Issue Six

RECENTER PRESS POETRY JOURNAL

Issue Six.

Storyteller
BY SARA GALLAGHER.

"Amr be Marouf va Nahy az Monkar"

BY MONIR GHOLAMZADEH BAZARBASH.

"He Feeds His Horse Dandelions"

BY MEG DERMODY.

"When the Ladies Gather Under a Watercolor Sky" / "I Dreamt a Nightmare" / "Grocery Store Flowers"

BY JACALYN EYVONNE.

Without Sanctuary
BY SARA GALLAGHER.

"Five Things From A Four-Year-Old"

BY FATIMA-AYAN MALIKA HIRSI.

"Erythroxylon Coca" and "Eulogy for a Cockroach Infestation"

BY FRANZISKA HOFHANSEL.

"Definitely Someone I Have Never Seen" / "Mixed-Race at a Heiau" / "Guided Pathways"

BY CHRISTIAN HANZ LOZADA.

"An Offering"

BY DANA R. LYONS.

Let Them Fall
BY SARA GALLAGHER.

"Fire Season" and "Femme4Masc Aubade"

BY NICOLE MITCHELL.

"Greeting the Dawn in Days of Divisiveness" and "Another Day"

BY KATRINA MONROE.

"Bomb Drill" and "At the Start of It"

BY JENNIFER PONS.

"Rexroth, 100 Poems from the Japanese"

BY MARTHINE SATRIS.

When the Long Night Ends
BY SARA GALLAGHER.

"Helping the Wounded Children of Gaza" and "Shardomae for the Children"

BY LORI SCHREINER & THERESA SENATO EDWARDS.

"truth serum" / "first it was a song" / "a piñata full of temporary tattoos and rose petals"

BY CHELSEA WILLS.

"At Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery" / "Empty Air" / "Tonight I Think of My Ancestors and Wonder"

BY BETH WINEGARNER.

We Finish Where We Start
BY SARA GALLAGHER.

Featured Artist: Sara Gallagher

Sara Gallagher’s art practice works to break social taboos surrounding emotional and mental health through a hyperrealistic graphite and pastel technique she developed, writing, and community-based engagement. Working within a framework she describes as “Emotional Realism,” she transforms vulnerable conversations into visual form, exploring themes such as emotional intimacy, transition, and resilience. The concept of each piece derives from one of the community-based conversations she facilitates, and is paired with a written statement and a question directed to the viewer, encouraging further dialogue, personal reflection, and solidarity within our greater communities.

Community involvement is central to Gallagher’s work. She fosters safe spaces for shared storytelling through discussions, workshops, and mentorship. Gallagher holds a BFA with a dual emphasis in Painting & Drawing and Photography from San Francisco State University and studied hyperrealism with renowned artist Dirk Dzimirsky. Represented by CK Contemporary in San Francisco, her work has received international recognition from the Art Renewal Center, Fine Art Connoisseur, the European Museum of Modern Art, Sotheby’s New York, the Bennett Collection of Women Realists, the Lunar Codex Cultural Heritage Site on the Moon, and others.

You can find more of her work at www.saragallagherartwork.com and on Instagram @saragallagherartwork.