Poetry

77 poems

July at Rose Blumkin — Susan Aizenberg

agingfamilyillness

Eleanor Writes She’s Reading Rimbaud — Susan Aizenberg

memoryyouthdesire

In The Show We’ve Been Watching The Unloved Beautiful — Susan Aizenberg

familymarriagememory

Fight or Flight — Lacy Barker

familyviolencegrief

The Lost Boys — Lacy Barker

familychildhoodviolence

Ma the Movie Star — Lacy Barker

familyviolencehistory

The Traveler’s Vade Mecum, Line #346: ‘The Banks Have Begun to Contract’ — Sandra Beasley

placeurban-lifebody

The Traveler’s Vade Mecum, Line #1181: ‘The Calamity is Not Serious’ — Sandra Beasley

folklorehumortravel

The Traveler’s Vade Mecum, Line #4646:‘Vegetation Grows Rapidly’ — Sandra Beasley

naturebodyecology

Aubade: Homesong — Sidney Burris

homememorynature

Dream Cargo — Sidney Burris

mortalitywartime

Abstraction — Wyn Cooper

arttimenature

Vectors — Wyn Cooper

illnessviolencebody

Radical Primaticism — R.H.W. Dillard

mythhumorbody

The Carceral — Norman Dubie

desiretechnologysurreal

Last Page of His First Novel, Called The Sisters Grim. — Norman Dubie

desiretravelhumor

Snow Down in Hong Kong — Norman Dubie

violencewarhistory

Sleep — John W. Evans

griefillnesssolitude

Young Widower — John W. Evans

griefmarriageviolence

Some Men — JHJohn Hoppenthaler

masculinitymortalityhumor

Passing — JHJohn Hoppenthaler

friendshipmortalityreligion

A Moral Color — L.S. Klatt

languagearthistory

The Necessary Angel — Larry Levis

warviolencehistory

Ghost Confederacy — Larry Levis

warhistorynature

God Is Always Seventeen — Larry Levis

humorreligionmortality

A Singing in the Rocks — Larry Levis

historyreligiontravel

La Strada — Larry Levis

mortalitybodyaging

Elegy with a Darkening Trapeze Inside It — Larry Levis

politicshistorymortality

Alphabet of the Peacock’s Eyes — Norman Lock

artdesiremyth

Alphabet of Stones — Norman Lock

mythnaturetime

Alphabet of Barbed Wire — Norman Lock

warhistorymemory

A new science — Aditi Machado

bodydesirenature

[To those of us who would rather be alive] — Edward Mayes

lovehumorlanguage

[The shutters close slowly in the camera] — Edward Mayes

memoryartlanguage

[In London, 1973, watching Ultimo Tango a Parigi] — Edward Mayes

filmmemorydesire

[Because the queue was far longer for the question] — Edward Mayes

humorlanguagememory

[After we found the sack of tchotchkes in the garage] — Edward Mayes

memoryfamilylanguage

New Civilian — Michael McGriff

familywaraddiction

The Cow — Michael McGriff

familyrural-lifememory

In February — Michael McGriff

griefrural-lifefamily

Figures in the Landscape — Michael McGriff

rural-lifefolkloreplace

Note Left for My Former Self — Michael McGriff

solitudebody

Reasons for Staying — Michael McGriff

memorynaturelove

The Watch — Michael McGriff

workclassmaterialism

Aberration — Christopher Munde

bodyviolencemortality

In a City of Red Ideas — B.A. Newmark

religionmythspirituality

Soon, We Will Give In — B.A. Newmark

warreligionlove

[For fury the Penitent may say] — Michael C. Peterson

religionspiritualitybody

[When gluttony is less than ruinous] — Michael C. Peterson

religionbodydesire

[Something of occupation] — Michael C. Peterson

languagemortalitymusic

[So long on Tantrum now] — Michael C. Peterson

mortalitylanguagesolitude

After the Tornado, the Checkout Clerk Considers Leaving — Catherine Pierce

placenatureviolence

The Teenager Watches the Tornado in Her Rearview — Catherine Pierce

youthnaturedanger

The Tornado Visits the Town — Catherine Pierce

natureviolenceplace

My Head a Pine Cabinet with Female Cardinal Ascending — Rebekah Remington

memoryillnesssolitude

Little Invocation — Rebekah Remington

familysolitudememory

Elegy 2 — Iliana Rocha

mortalityviolencegrief

La Estrella — Iliana Rocha

familymythgrief

I Leave — Iliana Rocha

griefplacetravel

The Marriage Voyage of Juan Ramón Jiménez 1916 — Sara Sams

marriagetravelhistory

[New days are like the changing of water.] — Maya Sarishvili

translationurban-lifesolitude

[ახალი დღეები წყლის გამოცვლასავითაა.] — Maya Sarishvili

translationurban-lifesolitude

[Let my husband know] — Maya Sarishvili

translationmarriagebody

[უთხარით ჩემს ქმარს] — Maya Sarishvili

translationmarriagebody

Memory — Maya Sarishvili

translationmemoryfamily

ხსოვნა — Maya Sarishvili

translationmemoryfamily

Haibun for the Grantham Station Platform — Corinna McClanahan Schroeder

travelsolitudeplace

Ritual with Seven Selves — Corinna McClanahan Schroeder

identitymemorybody

Is there still a Betty in this new life? — Diane Seuss

griefmortalityreligion

It Seems Like a Poem Should Smile Wide, with Rotten Teeth 2 — Diane Seuss

humorbodyclass

We fear the undulant — Diane Seuss

griefmortalitybody

Fontanels — Leah Soderberg

lovepovertybody

West — Leah Soderberg

desireartviolence

The Wine-Dark Sea (I) — MSMathias Svalina

languagecreation

The Wine-Dark Sea (II) — MSMathias Svalina

languageidentity

The Wine-Dark Sea (III) — MSMathias Svalina

languageart

The Wine-Dark Sea (IV) — MSMathias Svalina

friendshipidentitylove