Does It Have Pockets

05/08/2026

"As soon as the fishtailing started, I latched onto the first glowing thing I saw: a Waffle House sign, like a beacon in the storm."

Love, addiction, friendship, & Waffle House. Magnificent new from Colin Bishoff | https://www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/colin-bishoff

05/08/2026

"I only stood back
minting what currency I could
from ruin"

Two singularly breathtaking new from Mark Dunbar | https://www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/mark-dunbar

05/08/2026

"Her memory is increasingly selective and her world view set to outrage."

Boundaries, grief, & family, beautifully writ in this new from John Wegner | https://www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/john-wegner

05/08/2026

"In these latter works, word meets wood as custom typographical designs of individual poems are then burned by hand into bespoke pieces of wood, a form of radical self-publishing currently practiced by no one else I can find."

Stop, drop, & roll on over to this month's spectacular Art & Hybrid Gallery featuring the vibrant Haiku Pyrography of Brasswax |

Haiku PyrographyBrasswax Artist Statement:I do haiku. Specifically, I write poems with the traditional 5-7-5 structure while employing a contemporary register of American English for publication, performance, and visual works of “haiku pyrography” (literally: “playful verse” + “fire writin...

05/08/2026

"We fueled each other’s best and worst. He was neurotic. I drank too much."

An elegy for a lost friend with a complicated legacy, profoundly & delicately wrought by Thomas Phalen | https://www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/thomas-phalen

05/08/2026

"Please believe me when I write that
I love more than what I’ve lost"

A meditation on color & a note to Justin Bieber, wrapped in two fantastic poems from Matt Zambito | https://www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/matt-zambito

05/08/2026

"On November 7, 1995, a tropical cyclone formed in the monsoon trough of the Bay of Bengal."

Tense, dynamic, poignant new creative nonfiction from Nic Irizawa -- new for August | https://www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/nicole-irizawa

04/08/2026

"When I’m in the hospital in labor, she perches on the bed shouting through her megaphone: “Gimme a push! A push! A P-U-S-H.”"

Two dynamic & shimmery flash , new from DIHP alum Claudia Monpere | https://www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/claudia-monpere2

04/08/2026

"Picture me frothing
at the farmhouse sink"

Two cinematic & vibrant new from Isabel Galupo | https://www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/isabel-galupo

04/08/2026

"My first memory of my sister is watching her in Mother’s lap."

An exquisite translation of the incredible "Silky Smooth" by Anita Harag from Walter Burgess & Marietta Morry | https://www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/harag-burgess-morry