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Azimuth — Danielle Kotrla
Poetry · v21n3, Spring 2023
Bluebonnets — Danielle Kotrla
Poetry · v21n3, Spring 2023
don’t bring your 6-year-old daughter to a wild horse action, just bring a horse home — Ibe Liebenberg
Poetry · v21n3, Spring 2023
The Zoologist’s Daughter — Alison Townsend
Poetry · v21n3, Spring 2023
Carcass Balance — Leslie Adrienne Miller
Poetry · v21n2, Fall 2022
Furs — Leslie Adrienne Miller
Poetry · v21n2, Fall 2022
June (I dug the hole and the dog watched) — Nathaniel Perry
Poetry · v21n1, Spring 2022
June (I realize now in last week’s poem) — Nathaniel Perry
Poetry · v21n1, Spring 2022
June (We’re waiting for our dog to die) — Nathaniel Perry
Poetry · v21n1, Spring 2022
Dogs with Agency — James Seay
Nonfiction · v21n1, Spring 2022
August of &8217;80 — Wynne Hungerford
Fiction · v20n2, Fall 2021
Linnets — Larry Levis
Poetry · v20n2, Fall 2021
Deško Lives in a Pot — Tomaž Šalamun, translation from Slovene by Brian Henry
Poetry · v20n2, Fall 2021
Deathbed Dream with Extinction List — Claire Wahmanholm
Poetry · v20n2, Fall 2021
The Future — Claire Wahmanholm
Poetry · v20n2, Fall 2021
Luna e cani — Corrado Govoni
Poetry · v20n1, Spring 2021
Moon and Dogs — Corrado Govoni, translation from Italian by Paula Bohince
Poetry · v20n1, Spring 2021
the junkyard galaxy knocks — Irène P. Mathieu
Poetry · v20n1, Spring 2021
late spring — Irène P. Mathieu
Poetry · v20n1, Spring 2021
Feathers — Sarah Rose Nordgren
Poetry · v20n1, Spring 2021
Audubon’s Peewees — Dave Smith
Poetry · v20n1, Spring 2021
Intention Tremor — Francesca Bell
Poetry · v19n1, Spring 2020
The Bag of Feed — James Tate
Poetry · v19n1, Spring 2020
Heaven — James Tate
Poetry · v19n1, Spring 2020
Nonna Tears Apart a Chicken — Constance Adler
Fiction · v18n1, Spring 2019
The Forgotten Lutz — Bruce Ducker
Fiction · v18n1, Spring 2019
Levinas — Bruce Bond
Poetry · v18n1, Spring 2019
Wild Pigs — Leigh Anne Couch
Poetry · v18n1, Spring 2019
Leash Training — Lisa Fay Coutley
Poetry · v18n1, Spring 2019
Face Blindness — Claudia Emerson
Poetry · v18n1, Spring 2019
Bees — Sidney Wade
Poetry · v18n1, Spring 2019
Grave by the Lake — Taneum Bambrick
Poetry · v17n2, Fall 2018
After Incus — Emily Nemens
Fiction · v17n1, Spring 2018
Sleeping Puppy and Hedgehog: Rembrandt and Dürer — Michelle Boisseau
Poetry · v17n1, Spring 2018
Sentinel Species — Catherine MacDonald
Poetry · v17n1, Spring 2018
The Air We Breathed — Serhiy Zhadan, translated by Alan Zhukovski
Poetry · v17n1, Spring 2018
Hail Mary — Megan Blankenship
Poetry · v16n2, Fall 2017
In 1967 — Larry Levis
Poetry · v16n2, Fall 2017
The Barn — Elisabeth Murawski
Poetry · v16n2, Fall 2017
the procession — Raena Shirali
Poetry · v16n2, Fall 2017
The Morning After — Karrie Waarala
Poetry · v16n2, Fall 2017
Tapping the Glass: On Poems, Aquariums, and Form — Nicky Beer
Nonfiction · v16n2, Fall 2017
Duets — Brendan Galvin
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
Mascots — Brendan Galvin
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
Oldest Squirrel Monkey in Captivity — Graham Hillard
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
The Chimpanzee — Mark Irwin
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
An Invitation — Cindy King
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
Coat The Skillet — Vi Khi Nao
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
Mr. Hen — Dustin Pearson
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
Letter 2 — Dustin Pearson
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
Letter 7 — Dustin Pearson
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
Independence Creek — John Poch
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
Technology Used by Dogs — Seth Brady Tucker | Blackbird v16n1 | #Technology Used by Dogs
Poetry · v16n1, Spring 2017
Transport — Betty Adcock
Poetry · v15n2, Fall 2016
The Conversation Paused — Michael Bazzett
Poetry · v15n2, Fall 2016
The Truth Dog — William Logan
Poetry · v15n2, Fall 2016
What is the most venomous animal? — Janet McNally
Poetry · v15n2, Fall 2016
Surfaces — Margo Taft Stever
Poetry · v15n2, Fall 2016
Canis Familiarus — David Wojahn
Poetry · v15n2, Fall 2016
Give Orange Me Give Eat Orange Me Eat Orange Give Me Eat Orange Give Me You — David Wojahn
Poetry · v15n2, Fall 2016
Rabbit — Claudia Emerson
Poetry · v15n1, Spring 2016
