POEM 375: "The Unworn" by Aardhra Chandran (@aardhramc.bsky.social)
"The pleats are iron teeth.
They close around her hips.
Six yards of starched cotton
draw her upright—
a coffin of cloth,
stiff with hair oil,
sour with old sweat."

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Thankyou so much for giving my poem such a beautiful home,so grateful .
POEM 375: "The Unworn" by Aardhra Chandran (@aardhramc.bsky.social)
"The pleats are iron teeth.
They close around her hips.
Six yards of starched cotton
draw her upright—
a coffin of cloth,
stiff with hair oil,
sour with old sweat."
Thankyou so much for giving my poems a beautiful home,beyond grateful!
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Duotrope is one of the best things that ever happened to our journal. Thanks as always for the listing, y'all!
Thankyou so much for shortlusting my poem ,grateful❤️
Vote now for your IS&T #PickoftheMonth for August 2026. Will it be Aardhra Chandran, Viv Fogel, Janet Hatherley, @whatisaletter.bsky.social, Mark McDonnell or @damenobrien.bsky.social? Poems and the voting link are at inksweatandtears.co.uk/august-2026-...
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Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/michiya/
Thankyou so much for giving my poem such a beautiful home,beyond grateful !
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Rust & Moth is open for submissions starting tomorrow, 9/1. On a personal note, we want our readers to know that poems about cancer will be a hard sell for us this reading window. (Our masthead is healthy & there's nothing we need. It's just love with no place to go.)