Orpheus - Issue XLIII - 2026
Contributors
Poetry
Camryn Albert-Kulstad
Pressure Builds Diamonds
Skylar Allen
But Then I Wouldn't Have You
Matthew Besoyan
An act of Self-Forgiving
Hailey M. Buccarelli
Alylum
Love me...
Julian Caro
Why aren't you?
Blake Cutler
Shine
Sitting in Silence
A.R. Duran
Awakening
Emily Gamino
Art is Hard
Miguel Juarez Garcia
Of Red Oceans: A Poem from the collaborative universe of PRODIGAL
Olive Garrison, Citizen of the Cherokee Nation
EXPOSURE
Bianca Gonzalez Rodriguez
La Familia de Lloronas
Venessa Graves
Cosmic Rewind
Meeting the Deep
J.D.
The Philosophy of the Owl
Ver Libre (Free Verse)
Auna Hernandez
Insomnia
Katherine Kennedy
And Jesus Wept.
Paulina Gabriela Lopez
Anaplastic Scars
Eris J.M. Melo
XLIV. SENESCENCE
Daniel R. Meyer
Angels are Dragons
Dog Collar
Aprtil Morton
Colors
Life, Revised
Jazmine Ganine Perez
Mother's Guilt
Eduardo Lopez Pinedo
Would A?
Kalea Elizabeth Popoy
Untitled
Taylor Redstone
Liver Let Die
Ixchel Reyes
La Guerra
w.v.
first they must catch you
Brooke M. Wollam
Too Late
Fiction/ Creative Non- Fiction/ Short Stories / Scripts
Camryn Albert-Kulstad
For Jagger
Anonymous
Sweat, Blood, Tears
Carter Beilby
Boarding Party Episode I: Mors Per Mortem
Matthew Besoyan
Hard Chairs, Harder Lessons
Tristin Bryant
The Final Challenger
Robin Anne DeBruyne
Cautionary Tale
Fire and Water Meet
Alyssa Flores
Through the Eyes of the Muse
Angelica Haro
Recipe for Angie Cookies: Baked with Love
Auna Hernandez
A Beneficial Bluff
Mariah Flores Jameson
La Casa de mi Abuela
Cassandra Marquez
I Had a Cat Once
Vanessa Martin
A Testament to Survival
Brian McGuire
Relentless
Eris J.M. Melo
VII. LEAF TENDRIL
Alyssa Mendoza
Linda
April Morton
Of A Son
Yelitza Amador Orozco
A Million Wishes
Jazmine Ganine Perez
J uniper: Cultivating My Garden
Brooklynn Reed
Through Line
Brooke M. Wollam
When Disinfecting Dissolves a Family
Lauren Chris Ybarra
The Opposite Direction
Art
Tabbatha Alaniz
You ARE Still That Person
Jasmin Arellano
Sweater Weather
Romeo Becina
Art Fight 2025 - Sweet Tooth
Isabel Benavides
Grocery Shopping with My Parents
Grocery Store
Yatzive Camacho
Grief
Haley Corral
Someone I Used to Know
Guadalupe Delgadillo
Let it Shine
When Doves Cry
Katherine Kennedy
Calexico and Ford City, 1950
Pre-Authorization
Daisy Vaca Marrón
Inside Out
Sophia Montemayor
The Awakening
My Spirit
Carolina Montoya
Evil Angel
Look Behind You
April Morton
Friend Shaped 149
Alexia Nankil
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IMG_4830
Konoe Nigale
Rising from the Flames
Sarai Lara Ontiveros
Celebrate Mom
Fly Your Dreams
Lisandra Ortega
Whispers of Light
Benjamin Parsons
The Witch of Northampton
Eduardo Lopez Pinedo
Mother
Emelia Reed
Three-Face Fruit Bowl
Pouring Water
Ana Reyes
Roses
The Table Where She Threads
Ixchel Reyes
Lower Yosemite
El Capitan
Brandon Sanchez
Sioux Chief on Horseback
Vincent Price in the Bat
Jessica Torres
Sunny Day
Dulce Verdoza
Following Mama Bear
Serpent & Jasmine
Kira White
Larry the Gay Lion Finds His Pride
A. R. Wicke
Poppies
The Angel, The Owl, and the Void
Camryn Albert-Kulstad
Pressure Builds Diamonds
Skylar Allen
But Then I Wouldn't Have You
Matthew Besoyan
An act of Self-Forgiving
Hailey M. Buccarelli
Alylum
Love me...
