poetry-magazineIntenciones de respirar [“fantasía"]By bruno daríofantasía (poema de amor improviso) Quiero acompañarte en la aventura de la maestría. ¡Cuánto me gustar… Related Audio LoveDesire & Passion
poetry-magazineFor the Cult-Themed PartyBy Jacques J. RancourtI dressed as a stag: headpieceof antlers, fabric flowershot-glued to a harness, my asshanging out of… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionLivingRelationshipsLGBTQ+Passion
poetry-magazineFebruary 14By Jesse NathanGoing to the Russian bathhouse on Innes to lie naked on a shelf in the steam while the hatted man swanning… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityThe BodyRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineIntentions to breathe [“fantasia"]By bruno daríoTranslated By Kit SchluterI want to accompany youon the adventure of mastery.How I’d loveour love, the antonym of art! Related Audio LoveDesire & Passion
poetry-magazineWhen the Seed Spans the Length of the FruitBy Omotara JamesWhen Sarah Vaughan pipes from the great American songbook, I forget time is dragging my body from one… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & ComplicatedThe BodyRelationshipsLGBTQ+ActivitiesEating & DrinkingGrief + 2 more
poetry-magazineDeep Thoughts at Ulta BeautyBy Sasha PearlI went to Ulta Beauty to buy perfumeI was horny and I wanted the universe inside my noseThe lit shelves… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesMoney & EconomicsPopular Culture
poetry-magazineFrom “Winter with Ovid”By Bhion AchimbaWhen Ovid drives the Buick, it is from one sharp end of Boston to the Cape—as if he must escape the … Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsLGBTQ+Mythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology
But Not ForgottenBy Dorothy ParkerI think, no matter where you stray,That I shall go with you a way.Though you may wander sweeter lands…LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & Complicated
The Rabbi’s Red InkBy Shereen AkhtarIn our first house-let in London, she drew on the tablecloth to createa calligraphic feast. Our friends…LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveReligionJudaismRelationshipsActivitiesTravels & Journeys
[Let me not to the marriage of true minds]By Trevor Ketnertongue / rim a soft hole—tender meat trim—mind leitmotiv (doe, moss, petal, vein,hart, hilt, waist, …LoveDesire & PassionThe Body
poetry-magazineMarchBy Jessica JiangTiffany,I’ve gotten used to sunlight with you,but no pressure! Just—spring doesn’t hurt as much anymore… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionRomantic Love
poetry-magazineIcarus: A Self Portrait—1984By Nick Makoha I quit my job that Saturday when I heard my name called by the manager.1 That motherfucker always looked… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineLimerenceBy Steven LeyvaWhat do we call this desireto be desired? The milkweed’s impenitent bowto the monarch or starlight. … Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionLiving
poetry-magazineFrom “carrying songs from the sky to crease the ground”By Janice Lobo Sapigao 1. i wish i could tell you why i go back and forth between cities. maybe i belong to the bridges &… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionSocial Commentaries
poetry-magazineHungry LoveBy Jayne Cortez Warm night of flesh pimples AloneFear pressing between my eyes the mark of despair& my thighs once …LoveDesire & Passion
poetry-magazineDeus ex Machina: A GhazalBy Mag GabbertA teacher once said chaos touches everyone, so that became my refrain. Did we want to lose all we had… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionReligionFaith & DoubtThe MindDoubt & ContemplationVerse FormsGhazal
31 ["He seems to me equal to gods"]By SapphoTranslated By Anne CarsonHe seems to me equal to gods that manwhoever he is who opposite yousits and listens close to your …LoveDesire & PassionInfatuation & CrushesRomantic Love
["and longingly I long"]By SapphoTranslated By Dan Beachy-Quickand longingly I long and searchingly I search...LoveDesire & Passion
The City in Which I Love YouBy Li-Young LeeAnd when, in the city in which I love you,even my most excellent song goes unanswered,and I mount the…LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRelationshipsMen & WomenTechniquesImageryMetaphorPassion + 3 more
The Wild Old Wicked ManBy William Butler Yeats'Because I am mad about womenI am mad about the hills,'Said that wild old wicked manWho travels where God wills.'Not to die on the straw at home,Those hands to close the eyes,That is all I ask, my dear,From the old...LoveDesire & PassionReligionLivingGrowing OldThe Body