Volume Two | Summer '26
June 21, 2026
Volume Two: Summer '26
SuSSSSS
With love in surplus,
Meg Nadine Wenzel, Editor-in-Chief
Summer is finally here, which means Pink Ochre's second volume has arrived for all to enjoy, regardless of how one might feel about the season. A favorite of many and dreaded by others—including me, an admitted hater-of-the-heat—summer offers bountiful opportunities to experience love in all its forms, as showcased in this season's twenty-one poems and nine flash stories.
Starting next volume, we will welcome several new additions to our editing team to more efficiently manage submissions; Archie and I are overwhelmed in the best way. If you are interested in volunteering to fulfill the role of Flash Genre Editor or Social Media Manager for Pink Ochre, please contact us through our email at pinkochremagazine@gmail.com for further position information and application instructions.
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Poetry
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Breaking Tradition — Kendra Whitfield
WATER CUP — Ron Arbuckle
Paint By Numbers — Nicholas Grooms
In Trouble — Nicholas Grooms
Junior Year — T. Dallas Saylor
Providence — Jewel Hou
Settle, petal — Ellie Cottrell
(one-third of) The One that Got Away — Damien Farley
Trying to bridge the gap — Mayzie Sattler
Blurry photos of the Moon on your iPhone — Bennett McKinney
Spring Tide — Sarah Voight
Chagrin d'amour — Alex Bourdreaux
Love Studies — Penny Wei
Chehra, jaan-e-ghazal — Sifath Agarwal
Maw — Penelope Steiss
The Marshmallow Test — Philip Granof
American Girl — Philip Granof
Sunflowers — Brian Gotta
Happy New Year! — Ezra Gatlin
Building a Home After Exile — Collins C. Opareaocha
I think I love the way the sheets are warm and undone now — QT
Flash
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Frito Lay Consumer Relations — Ron Arbuckle
Leave a Message at the Beep — Jim Parisi
Une Splendide Érection... — Arjun Razdan
Sugar Dreams — Erin MacKinnon
At school, the other girls loved Paul, or sometimes John — Chris Cottom
Friction and Wear — Leisl Jobson
Versicolour — Ruchi Sneha
Three Deer — Amelia Filloramo
Dogs — Noah Jacobs
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Editor's Section
Virtue and Terror — Meg Nadine Wenzel, Editor-in-Chief
far from home — Archie Everes, Deputy Editor