
Yellow Mama E zine
Issue #116
Mixtape: Poem by Bradford Middleton

Art by Bernice Holtzman © 2026
MIXTAPE
by Bradford Middleton
I just tried to do one, an
Old-school mixtape like those
I made during my youth
Back then I could slam 50 songs
Easily on a 90-minute tape but
Now, wow
A different 50 clocking in near
3 long hours and only 5 shorter
Than the previous
Ubiquitous 2 minute punk noise
Thrashings.
Bradford Middleton lives in Brighton on England’s south coast. Recent poems have been, or will be shortly, published at The Literary Underground, Down in the Dirt, Beach Chair Review, Cajun Mutt Press, and the Mad Swirl. His debut collection of poems is currently under consideration from a few different small presses.
Bernice Holtzman’s paintings and collages have appeared in shows at various venues in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s Club, the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she can’t remember, but it was in a basement, and she was well received. She is the Assistant Art Director for Yellow Mama.