Rabies — Claudia Emerson
Poetry · v15n1, Spring 2016
The Morning Mail — T.R. Hummer
Poetry · v15n1, Spring 2016
[Calico gray, rag-tag she chose our crawl space] — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
[If you count the catalogue of cats] — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
[After I dumped the failed jelly by the rotten] — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
[Edith Södergran, also holding the leash] — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
[“On foot”] — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
[A lens of cloud, a sighting around a sheet] — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
[She is back, the one-eyed cat, trapped] — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
[They know their terrain, their paths] — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
[In a week they are gone, did the mother] — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
[Coming back into the yard something’s off] — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
c(on)ta(in)er — Vanessa Couto Johnson
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
Shadow — Emily Leithauser
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
Soul's Colony — Carly Joy Miller
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
Yellowhammer — Austin Segrest
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
Feeding the Hounds — Catherine Staples
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
Moon Blind — Catherine Staples
Poetry · v14n2, Fall 2015
Elegy for the Deodand — Kyle McCord
Poetry · v14n1, Spring 2015
Disciplining the Body — Kyle McCord
Poetry · v14n1, Spring 2015
Politics of the Afterlife — Kyle McCord
Poetry · v14n1, Spring 2015
Goat — Matthew Minicucci
Poetry · v14n1, Spring 2015
Dear Animal — C.L. O’Dell
Poetry · v14n1, Spring 2015
Sea Cow — Emily Vizzo
Poetry · v14n1, Spring 2015
bright one — Beth Bachmann
Poetry · v13n2, Fall 2014
Notes on What Is Always with Us — Camille Dungy
Poetry · v13n2, Fall 2014
Eros: — Sarah Giragosian
Poetry · v13n2, Fall 2014
Small Facts — Wyatt Prunty
Poetry · v13n2, Fall 2014
This Life with Bees — Kyla Sterling
Poetry · v13n2, Fall 2014
winter landscape with newspaper & dog — Ken Taylor
Poetry · v13n2, Fall 2014
Millions — Lindsay Tigue
Poetry · v13n2, Fall 2014
The Actress — Michael Bazzett
Poetry · v13n1, Spring 2014
Of Opposites — F. Daniel Rzicznek
Poetry · v13n1, Spring 2014
Wish — Joe Wilkins
Poetry · v13n1, Spring 2014
Jake — Walter Bennett
Nonfiction · v13n1, Spring 2014
I. To Have & To Hold — Corey Van Landingham
Poetry · v12n1, Spring 2013
A Wayward Cow's Worst Nightmare — Anna Journey
Poetry · v11n2, Fall 2012
The Zoo — Larry Levis
Poetry · v11n2, Fall 2012
The Burn Pit Detail at FOB Cobra — Hugh Martin
Poetry · v11n2, Fall 2012
Site 947: A Situation Report — Hugh Martin
Poetry · v11n2, Fall 2012
The Cavalry — Steve Scafidi
Poetry · v11n2, Fall 2012
The Gentleman — Steve Scafidi
Poetry · v11n2, Fall 2012
Sun Bear — Matthew Zapruder
Poetry · v11n2, Fall 2012
Where Humans Live Roaches — Andrew Kozma
Poetry · v11n1, Spring 2012
All the Songs Are About You and Me and Our Agoraphobic Dog — Brianna Noll
Poetry · v11n1, Spring 2012
Natural Distances — Eleanor Ross Taylor
Poetry · v11n1, Spring 2012
Blue Jay and Something Else — Daneen Wardrop
Poetry · v11n1, Spring 2012
"Of Dogges" — Nick Lantz
Poetry · v10n2, Fall 2011
Harry Harlow in the Pit of Despair — Nick Lantz
Poetry · v10n2, Fall 2011
Lions Are Fed Donkeys in Baghdad Zoo: YouTube — Nick Lantz
Poetry · v10n2, Fall 2011
The Cuckoo, Tomas Tranströmer | translation by Patty Crane — Patty Crane
Poetry · v10n1, Spring 2011
Cook Takes Stock after the Ice Road Fails — Adam Houle
Poetry · v10n1, Spring 2011
Body Double — Maggie Schwed
Poetry · v10n1, Spring 2011
Passing Through — Maggie Schwed
Poetry · v10n1, Spring 2011
Early Bird Dog Training — Dave Smith
Poetry · v10n1, Spring 2011
Ruffed Grouse Feeding on Moonseed Berries — Dave Smith
Poetry · v10n1, Spring 2011
Tagore Variations 5 — Jeremy Spohr
Poetry · v10n1, Spring 2011
Göken — Tomas Tranströmer
Poetry · v10n1, Spring 2011
A D D — Elizabeth Seydel Morgan
Poetry · v9n2, Fall 2010
Ramón’s Eyes — Peggy Shumaker
Poetry · v9n2, Fall 2010
Pájaro Sagrado — Peggy Shumaker
Poetry · v9n2, Fall 2010
Ochre iii — David Wojahn
Poetry · v9n2, Fall 2010
Ochre v — David Wojahn
