poetry-magazineTanka in a Faraway LandBy Tarik DobbsThe leaders gather around to choreograph every desert bloom.Another annexation, another standing settler… Related Audio Social Commentaries
poetry-magazineeven the rocks are dyingBy marion eames whiteeven the rocks are dying. now that we’re herein a cene of our making, timeto hold what’s left. palm … Related Audio NatureSocial CommentariesTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineAnahita Without a FaceBy Shireen MadonYou stood beside our god, you anointed a human king, and yet you are foreverrendered the shortest of… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsReligionFaith & DoubtOther Religions
poetry-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… Related Audio Social CommentariesClassMoney & EconomicsRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsAngerGrief
poetry-magazineExodusBy Sharon Lin, Tanaya Winder & Jameson FitzpatrickArrival of boats from farawayheadlines, newspaper stands sellingpacket gum, candy bars, cigars. Ships… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsActivitiesTravels & Journeys
poetry-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… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityHistory & PoliticsLivingHealth & Illness
poetry-magazineFound: Psychic StateBy Anne HalseyA professional womantwenty-seven years oldis a state of mind.Three or four years’preparation for self… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationships
poetry-magazine[A sickly crow] i.By Kimiko HahnThe sky is a sicklysmell, even a crowcannot fly and willland to nestleand breed intwigs and plastics… Related Audio NatureAnimalsSocial Commentaries
poetry-magazineTo Those Who Fly the Air like Birds and Walk the Earth like BrothersBy Shann RayI .seated at a table for two inside Caffè Florian Venicein the room of illustrious men what are we but… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingDeathRelationships
Your VillageBy Elana BellOnce in a village that is burning because a village is always somewhere burning And if you do not look…Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingSorrow & Grieving
amongst ‘livestock’By John BurnsideNothing is adapted to the fretof LED and blockwork, snow-drift gustedOver ice intothe hayricks, scraps…NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesLivingDeath
A Boar Buys Real Estate in Fukushima PrefectureBy Shastra Deofor a snootful of roots, fallen fruits, and the carrionof a cream-coloured marten. She scuffs a four…NatureAnimalsSocial Commentaries
for Flick, Mus musculusBy Alvin PangRightsized for the milieu, sensorily superhuman (and who’s to say how else). Leapt lengthsin single …NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban Life
A Poem in Luxembourgish on New YorkBy Pierre JorisIt wasn’t even around Pentecost and nothing was flowering but it was an overheated day …Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeLivingJoy & Contentment
EnvoiBy Robin BlaserA lion padded down the sidewalk toward him, sheddinglight. He knew he began then to talk–loud enough…NatureAnimalsSocial Commentaries
Man and the AnimalsBy Umberto SabaMan, your misfortune’s bottomless.You’re too much and too little. You surveywith envy (though you think…NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesBlameDisappointment
PostludeBy Rita DoveYou prefer me invisible, no more thana crisp salute far away fromyour silks and firewood and woolens…NatureSocial CommentariesTown & Country LifeLivingBlame
City FoxBy Ruth FainlightIt makes me glad to watch a foxcross the road as I drive at nightthrough the city after a party.I admire…NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban Life
poetry-magazineFrom “Aase’s Death” [“I walk naturally”]By Aase BergI walk naturallythrough the white flutterApollo butterflies flickerfloat, ease uppaper swallowsrustle… Related Audio NatureAnimalsSocial Commentaries
poetry-magazineFrån “Aases Död” [“Jag går naturlig”]By Aase BergJag går naturliggenom det vita fladdretApollofjärilarna singlar,svävar, lättar,svalor av silkespapper… Related Audio NatureAnimalsSocial Commentaries