poetry-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… Related Audio NatureAnimalsHistory & PoliticsTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureTypes/ModesEkphrasis
Dear Robert, IBy Pierre Joriswake up in pre-dawn Brooklyn,make water, heat water, squeezelemon, crush home-grown (at Joseph’son 68th…RelationshipsFriends & EnemiesHome LifeTypes/ModesEpistleJoy & Contentment
poetry-magazineDust-DippedBy Inua EllamsWe were wild children / we moved through space / like blades We were tame children / we fell to sleep… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingDeathYouthTechniquesAnaphora
poetry-magazineDiaryBy Stanley PlumlyThe euphemism is “infusion” when confusion is what happens, and depends on no time in particular especially…LivingGrowing OldHealth & IllnessTypes/ModesProse Poem
poetry-magazineBeachBy Stanley Plumly The end, I think, will be a little like looking down as far as I can see to where the wind has kicked…LivingDeathTypes/ModesProse Poem
poetry-magazinehow we survived: 爺爺’s pantoum (ii)By River 瑩瑩 Dandelionwe wore watermelon husks to hidelost cargo floating east to hong kongwater lilies & crickets our last… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsVerse FormsPantoum
poetry-magazinehow we survived: 爺爺’s pantoum (i)By River 瑩瑩 Dandelionyou had to know the currents, & the sunstay shallow to keep warm in the waters.you had to believe you… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsVerse FormsPantoum
poetry-magazineCarolee Schneemann—Interior Scroll (1975)By Rochelle Hurt[all my exes agree i’m too sensitive. inside i’m keeping track of slights on one long receipt, a diaristic… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityThe BodyArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmTypes/ModesEkphrasis
poetry-magazineBharti Kher—Confess (2010)By Rochelle Hurt[if you marry your confession, you can live alone inside it. no priest behind the window. no wife or… Related Audio LivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTypes/ModesEkphrasis
poetry-magazineJenny Holzer—DYING SHOULD BE AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG (1978)By Rochelle Hurt[as jumping from a plane. easier—a bridge. as tripping on a shoelace. as blinking your eyes. as breathing… Related Audio LivingDeathHealth & IllnessThe BodyTypes/ModesEkphrasis
poetry-magazineI-765By Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras Related Audio Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsTypes/ModesVisual Poetry
poetry-magazineUntitled/無題By John Whalen-BridgeThe words of childrensplash in grandmother’s mindand ripple to now.孩子的話兒在祖母心中濺起蕩漾至今。 Related Audio LivingGrowing OldRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsVerse FormsHaiku
poetry-magazineMalu Cycles/瑪璐循環By Maxine Hong KingstonI pay.In dream: Susie’s medical bill.For real: Moana bar tab.我付款。夢中:蘇西的醫療費。現實:莫阿娜酒吧賬。 Time I write … Related Audio NatureSocial CommentariesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityVerse FormsHaiku
poetry-magazineMango HeadBy Shara McCallumWhy yu always ask stupid question, ee?The man call mango head because him headshape like mango. What… Related Audio Social CommentariesLivingComing of AgeTypes/ModesEkphrasis
poetry-magazineCherryBy Yi Li I love cherries. The fruit, juice, jam, blossoms, prints on a summer dress, in a black forest cake… Related Audio Social CommentariesLivingYouthRelationshipsHome LifeTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern Poetry
poetry-magazinePlan WheelBy Doug Gonzalez Can You Hope Remember Remobilize Reorganize Revitalize Rewrite Relearn Repair Return Can You Know… Related Audio LivingLife ChoicesTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern PoetryOptimism
poetry-magazineShadow Pt. 2By Jamie Natonabah Related Audio The MindDoubt & ContemplationTypes/ModesVisual PoetryAnxiety & Insecurity
poetry-magazineDá’ák’eh ahooł’níi (To make a crop)By Chris HoshnicDá’ák’eh ahooł’níi niłch’i doo naadą́ą́.Naadą́ niłch’iDoo Sodizin.Niłchi adiin gooSodizin bee ’adoolnii… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsReligionThe SpiritualTypes/ModesPastoral
poetry-magazineRabbitholeBy Chris Hoshnic xxx In the truck at his funeral time catches up to me / beaks me into opaque-ness / a cog in the…ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsTypes/ModesVisual Poetry
poetry-magazinedáádílkałBy Chris Hoshnic Download the descriptive transcript 2 Our house on the hill. They always say in Navajo -up there …Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTypes/ModesVisual Poetry