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://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DSC_0792.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 750 500 Dania Daoud Dania Daoud https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/daniadoud.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/17/2019

• Dionne Custer Edwards

All the Reasons

All the Reasons https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/askewnew.jpg?fit=745%2C569&ssl=1 745 569 Dionne Custer Edwards Dionne Custer Edwards https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dionnecusteredwards.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/12/2019

• Rob Cook

Terror Song

Terror Song https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DSC_0836-01.jpeg?fit=1539%2C883&ssl=1 1539 883 Rob Cook Rob Cook https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/robcook.jpg?fit=72%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/09/2019

• Melanie Kristeen

This is the Hour of Lead

This is the Hour of Lead https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Amanda-Lee-Calderon-Quiet-Home.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1 960 720 Melanie Kristeen Melanie Kristeen https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/melaniekristeen.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 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://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_5875.jpeg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 750 500 Sam Stebbins Sam Stebbins https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/samstebbins.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Susan Trofimow

White

White https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Soft-Barbs.jpg?fit=1600%2C1001&ssl=1 1600 1001 Susan Trofimow Susan Trofimow https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Susan-Trofimow.png?fit=96%2C93&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Jason B. Crawford

sonnet of the black boy turned ghost

sonnet of the black boy turned ghost https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/nk4.jpg?fit=1920%2C1521&ssl=1 1920 1521 Jason B. Crawford Jason B. Crawford https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/jasonbcrawford.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/09/2019

• Adrian S. Potter

Dear America

Dear America https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/History-Wasnt-So-Long-Ago.jpg?fit=1125%2C1600&ssl=1 1125 1600 Adrian S. Potter Adrian S. Potter https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/adrianspotter.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/09/2019

• Xe M. Sanchez

Museum of Ash

Museum of Ash https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cfieldsphoto15.jpg?fit=1920%2C1439&ssl=1 1920 1439 Xe M. Sanchez Xe M. Sanchez https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/xemsanchez.png?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Hunter Blackwell

You asked, ‘Where are you from?’

You asked, ‘Where are you from?’ https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/nk6-e1612121288738.jpg?fit=1212%2C936&ssl=1 1212 936 Hunter Blackwell Hunter Blackwell https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hunterblackwell.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Ugonna-Ora Owoh

On ghetto street as a fem

On ghetto street as a fem https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DSC_01171.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1 750 500 Ugonna-Ora Owoh Ugonna-Ora Owoh https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ugonnaoraowoh.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Remi Skytterstad

Crowbar

Crowbar https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/5.jpg?fit=1920%2C1440&ssl=1 1920 1440 Remi Skytterstad Remi Skytterstad https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/remiskytterstad.png?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/12/2019

• Will Cordeiro

Signs and Wonders

Signs and Wonders https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hb37220004-02-1.jpeg?fit=1095%2C883&ssl=1 1095 883 Will Cordeiro Will Cordeiro https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/willcordeiro.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 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://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1931314744_mirror.jpg?fit=1920%2C1043&ssl=1 1920 1043 SK Grout SK Grout https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/036EC269-CC8B-46EE-A794-7BAFB29A1687.jpeg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/10/2019

• Emily Blair

I Was Told the Risks and Still

I Was Told the Risks and Still https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/icysmoke.jpg?fit=960%2C528&ssl=1 960 528 Emily Blair Emily Blair https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/emilyblair.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 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://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2083759486_mirror.jpg?fit=1920%2C931&ssl=1 1920 931 Travis Chi Wing Lau Travis Chi Wing Lau https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/travislau.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 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://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PSX_20190817_102238.jpg?fit=1632%2C883&ssl=1 1632 883 Danielle Rose Danielle Rose https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/daniellerose.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/12/2019

• Lauren Scharhag

Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hb46673845_335295897200501_2964686559174721801_n-1.jpg?fit=883%2C883&ssl=1 883 883 Lauren Scharhag Lauren Scharhag https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/laurencharhag.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 10/09/2019 10/12/2019