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Wax Nine Journal

Poems that are signed to a record label. Wednesdays, bi-weekly-ish.

Illustration by Nia Chavez; a green hummingbird sipping a pink flower through a window.

3 Poems by Tucker Leighty-Phillips

Illustration by Nia Chavez; lips play a trumpet filled with flowers.

2 Poems by Demree McGhee

Illustration by Nia Chavez; outline of a person against the sun and cherry blossoms.

2 Poems by Laura Wang

Abstract painting by Sally Egbert

“Token” & “Liner Notes to the Soundtrack of My Ego Trip” by Adrian S. Potter

Abstract painting by Sally Egbert

“I Say Alanis Morissette Three Times in the Mirror” & “My Nonna Counts Rosary Beads in a Dream” by Erika Walsh

Abstract painting by Sally Egbert

“Chesapeake,” “Small Evening, Abroad” & “Normandy” by Tyler Barstow

Red chair covered in vines on purple background

3 Poems by Imani Christopher

Pink tampon emitting sparkles, held by green hand on lavender background

3 Poems by Sharada Tolton

Green jar containing floating dishes behind purple curtain

Adulting by Charlotte Seley

Lightly frowning flowers against a checkerboard pink and blue background

“sonnet in pill form” & “delicacy” by Stephanie Ginese

Backs of people standing in line wearing cloud, star, and a heart-printed colorful robes

Stick & Poke by Richard Chiem

A room with pink star wallpaper, grey posters, and a window looking out to some pink clouds

“The Future” & “Evolution is a Sort of Dementia” by Leanne Ruell

Text: "We're postponing this week's poems. Here's where the honorariums went instead. $50 went to Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books, one of Philly's great independent Black-owned bookstores. About their fundraiser: "donations will towards providing financial relief to our staff, paying our vendors, and paying our other bills.” Click through for an assortment of lists of other bookstores you might like to support now & always, including Uncle Bobbie’s.

Buy from Black-Owned Bookstores

We’re postponing this week’s poems. Here’s where the honorariums went instead. $50 went to Philadelphia Community Bail Fund. About: “The mission of the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund is to end cash bail in our city. Until that day, we post bail for our neighbors who cannot afford to pay.” Click through for an assortment of guides to local bail funds you might like to support now & always, including @phillybailout.

Donate to Bail Funds

We're postponing this week's poems. Here's where the honorariums went instead. $50 went to ProjectSAFE. About: "Mutual aid-based harm reduction for women, queer, and trans people involved in the street economies of Philly. Kensington based/sex worker focused." They're also currently providing medical support those injured at protests and/or after incarceration. Click through for an assortment of guides to local sex worker funds you might like to support now & always, including ProjectSAFE.

Support Sex Workers

Yellow square, blue spiral, and primary color flowers on a black background

Watching Porn by Nikki Wallschlaeger

Yellow pitcher in the sky pours onto swirl of primary colored flowers, against black background

2 Poems by Gion Davis

Red fish on black background with blue and yellow accents

The Fish by Jacqueline Linares

Abstract illustration of two rainbow semi-circles on a white background

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things by Joanna C. Valente

Abstract rainbow illustration with long intersecting shapes

“roadkill” & “salvation” by Emily Clarke

Abstract illustration of fan-like shapes in many shades of red, pink and yellow

You Are Shining Some Glory on Me by Innas Tsuroiya

Collage of previous weeks' illustrations

“notes app on night mode” and “wai t” by Lio Min

Collage of previous weeks' illustrations

“bit of skin” and “Lines from a Salesman” by Kathryn Hummel

Collage of previous weeks' illustrations

2 Poems by Angelo Maneage

panties in the sunshine

3 Poems by Laura Theobald

braided person against colorful flowers

In Search of a Lost Time that Never Existed by Iris McCloughan

two people facing the moonlight

2 Poems by Angela F. Qian

pink flowers in the blue nighttime, yellow hand crossing its fingers

2 Poems by Cassandra de Alba

fluffy clouds and pink eyes

2 Poems by Anis Gisele

blue heart in pink flames on yellow background

“For Jerry” & “Both Lines Blue” by Matt Korvette

Hands with blue nail polish holding a red apple

No Second Seventh and Second by Jordan Davis

Painting toenails and spilled polish

2 Poems by Arti Gollapudi

Fence over grass and a blue sky

2 Poems by Alexus Erin

Textured red lines with hands and a flower emerging.

“Elegy for a Midwestern Punk Scene” & “a sonnet” by Isobel Bess

Red figures look out over a blue forest

5 Problems by Matthew Mahaney

Red figure seated on a white block.

“liposuction” & “shrink” by katixa espinoza

Gas station at dusk

3 Poems by Claudia Delfina Cardona

Funeral procession and bees

“One Jester” & “Vertigo” by Kevin Latimer

Detached head and pigeons in foggy pink space

“Judith Poem no. 4” & “protein” by Alanna McArdle

Disembodied mouth emitting a cloud with eyes.

Excerpt from My Baby First Birthday by Jenny Zhang

Floating patterned textiles

2 poems by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Back of a person looking at many gleaming tablets

2 poems by Zach Blackwood