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"Three Conditional Welcomes" by Susy Bielak and Fred Schmalz thediagram.com/24_4/bielak-sc…

"Do not be surprised to encounter love in the tunnel. Love persists wherever people go. Tell yourself you are loved and worry about truth later." Excerpt of "Aghor Meditation in Alamo Tunnel" by Eric James Aldrich thediagram.com/24_4/aldrich.h…

"Have you ever died? I have. I have a deadname to prove it. Metaphorical death, the strangest estrangement, becoming a stranger to yourself." From "Taking the Romance Out of Necromancy" by @SecretIcterid thediagram.com/24_4/bird.html

"The Advancing Wave" From 'System Requirements Analysis,' 1993 thediagram.com/24_4/theadvanc…

"Even when they finally hear the round of applause surrounded by all that red, white, and blue, all they can focus on is the black ink of a signed certificate." — Chelsy Diaz Amaya thediagram.com/24_4/amaya.html

Absolutely wowed by this Audrey Gradzewicz poem I stumbled upon today in DIAGRAM! ♥️ “If you ask me what this poem means, / I’ll say body.”

"This book is for the non-spectacular" thediagram.com/merch/product/… DIAGRAM

Thank / the old gods of the hills for pauses, / that I was given more time to linger, / to be delayed, to watch my list of musts / crumble, talking idly of others' rush. —Kate Polak, "VIVEGY" thediagram.com/24_4/polak.html

"I need a walking stick, a strong staff an estuary, reeds, daybreak sunlight five kilometers of spongy paths" From 1 of 5 poems by Rodrigo Toscano for issue 24.4 thediagram.com/24_4/toscano.h…

"You have literally nothing at all going on, and you like it. If God came and asked you what you wanted, you would say 'More nothing, please.' God would scold you for being so cheeky." —Erika Walsh, "ON XANAX IN BUFFALO" thediagram.com/24_4/walsh.htm…

"DYNAMICS OF DELIVERANCE: ADAM" From Charles R. Solomon's 'The Ins and Outs of Rejection,' 1976 thediagram.com/24_4/dynamicso…

'ANY MAN CAN DIE' by Nick Montfort 1 of 6 poems for issue 24.4: thediagram.com/24_4/montfort.…

Excerpt of "ON THE BACK PATIO AFTER A FEW BEERS" by Michelle Orsi thediagram.com/24_4/orsi.html

Check out my poem in DIAGRAM !!

"As a sugar ant you are entitled to nothing. But they give you a map to the trailer park, you pick a corner, grill, electric point. They give you a hammer to nail your name." From "AS A SUGAR ANT YOU ARE ENTITLED" by Sabyasachi Nag thediagram.com/24_4/nag.html

"When I visit my father's grave, I have to remind myself where it is. The cemetery and broad and flat, the headstones all identical. As a child, I wondered if they were in alphabetical order until I realized that people don't die in order." —Jeff Newberry thediagram.com/24_4/newberry.…

Orion Allen, "EMPTY HOUSE" thediagram.com/25_1/allen.html

"I'd rather have a hammer than a poem when faced with a coffin or a nail." Brian Builta, "UTILITY" thediagram.com/25_1/builta.ht…

3 of 5 poems by Erin Dorney for our latest issue: thediagram.com/25_1/dorney.ht…

"ECO MAP OF JOSÉ" From 'Social Work Practice with Children,' 1996 thediagram.com/25_1/ecomap.ht…