Poetry

48 poems

Mikhail Aizenberg — Mikhail Aizenberg, translation from Russian by Boris Kokotov

After Reading the News this Morning, I Turn to the Curses of My Ancestors: A Found Poem — Susan Aizenberg

historylanguagefamily

Eleanor Remembers Her Soldier — Susan Aizenberg

waryouthmemory

Now That You're Nowhere — Susan Aizenberg

grieffamilymemory

The Way Some People Laugh at Funerals — Francesca Bell

violencefearhumor

Intention Tremor — Francesca Bell

illnessanimalsaging

Museum — Fleda Brown

agingmemoryillness

Picnic, with Geese — Fleda Brown

illnessfamilynature

Stump — Fleda Brown

illnessagingfamily

Christ in a Cholo Stance — Kenneth Chacón

religionaddictionclass

Letter to the Neighbor after We Moved to the Good Part of Town — Kenneth Chacón

classhomeidentity

Week 25: Rutabaga — Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach

childbirthbodyfamily

From this blue born — Carol Ann Davis

naturecreationmortality

What is the layer — Carol Ann Davis

memoryfamilylanguage

Looking for God (its big machine) — Carol Ann Davis

religionnaturechildhood

The Bookmobile Lady: Pittsylvania County, Virginia — Claudia Emerson

rural-lifehistorygender

Annunciation, without Angel — Jennifer Franklin

religiongrieffamily

Still Life with Gold — Jennifer Franklin

mortalityhistorydeath

June — Jennifer Franklin

familyillnesshome

Reading about the Lost Children of Tuam — Jennifer Franklin

familyhistoryreligion

Collection & Identification — Kathleen Heil

warhistorylanguage

Inheritance of Fire — Jaimee Hills

familyviolencemortality

The Cantor — TJ Jarrett

griefworkfamily

The Children (Part II) — TJ Jarrett

immigrationviolencechildhood

Jennary: Hinterland — TJ Jarrett

desirenaturebody

Luck Left Over for Those Who Lose Games of Russian Roulette — Robert Lynn

familyhistorymortality

‘Adoration of the Magi,’ ca. 1475 — Margaret Mackinnon

religionarthistory

Looking for Virginia Dare — Margaret Mackinnon

historychildhoodmyth

Camouflage — David Moolten

desiremarriageidentity

The Kite — David Moolten

familychildhoodmemory

As Cheer Passed by a Death Bed — William Olsen

griefmortalityfamily

Shaken, as of Things That Are Made — William Olsen

religionmortalitydream

Three Versions of an Underpass, Somewhere outside Houston — William Olsen

memoryplacetime

Apollo Catches Daphne — Felicity Sheehy

mythgenderdesire

Makeup — Felicity Sheehy

familychildhoodgender

My Mother Has Had It with the Tragedies — Felicity Sheehy

familygriefreligion

At Ten — Felicity Sheehy

childhoodfamilydesire

King Vulture — Samyak Shertok

mythfamilydisplacement

Riflesong of a Dalit Comrade — Samyak Shertok

raceclassviolence

A Small Talk — Samyak Shertok

warchildhoodviolence

In the Year of the Earth — Samyak Shertok

naturedeathfolklore

Nine Posthumous Poems — James Tate

Patty Crane — Tomas Tranströmer, translation from Swedish by Patty Crane

My Brother the Artist, at Seven — Ranjana Varghese

childhoodfamilyart

Death in the Reeds — Matthew Wimberley

artmortalitymyth

The Silence — Matthew Wimberley

deathyouthaddiction

Snowmelt — Matthew Wimberley

memorynaturetime

At the Lepidopterist's House — Chelsea Woodard

artnatureobsession