Poetry · v9n2, Fall 2010
Ochre xix — David Wojahn
Poetry · v9n2, Fall 2010
The Inhuman Witness: Animals in the Poetry of Larry Levis — Nicky Beer
Nonfiction · v9n2, Fall 2010
Witnesses — Melody S. Gee
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Anniversary — James Hoch
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Penis Fencing — Kelli Anne Noftle
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Mating Chain — Kelli Anne Noftle
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
The Dream Animals Long to Return — Joanna Pearson
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
Sixteen Poems — Liana Quill
Poetry · v9n1, Spring 2010
In Defense of Straight-Chuters — Hal Crowther
Nonfiction · v9n1, Spring 2010
The Wren, Jessica Bardsley & Penny Lane
Gallery · v9n1, Spring 2010
Now Downward, Airin Miller — Tracking the Muse
Features · v9n1, Spring 2010
Little Goat — Katie Ford
Poetry · v8n2, Fall 2009
Linnets — Larry Levis
Poetry · v8n2, Fall 2009
Slow Saunter of Wither — Dawn Lonsinger
Poetry · v8n2, Fall 2009
Home Ownership and Self Defense — R. T. Smith
Poetry · v8n2, Fall 2009
Pear — Marina Antropow Cramer
Fiction · v8n1, Spring 2009
I Am My Rooster — Taylur Thu Hien Ngo
Fiction · v8n1, Spring 2009
Rousing the Machinery — Catherine MacDonald
Poetry · v8n1, Spring 2009
The Beetle — Jennifer Kwon Dobbs
Poetry · v7n2, Fall 2008
Towards the Sound of a Heron Stepping on Ice — Matt Donovan
Poetry · v7n2, Fall 2008
Elegy with a Bridle in Its Hand — Larry Levis
Poetry · v7n2, Fall 2008
Being Bird-Blooded — Edie Rhoads
Poetry · v7n2, Fall 2008
Pastoral as Complaint — Bruce Weigl
Poetry · v7n2, Fall 2008
How to Apparel Yourself for the Hunt — Terri Witek
Poetry · v7n2, Fall 2008
Review of A Murmuration of Starlings by Jake Adam York — Ron Slate
Nonfiction · v7n2, Fall 2008
Ghost Dog — Molly Giles
Fiction · v7n1, Spring 2008
12:12 — Michael Chitwood
Poetry · v6n2, Fall 2007
Heaven — Jon Pineda
Poetry · v6n2, Fall 2007
Condor — Louie Skipper
Poetry · v6n2, Fall 2007
Woman goes out into damp December — Ronda Broatch
Poetry · v6n1, Spring 2007
Holding For the Farrier — Kathy Davis
Poetry · v6n1, Spring 2007
Feet — Kevin McFadden
Poetry · v6n1, Spring 2007
Males Often Have Brilliant Colors — Laura Van Prooyen
Poetry · v5n2, Fall 2006
Song with Dog and Cemetery — Paisley Rekdal
Poetry · v5n2, Fall 2006
Everything Is an Instrument — Alison Stine
Poetry · v5n1, Spring 2006
The Cow Can’t Fear Something Eternal — Sarah Vap
Poetry · v5n1, Spring 2006
Horses Remember How — Sarah Vap
Poetry · v5n1, Spring 2006
Mark Time — Sarah Vap
Poetry · v5n1, Spring 2006
$280 Cat — Christopher Orlet
Fiction · v4n2, Fall 2005
Night Crabbing — James Hoch
Poetry · v4n2, Fall 2005
A Mountain Lion Makes Ready — Cecily Parks
Poetry · v4n1, Spring 2005
Backwards — John Poch
Poetry · v4n1, Spring 2005
Buzzards — Ravi Shankar
Poetry · v4n1, Spring 2005
The Bird Cards — Talvikki Ansel
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
American Bittern — Larry Bradley
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
Beggars — Laura-Gray Street
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
The Feeder, 1 — Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
The Feeder, 1 — Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
The Feeder, 10 — Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
The Feeder, 2 — Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
The Feeder, 3 — Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
The Feeder, 4 — Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
The Feeder, 5 — Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
The Feeder, 6 — Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
The Feeder, 7 — Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
The Feeder, 8 — Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poetry · v3n2, Fall 2004
Animal Control — Jon Pineda
Fiction · v3n1, Spring 2004
Buck with a Broken Horn — Art Homer
Poetry · v3n1, Spring 2004
Least Terns at Beaver Creek — Art Homer
Poetry · v3n1, Spring 2004
Dangerous Playgrounds — Chase Twichell
Poetry · v3n1, Spring 2004
From Underneath — Kathleen Peirce
Poetry · v2n2, Fall 2003
The Bat — Claudia Emerson
Poetry · v2n1, Spring 2003
On Faith — Erin Lambert
Poetry · v2n1, Spring 2003
Self Portrait as a Mourning Dove — Joshua Poteat
Poetry · v2n1, Spring 2003
Polar Arms — Leon Rooke
Fiction · v1n2, Fall 2002