Poempoetry-magazineVessel with Two Feet, ca. 1000–800 BCEBy Shireen MadonIt’s as though the birds all know each other, and how naively they seem to believe the world will go…
Poempoetry-magazineAnahita Without a FaceBy Shireen MadonYou stood beside our god, you anointed a human king, and yet you are foreverrendered the shortest of…
Poempoetry-magazineA Conversation with My Mother About the Bloodstains on My ShirtBy Darius Simpsondo you remember in fifth gradewhen i was all of eighty poundssoaking wet and fully clothedi told you…
Poempoetry-magazineExodusBy Sharon LinArrival of boats from farawayheadlines, newspaper stands sellingpacket gum, candy bars, cigars. Ships…
Poempoetry-magazineFound: Diagnosis Notes and Recommended Treatment of Ailments Described by Single Women to Dr. Robert L. Dickinson Between 1883 and 1933By Anne Halsey 1. Recent death of mother, keeps house for old father. No treatment; friends and amusement. 2. Shock…
Poempoetry-magazineΠεύϰο της ΚύπϱουBy Elli PaionidouΑγωνίζεσαι, σαν ηϱωιϰός δϱομέας,να ϰϱατήσεις τη σϰυτάλη της αξιοπϱέπειας.Στις γυμνές ανηϕοϱιές σοϕός…
Poempoetry-magazinePine of CyprusBy Elli PaionidouYou strive to cling on to the batonof integrity, like some heroic runner.On the barren hill your sage…
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Poempoetry-magazineIn the Absence of a Name Noah’s Wife Sings Her Own Praise SongBy Malika Bookeri. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the lord and thus formed the habit of my non-naming, there …
Poempoetry-magazineDetroitBy Kira Alexis TuckerThese days, the plants are overtaking the plants, abandoned factory packing centers overgrown with …
Poempoetry-magazineOff on HolidayBy Kira Alexis TuckerWild for once, we drenched and drugged and flung our sunstarved bodies into brunching and clubbing and…