Issue Five

RECENTER PRESS POETRY JOURNAL

Issue Five.

Grief
BY ALEX WILLOW.

"Souvenirs" and "The New Romantic Speaks"

BY JULIA ALEKSEYEVA.

"On Approaching the Brooklyn Bridge" and "In Praise of Workers"

BY ELVIS ALVES.

"Emoji" / "Don't" / "Moving Closer"

BY MARION BELL.

Thanks For Everything
BY ALEX WILLOW.

"The Pillow" / "Drink This" / "Waiting"

BY AMY BERKOWITZ.

"Mother's Daughter" / "Science Fiction" / "..."

BY OCEAN ESCALANTI.

"Dear Võ Thị Sáu," and "Dear Rosa Luxemburg,"

BY RICHARD HAMILTON.

Hunt
BY ALEX WILLOW.

"Arcadia" and "The tossed waters have settled/ An odd number of"

BY OLIVIA KAMER.

"The Meaning of Fire" / "Humming Downstairs" / "Sleepless Years"

BY LORA MATHIS.

"A House" and "Please Tell Me"

BY JOHNNY RAFTER.

"Erection"

BY STEVIE REDWOOD.

Displacement
BY ALEX WILLOW.

"On the way to the Collection O Al Otro Lado Del Rio Hotel I think about
the screaming maw of ambition and how nothing is ever enough!"

BY LOTTE MITCHELL REFORD.

"Prospecting" and "Eventually"

BY ERICK SÁENZ.

"Old Butch in GLAAD volunteer shirt feeding pistachios to pigeons in Union Square"
and "Drinking wine on the Empire Builder"

BY PARKER SERA.

"Pineapple Fritters" / "Citizenship" / "If you had your life to live over"

BY BRANDON SHIMODA.

Two Poems

BY NATHAN SHIPLEY.

Where I Rest
BY ALEX WILLOW.

Alex Willow is a painter, sculptor, and mixed media artist who lives and works in Berkeley, California. Willow holds a BFA from UC Berkeley (2023). Known for their varying portraits of home, working across all mediums, Alex Willow’s artwork reflects a fascination with the human experience. They have exhibited across California and were featured in a gallery in South Korea in the Summer of 2024. Their paintings invoke complex and surreal narratives, playing with perspective, orientation, and memory. Her sculptures involve repurposing of found materials and biological elements allowing emphasis on joinery, materiality, and the usage of our most valuable resource: time.

You can find more of their work at alexwillow.com and on Instagram @alexcreate.