Writer Tanya Castro reads her poem Foam published on TheAmazine.com in May 2023.

Foam, by Tanya Castro

Writer Stacie Eirich reads her poem Earth Mother, published on TheAmazine.com in June, 2024.

Earth Mother, by Stacie Eirich

Writer Stacie Eirich reads her poem Our Hearts A Chrysalis, published on TheAmazine.com in August, 2024.

Our Hearts A Chrysalis, by Stacie Eirich

Writer Stacie Eirich reads her poem Tenderness, published on TheAmazine.com in August, 2024.

Tenderness, by Stacie Eirich

We proudly present the second original piece of music on our webzine! 

Slinky, a song by Ben Macnair

Ben Macnair is an award-winning poet, playwright and musician from Staffordshire in the United Kingdom. Follow him on Twitter @ benmacnair.

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Slinky, by Ben Macnair

"It beckons with promise 
with something 
bittersweet, something 
that could break my heart.

And yet, maybe 
it could be mended 
too..."

Writer Stacie Eirich reads her poem Heart Kintsugi, published on The Amazine in July 2025.

Heart Kintsugi, by Stacie Eirich

"I think of tenderness, of soft moments — of snapshot colors, like the train — 
Images, places, earth, time passing in a rush of palm fronds."

Writer Stacie Eirich reads her poem Siren Song, published on TheAmazine.com in July, 2025.

Siren Song, by Stacie Eirich

"When I was a kid, I dreamed of being adopted. By the Happy Hollisters. Mr. and Mrs. Hollister already had five kids; what’s one more?"

Writer Brian Christopher Giddens reads his prose poem Home Made, published on TheAmazine.com in May, 2025.

Home Made, by Brian Christopher Giddens

"at the door leave the dirt the bitter pine out back dear let me hold 
your pretty feet on my lap (yes, Pretty) please i don’t mind the cold" 

Writer Sonia Nicholson reads her poem bare, published on The Amazine in June 2025.

bare, by Sonia Nicholson

"I dreamt that I sat in the garden
still atop the soil, for an eon,
moving not an inch as flowers grew
into my skin and wound their way" 

Writer Malachy Moran reads his poem seeds in all my pockets, published on The Amazine in March 2025.

seeds in all my pockets, by Malachy Moran

"Patty leans in. “Death simultaneously intrigues and repels us.” I know she’s speaking to me. I signed up for the afternoon tour because I was curious about burial rituals practised in ancient times. At least, that’s what I tell myself. "

Writer Diana L. Gustafson reads an extract from her nonfiction piece Curating Death, published on The Amazine in January 2025.

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