We published "Pulling Teeth" in August 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. "Pulling Teeth is an issue about pain in all of its many forms – and particularly pain as a companion (or inhibitor) to a journey of growth that is rarely linear and often cyclical." — Zara Shams Kassem, Executive Editor