Poetry

July 26th, 2026

Leisan Yusupov

My Love

my love makes me a wild animal, teeth bared at nature’s whim. feral and snarling, ugly and desperate, it tears me limb from limb.

my love fills me like a fever, rotting fruit in heat of day. sickly sweet, the cloying scent masks the stench of decay.

my love rusts me like a long-lost spoon, sunken to the depths of sea. it eats away at what is left till all remains debris.

my love makes me like a wounded dog, leg trapped in metal claws. i bite and rage, and yet still crave release in loving arms.

Leisan Amelia Yusupov is an Art Education major in her 3rd year at UW-Superior. Her work has previously been featured in UWS Juried Art Exhibitions, but this is her first time being a part of a publication. Her passions lie in printmaking, poetry, and capturing the love that surrounds her life. She has two cats (Pumpkin and Fibonacci) and loves to spend time outside, which is where she finds a lot of her creative inspiration.