Poetry

61 poems

Hail Mary — Megan Blankenship

religionanimalsnature

Pew — Megan Blankenship

religionfamilyaddiction

Measure — Bruce Bond

musictimechildhood

Paradise — Bruce Bond

illnessgrieffriendship

The Art of Composition — Fleda Brown

musicartsolitude

Sing — Fleda Brown

childhoodmusicmemory

Poem after the Equinox, 2015 — Lisa Coffman

illnessfamilymemory

Why I Love the Fiddle — Lisa Coffman

musicgriefillness

Why I Love the Fiddle — Lisa Coffman

musicgriefillness

Bone — Erica Dawson

religionbodydesire

Eve, clownin’ Adam — Erica Dawson

religiongendermyth

God asked me, like he asked Job, Can you loosen Orion’s belt? — Erica Dawson

religionbodymyth

Sunday Drive — Chard deNiord

rural-lifereligionnature

That Century — Norman Dubie

historymythbody

The Nine Solitary Plasters of a Comedy — Norman Dubie

historyreligionart

Loose Page Found Inside a Notebook — Susan Elbe

solitudeaginggrief

Of Time and North — Susan Elbe

natureplacehome

While Falling to Sleep — Ed Falco

agingsolitudebody

The Machine's Guide to Grief — Leah Falk

griefmortalitytechnology

Out and Back — Leah Falk

naturemortalityplace

Sara Turing’s Archive — Leah Falk

familysciencechildhood

States and Instructions for the Universal Machine — Leah Falk

sciencetechnologymortality

Annunciation — Jessica Franck

bodyreligionchildhood

Eve as 16-Year-Old Girl Who Eats an Earthworm on a Dare — Jessica Franck

genderbodysexuality

Eve as Girl with Snake Duty in 7th Grade Science — Jessica Franck

genderbodyscience

Warn the Young Ones — Jennifer Givhan

warmortalitymyth

Love Is a Wound that Will Happen — Chloe Honum

lovememoryfamily

Stopping at a Gas Station on the Third Day of Driving Across the Country — Chloe Honum

lovesolitudetravel

from "Like Nebraska" by Sophie Klahr — Sophie Klahr

placelovenature

Mirrorform: The Living Dead — Peter Kline

humormortalitytechnology

Mirrorform: Shapeshifter — Peter Kline

identityhumorlanguage

Mirrorform: Visionary — Peter Kline

violenceartlanguage

Helen Keller at the Rodeo — Virginia Konchan

religionbodymyth

In 1967 — Larry Levis

naturehistorymortality

The Glass Sonata — Sarah Maclay

desireartbody

Soft Action — Sarah Maclay

bodyartnature

Icarus in the House of Spirits — Laura McCullough

memorynaturelove

The Troubles of Men: Holometaboly — Laura McCullough

genderidentitybody

The Barn — Elisabeth Murawski

childhoodrural-lifeanimals

Fukushima Winter — Miguel Murphy

memorynaturemortality

Hamlet — Miguel Murphy

bodyidentitysexuality

From The Compendium of Romantic Words: Delicatessen — Catherine Pierce

languagedesireurban-life

Poem for the Speakeasy — Catherine Pierce

historyloveurban-life

From The Compendium of Romantic Words: Undone — Catherine Pierce

languagedesirehumor

Spell to Reverse Loss of Memories — Joy Priest

memorygrieflove

My Father Teaches Me How to Handle a Pistol — Joy Priest

familyviolencerace

Eschatology in Crayon Wax — Joshua Robbins

religionpoliticsrural-life

Drone — Solmaz Sharif

warimmigrationviolence

Force Visibility — Solmaz Sharif

politicsviolencewar

Mess Hall — Solmaz Sharif

politicsviolencerace

daayan, feet facing forward — Raena Shirali

folkloregenderviolence

the procession — Raena Shirali

mythgenderanimals

Baba Yaga Invites Fort Worth Girl Scout Troop #23 for a Campout — Alexandra Teague

folkloregenderchildhood

Audrey Munson, The American Venus, Reimagines Her Life as Still Life — Alexandra Teague

artgenderbody

Pandora Opens USA Today, December 3, 2015, and Drafts an Editorial — Alexandra Teague

politicsviolencegender

Memory of Museum of Memory — Karrie Waarala

gendermemoryidentity

The Morning After — Karrie Waarala

addictionhomeanimals

How to Remember — Karrie Waarala

violencememoryaddiction

Pushing toward the Canopy — Lesley Wheeler

natureaginghome

The Weeknight Showing — Ryo Yamaguchi

mythlovedesire

Serhiy Zhadan — Serhiy Zhadan, translated by Alan Zhukovski