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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-magazineLost Quails in an Easter PastoralBy Hershman JohnLast Easter, I gave my mother-in-law a large, brown, simple ceramic Navajo water pot, shiny with pine… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesPastoral + 2 more
poetry-magazineFemale RainBy Doug Gonzalez only I stood in the rain with wet skin. I could taste the dew though it had not yet found my lips. … Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsWeatherReligionThe SpiritualTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern Poetry
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
poetry-magazineShí łeeshch’iih béénáshniih, I remember ashBy Danielle Shandiin Emersonłeeshch’iihacross shitáá’on the insideof shilátsíínfrom thebeesh bii’ ko’íin the cornerof thehogan.My… Related Audio RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern Poetry
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-magazineShadow Pt. 2By Jamie Natonabah Related Audio The MindDoubt & ContemplationTypes/ModesVisual PoetryAnxiety & Insecurity
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower CameBy Robert Browning1.My first thought was, he lied in every word, That hoary cripple, with malicious eye Askance to watch…ActivitiesTravels & JourneysMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsTypes/ModesDramatic MonologueMelancholy & Despair
The Tempest ["Ye elves of hills...", 5.1.33-57]By William ShakespeareYe elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves;And ye that on the sands with printless footDo… Related Audio Arts & SciencesTheater & DanceTypes/ModesDramatic MonologueAnger