Poetry

73 poems

The Man Code — Michael Broek

violencelovemasculinity

The Varsouvienne — Michael Broek

desirehistoryplace

Afterword. — Norman Dubie

mythviolencehistory

The Meteor Shower — Norman Dubie

griefmortalitynature

The First Light of a Quantum Plenum — Norman Dubie

historyviolencescience

Professor Slaughter’s Cell in the Land of Luz — Norman Dubie

illnessartsurreal

Aubade Ending with the Death of a Mosquito — Tarfia Faizullah

griefillnessfamily

Elegy with Her Red-Tipped Fingers — Tarfia Faizullah

grieffamilyreligion

Ramadan Nocturne — Tarfia Faizullah

desireurban-lifebody

Bed — Margaret Gibson

Chalk and Slate — Margaret Gibson

Happiness — Margaret Gibson

Hard of Hearing — Margaret Gibson

Like Ice — Margaret Gibson

Broken Cup by Margaret Gibson — Margaret Gibson

illnessmarriagememory

Remembering — Margaret Gibson

Summer — Margaret Gibson

Tasks — Margaret Gibson

Once — JGJuliana Gray

naturesolitude

Adornment on an Ancient Tomb in Tibet — T.R. Hummer

religionmortalitytravel

Gall Themselves, and Gash — T.R. Hummer

mortalityreligionnature

Another Horizontal Lyric — T.R. Hummer

timemortalitybody

Hund’s Rule — T.R. Hummer

familyscienceaging

Sappho — T.R. Hummer

mythmusicsolitude

Thrombosis — T.R. Hummer

bodymortalityillness

Urn Burial — T.R. Hummer

mortalityhistoryviolence

Walking the Dog — Richard Jackson

solitudenaturelanguage

Prayer — Richard Jackson

mortalityhistoryreligion

Biosentimentality — Anna Journey

bodygriefidentity

A Wayward Cow's Worst Nightmare — Anna Journey

placememoryanimals

One Year After My Move to California, I Jell-O Wrestle My Texan Past in a Dream — Anna Journey

memoryplacedesire

Jail by Church and School — Josh Kalscheur

violenceplaceclass

Recollect — Josh Kalscheur

desireplacebody

Regiment, 1941 — Josh Kalscheur

warviolencehistory

49 Answers to 50 Questions — Jesse Lee Kercheval

familyidentityhistory

Water Clocks — Katherine Larson

timetravelhistory

Such Insomnia and the Shape — Katherine Larson

solitudesciencebody

Nursery Rhyme from Another Century — Katherine Larson

childhoodtechnologyurban-life

The Oranges in Uganda — Katherine Larson

mortalitytravellove

Piano Lessons II — Katherine Larson

familymusicchildhood

Statuary — Katherine Larson

naturegriefmemory

The Girl Who Was A Victim Of The Flood — Larry Levis

mortalitywaterviolence

The Leopard’s Mouth Is Dry And Cold Inside — Larry Levis

bodymortalityaging

The Plains — Larry Levis

rural-lifesolitudefamily

Schoolhouse — Larry Levis

childhoodrural-lifememory

Soon — Larry Levis

marriagelanguagehome

Toad, Hog, Assassin, Mirror — Larry Levis

identityhumorlanguage

The Zoo — Larry Levis

solitudeanimalstime

We'll Always Have Négritude — Kyla Marshell

racefilmidentity

The Burn Pit Detail at FOB Cobra — Hugh Martin

warviolenceanimals

Ways of Looking at an IED — Hugh Martin

warviolence

Site 947: A Situation Report — Hugh Martin

warnatureanimals

hines ward jr. lunches at the blue house 2006 — Robert Ricardo Reese

raceidentityfamily

a playground in daegu — Robert Ricardo Reese

raceviolencechildhood

the wild wild east — Robert Ricardo Reese

raceviolenceplace

The Cavalry — Steve Scafidi

warhistoryanimals

The Gentleman — Steve Scafidi

historyhumoranimals

The Pages — Steve Scafidi

childhoodhistorymemory

The Parade — Steve Scafidi

historypolitics

The Wine — Steve Scafidi

lovemarriagebody

“Las Meninas and Perro Semihundido” Tori Sharpe — Tori Sharpe

artdesireidentity

The Geography of Anatomy by County — Katie Jean Shinkle

bodylanguageidentity

Martha Talks Evolutionary Theory of Anatomy — Katie Jean Shinkle

bodylanguagescience

The Tomb of the Scipios — Ron Smith

historymortalityplace

Confessions for the Guerrilla Fighter Upstairs — Hope Maxwell Snyder

warviolencelove

My Father’s Language — Hope Maxwell Snyder

familylanguageimmigration

Dark — Alison Stine

desirememorydanger

Egrets — Jasmine Dreame Wagner

memoryfamilynature

Like Empires and Languages — Jasmine Dreame Wagner

historylanguage

Burtynsky’s Mines — Jasmine Dreame Wagner

ecologyartindustry

Sun Bear — Matthew Zapruder

animalssolitudenature

Public Art — Matthew Zapruder

ecologyloveurban-life

I’m Working on this Synecdoche — Matthew Zingg

loveplacememory