Poetry

77 poems

[Inside the heart, love carps it lacks space.] — GGhalib

lovetranslationdesire

گلہ ہے شوق کو دل میں بھی تنگیِ جا کا by Ghalib

translationlove

[One life, a thousand wishes, each to die for slowly.] — GGhalib

lovetranslationdesire

ہزاروں خواہشیں ایسی کہ ہر خواہش پہ دم نکلے by Ghalib

translationlove

[What will my friends do when all their gambits fail?] — GGhalib

lovetranslationdesire

دوست غمخواری میں میری سعی فرمائیں گے کیا by Ghalib

translationlove

[You stopped just short of the highest note.] — GGhalib

lovetranslationaging

محرم نہیں ہے تو ہی نوا ہائے راز کا by Ghalib

translationlove

A Delicate Balance — Taylor Altman

memoryfamilyimmigration

from Dear Herculine — Aaron Apps

bodygenderchildhood

from Dear Herculine — Aaron Apps

bodygenderscience

from Dear Herculine — Aaron Apps

bodychildhoodgender

from Dear Herculine — Aaron Apps

bodymortalitygender

from Dear Herculine — Aaron Apps

bodymortalityscience

afterlife — BBBeth Bachmann

mortalitynaturegrief

bright one — BBBeth Bachmann

natureviolenceanimals

restriction — BBBeth Bachmann

naturemortalitydesire

Gender Studies — Sarah Barber

genderviolencehumor

How to Survive — Sarah Barber

addictionaginglove

An Early Nude by Rothko — Lindsay Bernal

desirebodyart

Horoscope — Michelle Chan Brown

birthmortalitybody

The Past a Sanctuary Staffed by Poltergeists — George David Clark

memoryreligionmarriage

The Peace — George David Clark

marriageplacedesire

Chutes and Ladders — Mark Cox

childhoodmemorytime

The Storm-torn Edge of Heaven — Mark Cox

mythfamilynature

Here — Mark Cox

naturechildhoodmemory

Spawning — Mark Cox

humormythtime

Lowghost — Norman Dubie

surrealismpovertymyth

Notes on What Is Always with Us — Camille Dungy

grieffamilyanimals

Frequently Asked Questions: 1 — Camille Dungy

familychildhoodhumor

Frequently Asked Questions: 2 — Camille Dungy

familychildhoodnature

Bird Ephemera — Claudia Emerson

naturehistorybody

Lacuna — Claudia Emerson

familyhistorybody

A Partial Ledger: Dr. C.D. Bennett — Claudia Emerson

birthhistorybody

Salvation, or Tupac is Alive in Jersey City, New Zealand — Raina Lauren Fields

racemythmusic

Eros: — Sarah Giragosian

desirebodyanimals

Leda — Sarah Giragosian

mythgenderart

The Pines — Carolyn Guinzio

naturelanguageperception

Regret Economies — Spencer Hanvik

addictionlossrural-life

Wolves Grovel at the Gate of an Abandoned Fourteenth-Century Hermitage — Spencer Hanvik

solitudemythtime

The Prophecies of B.B. Guthrie — David Hernandez

politicsreligionhumor

Parking FAQ — David Hernandez

humorurban-lifework

Thirteen — David Hernandez

familyillnesschildhood

The Universe — David Hernandez

identitylanguagelove

Said Agatha — Kate Rutledge Jaffe

memoryfamilysurrealism

Bedroom (In the Ear) — James Henry Knippen

childhoodnaturefolklore

Dear Bose-Einstein Condensate — Patrick Lawler

scienceidentityaging

Elegy Ending in the Sound of a Skipping Rope — Larry Levis

warmemoryloss

Hephaestus as Midwife — Ross Losapio

mythbirthfamily

Holiness, Again — Ross Losapio

spiritualitytravelreligion

Tattooed — Ross Losapio

familybodychildhood

Cleopatra in the Club Car — Michael McMahon

desiretravelmyth

Introduction to “Department of Aerial Photography” by Joshua Poteat — Joshua Poteat

Small Facts — WPWyatt Prunty

natureanimalsfamily

In a Brief, Animated World: The Marriage of Anne of Denmark to James of Scotland, 1589 — Roger Reeves

racehistoryviolence

Cross Country — Roger Reevees

raceviolencechildhood

Self-Portrait as Ernestine “Tiny” Davis — Roger Reeves

racemusicidentity

Romanticism (the Blue Keats) — Roger Reeves

desirelovebody

Road to Canaan — Sara Quinn Rivara

religionviolencefamily

Lake Ice — Sara Quinn Rivara

marriagegriefnature

The Swan Girl — Sara Quinn Rivara

mythnaturebody

Paul’s Daughter — Laura Sobbott Ross

familygriefchildhood

The Study of Tragedy — Laura Sobbott Ross

violencechildhoodfear

This Life with Bees — Kyla Sterling

desirebodyanimals

The Villain & the Helpless One — Kyla Sterling

solitudeshameidentity

Idiot’s Guide to Counting — Margo Taft Stever

bodytimeaging

how to draw seven circles — Ken Taylor

artbodysurrealism

winter landscape with newspaper & dog — Ken Taylor

natureaginganimals

Blowout — Colin Thacher

placememoryrural-life

Elevator — Lindsay Tigue

solitudeworkurban-life

Millions — Lindsay Tigue

scienceanimalslanguage

Drugstore Baby — Sarah Trudgeon

humorconsumerismloneliness

The Third Book of Moses, Called Leviticus — Sarah Trudgeon

religionhumortranslation

My Pet Baby — Sarah Trudgeon

solitudehumorfamily

Elegy Addressed (Atom Cloud, Hand) — Sharon Wang

griefmythbody

My Father as Weather Formation — William Kelley Woolfitt

familyhistorynature

My Mother as Harp Seal, as Sacristan — William Kelley Woolfitt

familygriefreligion