Do You Smell Burning? | Issue 07 | Free the Verse

We published "Do You Smell Burning?" in November 2023. Free the Verse is a quarterly poetry magazine. Since our inception, we've published an issue every quarter, and host a bi-annual poetry competition with a $100 prize. Interested in joining the community? Our submissions are open now. "Do You Smell Burning? is for the isolated witness. Those who struggle to enjoy an overly-hot late autumn day. Those who scribble down thoughts in musty train carriages; who see a single moment in the context of its past and future." — Zara Shams Kassem, Executive Editor