Volume One | Spring '26
March 20th, 2026
Volume One: Spring '26
Ah, here it is—the first shoots of spring. How we've waited for you! With the arrival of spring comes the blossoming of newness, and in that breadth comes dancing along a new magazine for you to indulge in.
Pink Ochre's debut volume is now available, and I am so giddy to announce that submissions for Volume Two will open tomorrow and close on June 14th for our summer issue. After receiving nearly a hundred submissions for this initial volume—and thank you for that, dear friends! You make it happen—we selected twenty-one poems and seven stories showcasing the convoluted spectrum of love to be enjoyed alongside this new season.
While gathering the words and formatting this volume, I had "Song to Keep You Company" by Bridget St. John on loop. Give it a listen if you'd like.
With love in surplus,
Meg Nadine Wenzel, Editor-in-Chief
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Poetry
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Free Love — Sam Hendrian
Oh, How Large Are the Little Things You've Taught Me — Sam Hendrian
Two Into One — John Grey
Take a Guess — John DeAngelo
Bacchanal — John DeAngelo
your love is a moth — Cithara Patra
February — Skye Tarshis
What — R. James Sennett Jr.
sancta alta caritate — Lorelei Thomas
Chalkware Owl, 1966 — Michael Diebert
Solanine — Beck Reynolds
Pilgrimage of the Heart — Alec Yorke
Yes, But — Stephen Mead
Her Shoes — Don Narkevic
If I Owned Maracas — Don Narkevic
Teen Spirit — C.E. Collins
Subway — Bella Melardi
Fleshy Girl Seeks Mortal — Elle J. Snyder
There is Only Ever This Moment — Elle J. Snyder
How Love Persists — Abraham Aondoana
Heart Lines — Sarah Voight
Flash
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Cattail — David Daniel
As I Was Running from My Tongue — Vera Podell
Venus' Flower Basket — Wasima Khan
For Love — C.W. Bigelow
Present at the Creation — Jim Parisi
Letters From a Man with a Hundred Lovers — Shia Chang
A Composition of Love — K.A. Vasquez
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Editor's Section
Take my hand/Twist until I break — Archie Everes, Deputy Editor
flor de la imaginación — Archie Everes, Deputy Editor
Portrait of an Ex-Girlfriend — Meg Nadine Wenzel, Editor-in-Chief
Butterfly Fur — Meg Nadine Wenzel, Editor-in-Chief