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Hunter Blackwell

You asked, ‘Where are you from?’

You asked, ‘Where are you from?’ https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/nk6-e1612121288738.jpg 1212 936 Hunter Blackwell Hunter Blackwell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4d5191de7734527793da44776b1f0eca?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Ugonna-Ora Owoh

On ghetto street as a fem

On ghetto street as a fem https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DSC_01171.jpg 750 500 Ugonna-Ora Owoh Ugonna-Ora Owoh https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/43991576e94bef691e81147284ee2ca3?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Remi Skytterstad

Crowbar

Crowbar https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/5.jpg 1920 1440 Remi Skytterstad Remi Skytterstad https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/47c3ff9cfdadb52330bd0c3cf5bbe6d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/12/2019

• Will Cordeiro

Signs and Wonders

Signs and Wonders https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hb37220004-02-1.jpeg 1095 883 Will Cordeiro Will Cordeiro https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6b7df6155a99fcbfc4228cdf19d39d1a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• SK Grout

If you are still, you are still resisting

If you are still, you are still resisting https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1931314744_mirror.jpg 1920 1043 SK Grout SK Grout https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b4330c41ad16e2a11468f1d6f61a93a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Emily Blair

I Was Told the Risks and Still

I Was Told the Risks and Still https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/icysmoke.jpg 960 528 Emily Blair Emily Blair https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ff5bb9bd7e63f4dca2bb41e70d0da2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Travis Chi Wing Lau

On the Anniversary of an X-Ray

On the Anniversary of an X-Ray https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2083759486_mirror.jpg 1920 931 Travis Chi Wing Lau Travis Chi Wing Lau https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/723fbe6c1e26d1e5d89630980218e2ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/12/2019

• Danielle Rose

If I believed in the ninth step I might

If I believed in the ninth step I might https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PSX_20190817_102238.jpg 1632 883 Danielle Rose Danielle Rose https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2d4bad04801a198d0b9d62482b31d3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/12/2019

• Lauren Scharhag

Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hb46673845_335295897200501_2964686559174721801_n-1.jpg 883 883 Lauren Scharhag Lauren Scharhag https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9a4b35da440831d2b8cf88e6fb505f7f?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/09/2019 10/12/2019