The Nonconformist Magazine

The sharpest literary magazine around is now available in the print edition! Powerful poetry, edgy short stories, and engaging non-fiction, all without compromise. Order it while it's hot! nonconformist-mag.com/issues/ #books #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

What would he do? If he couldn’t tell the truth, what was left to say? #books #writing #writingcommunity nonconformist-mag.com/addictions/

We survived by getting smuggled through the Iran-Turkey border: heavy backpacks, boots in silt and mud, in tepid sweat and urine, tongues wooden, skin cut by thorny bushes and barbed wire, bleeding. Writes Leila Farjami #poetry #WritingCommunity nonconformist-mag.com/we-survived/

"A poignant, impressive, and pessimistic collection of poetry." —Kirkus Reviews amazon.com/Indignation-Pa…

The only way to survive underwater is to stay down. As long as you don’t drown. Writes Megan Ward #writersoftwitter #writingcommunity #BookTwitter nonconformist-mag.com/underwater/

Not all in their heads, never totally gone. No medals. No parades. That’s for the dead. Writes Rick Pernod #poetry #writersoftwitter #writingcommunity nonconformist-mag.com/pantoum-for-my…

The sharpest literary magazine around is now available in the print edition! Powerful poetry, edgy short stories, and engaging non-fiction, all without compromise. Order it while it's hot! nonconformist-mag.com/issues/ #books #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

To impress that girlfriend I borrowed her big brother’s Norton 500CC, a machine like Che Guevara rode, hot hands clasping my chest, blazing into a stun of wind. Writes Ian C Smith #poetry #writersoftwitter #WritingCommunity nonconformist-mag.com/motorcycle-on-…

Peering into the eyes of a child stressed, is a mirror shattering six inches from your face teasing to scratch you. Writes Mervyn Seivwright #poetry #writersoftwitter #writingcommunity nonconformist-mag.com/afghan-bombs-a…

In many cities people walking from one building to another look back to see whether the person on their minds is present, as if a shadow thrown forward tapped their backs. Writes Jean Kane #poetry #writersoftwitter #WritingCommunity nonconformist-mag.com/arrangements/

.@_noncomformist is open to submissions of fiction, poetry, experimental fiction and poetry, book reviews, literary criticism, & essays. nonconformist-mag.com/submissions/

Before the daily visitation I sharpen a lily’s stem on the stone portico to record the dictation of my defects. Writes Robert Bensen #poetry #writersoftwitter #writingcommunity #BookTwitter nonconformist-mag.com/habeas-rabies/

"I don’t pretend to be a lady. And I don’t take advice from amateur fugitives." Writes Kevin P. Keating #writersoftwitter #writingcommunity #BookTwitter nonconformist-mag.com/the-miracles-a…

Poetry is more than everyday speech. It is everyday speech that has something special or amazing about it, something that makes us think, wonder, or marvel. Says Michael Simms #writersoftwitter #writingcommunity #BookTwitter nonconformist-mag.com/state-of-the-a…