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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Two Into One — John Grey
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Take a Guess — John DeAngelo
Bacchanal — John DeAngelo
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your love is a moth — Cithara Patra
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February — Skye Tarshis
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What — R. James Sennett Jr.
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sancta alta caritate — Lorelei Thomas
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Chalkware Owl, 1966 — Michael Diebert
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Solanine — Beck Reynolds
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Pilgrimage of the Heart — Alec Yorke
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Yes, But — Stephen Mead
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Her Shoes — Don Narkevic
If I Owned Maracas — Don Narkevic​
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Teen Spirit — C.E. Collins
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Subway — Bella Melardi
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Fleshy Girl Seeks Mortal — Elle J. Snyder
There is Only Ever This Moment — Elle J. Snyder
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How Love Persists — Abraham Aondoana
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Heart Lines — Sarah Voight
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Flash
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Cattail — David Daniel
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As I Was Running from My Tongue — Vera Podell
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Venus' Flower Basket — Wasima Khan
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For Love — C.W. Bigelow
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Present at the Creation — Jim Parisi
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Letters From a Man with a Hundred Lovers — Shia Chang
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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
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