Julian Caro
Why aren't you?
Blake Cutler
Shine
Sitting in Silence
A.R. Duran
Awakening
Emily Gamino
Art is Hard
Miguel Juarez Garcia
Of Red Oceans: A Poem from the collaborative universe of PRODIGAL
Olive Garrison, Citizen of the Cherokee Nation
EXPOSURE
Bianca Gonzalez Rodriguez
La Familia de Lloronas
Venessa Graves
Cosmic Rewind
Meeting the Deep
J.D.
The Philosophy of the Owl
Ver Libre (Free Verse)
Auna Hernandez
Insomnia
Katherine Kennedy
And Jesus Wept.
Paulina Gabriela Lopez
Anaplastic Scars
Eris J.M. Melo
XLIV. SENESCENCE
Daniel R. Meyer
Angels are Dragons
Dog Collar
Aprtil Morton
Colors
Life, Revised
Jazmine Ganine Perez
Mother's Guilt
Eduardo Lopez Pinedo
Would A?
Kalea Elizabeth Popoy
Untitled
Taylor Redstone
Liver Let Die
Ixchel Reyes
La Guerra
w.v.
first they must catch you
Brooke M. Wollam
Too Late
Fiction/ Creative Non- Fiction/ Short Stories / Scripts
Camryn Albert-Kulstad
For Jagger
Anonymous
Sweat, Blood, Tears
Carter Beilby
Boarding Party Episode I: Mors Per Mortem
Matthew Besoyan
Hard Chairs, Harder Lessons
Tristin Bryant
The Final Challenger
Robin Anne DeBruyne
Cautionary Tale
Fire and Water Meet
Alyssa Flores
Through the Eyes of the Muse
Angelica Haro
Recipe for Angie Cookies: Baked with Love
Auna Hernandez
A Beneficial Bluff
Mariah Flores Jameson
La Casa de mi Abuela
Cassandra Marquez
I Had a Cat Once
Vanessa Martin
A Testament to Survival
Brian McGuire
Relentless
Eris J.M. Melo
VII. LEAF TENDRIL
Alyssa Mendoza
Linda
April Morton
Of A Son
Yelitza Amador Orozco
A Million Wishes
Jazmine Ganine Perez
J uniper: Cultivating My Garden
Brooklynn Reed
Through Line
Brooke M. Wollam
When Disinfecting Dissolves a Family
Lauren Chris Ybarra
The Opposite Direction
Art
Tabbatha Alaniz
You ARE Still That Person
Jasmin Arellano
Sweater Weather
Romeo Becina
Art Fight 2025 - Sweet Tooth
Isabel Benavides
Grocery Shopping with My Parents
Grocery Store
Yatzive Camacho
Grief
Haley Corral
Someone I Used to Know
Guadalupe Delgadillo
Let it Shine
When Doves Cry
Katherine Kennedy
Calexico and Ford City, 1950
Pre-Authorization
Daisy Vaca Marrón
Inside Out
Sophia Montemayor
The Awakening
My Spirit
Carolina Montoya
Evil Angel
Look Behind You
April Morton
Friend Shaped 149
Alexia Nankil
IMG_4823
IMG_4830
Konoe Nigale
Rising from the Flames
Sarai Lara Ontiveros
Celebrate Mom
Fly Your Dreams
Lisandra Ortega
Whispers of Light
Benjamin Parsons
The Witch of Northampton
Eduardo Lopez Pinedo
Mother
Emelia Reed
Three-Face Fruit Bowl
Pouring Water
Ana Reyes
Roses
The Table Where She Threads
Ixchel Reyes
Lower Yosemite
El Capitan
Brandon Sanchez
Sioux Chief on Horseback
Vincent Price in the Bat
Jessica Torres
Sunny Day
Dulce Verdoza
Following Mama Bear
Serpent & Jasmine
Kira White
Larry the Gay Lion Finds His Pride
A. R. Wicke
Poppies
The Angel, The Owl, and the Void
Call for Submission and Year End Celebration
Call for Submission
Year End Celebration
Year End Celebration