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@GulfStreamLit

Literary Magazine @FIU. Published by the Creative Writing MFA program.

Miami, FL Beigetreten Şubat 2012
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“Can/all these riches make us feel less poor inside? Undress/these mink furs, like wealth bound to corpses.” Bree Bailey’s poem “OK, I’m Finally Ready to Admit My Faults” showcases the power of borrowed form with this electric poem! Check it out! gulfstreamlitmag.com/2023/04/12/ok-…
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“In Chinese, the verbs for “swallow” (violent)/and “drown” are homonyms./
They are two fates separated only/
by a twitch in the throat.” Allison Jiang’s poem “The Cormorant” starts off with extremely powerful lines and carries that energy throughout! gulfstreamlitmag.com/2023/04/12/the…
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"we were not meant to be too greedy,/too vain, too ambitious, too great,/ greater than our husbands, greater than/ the shadow of our counterparts" Check out the myth filled/inspired and overall breathtaking poem by Molly Zhu! gulfstreamlitmag.com/2023/04/12/tal…
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Fun fact! This poem inspired the title of the zine with its extraordinary lines: “you had only a clothbound bag/
of illiterate lifelines, surrounding/
this silhouetted world, shadows/
like boundary lines”
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“…the color of immigration/ eroded on your face. Your hands/ become a stranger, a preservation/
of your memories.” “Exocarps” by Maggie Yang takes you on a image driven bus ride that is both beautiful and throws numerous emotional punches. gulfstreamlitmag.com/2023/04/12/exo…
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“I’ve only/ever wanted to be myself—only wanted/to be real. Not illusory. Not fantastical.” Maya’s poem “I am not a mother” is a spectacular showing of what language can do and is beautifully paired with its Japanese version. Check it out !
Maya McOmie@MayaMcomie

thanks @GulfStreamLit for selecting my first published bilingual poem for your special issue❤️ gulfstreamlitmag.com/2023/04/12/i-a…

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“[buscando visa, carne de la mar,] I try to swim away/from the fangs of a sharklike country,” Check out this stunning poem, “guerra,”from Carlos Egaña in our latest zine issue! gulfstreamlitmag.com/2023/04/12/gue…
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Check out our latest special issue zine “Silhouetted World!” It’s a zine for anti-racism and we’ll be donating proceeds that went towards it to a local organization! Plenty of amazing poets in here and some great art! gulfstreamlitmag.com/silhouetted-wo…
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"he saw the figure distinctly, black as shadow, dark enough to stand out clearly in the twilight – a shape cut out of burnt iron." A story that oozes eeriness as well as feeling deeply southern. Check out "The Sighting" from James Ulmer. gulfstreamlitmag.com/2022/12/19/the…
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“She pours hot sauce straight down her esophagus. Clears her throat like a ferry horn. French kisses me with the lights on.” Amanda Dettman expertly conjures up Elizabeth Holmes in her poem “Elizabeth Holmes is my Cellmate.” gulfstreamlitmag.com/2022/12/16/eli…
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“I want to taste like the time my mom ran over a toddler’s toe in the preschool parking lot.” Such a standout and vivid line from Amanda Dettmann’s poem “Cemetery Matters.” gulfstreamlitmag.com/2022/12/16/cem…
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"Not the beautiful fishes you see on Nat Geo, or Discovery, or your local aquarium, but the greyscale ones in abundance, those that nobody minds dead or devoured, or bargained for." Some more great lines from @peelijay's poem "Self-Portrait as a Witness." gulfstreamlitmag.com/2022/12/19/sel…
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"We all linger at the doorway a little longer than is customary—unyielding, convinced that, somehow, we will snatch our dead back from God." Very powerful lines from @peelijay's poem "Those that announce their departure as a probable return" gulfstreamlitmag.com/2022/12/19/tho…
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