poetry-magazineAnahita Without a FaceBy Shireen MadonYou stood beside our god, you anointed a human king, and yet you are foreverrendered the shortest of… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsReligionFaith & DoubtOther Religions
poetry-magazinePreachingBy Roger RobinsonUnder the billowing heat of the whitetarpaulin church tent, my mother loweredher worshipping hands and… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineWe LivedBy Linda HoganWe lived in houses on stilts. The tides ran beneath us. We who did not follow rules of a church were…NatureAnimalsReligionFaith & Doubt
poetry-magazineEloquenceBy Georgio RussellWithin this simple chapel, located near the navelof the little clinic, the walls are all the whiteof… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineDear Sister Agnes,By Jacques J. Rancourt Can I still call you Emily? Not long after we last saw each other, I too changed my name. Dropped … Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineWork EthicBy Heidi WilliamsonYou’re fifteen and nowhere in a town on the edge of pitiful lands stripped of fruit. The burger van’… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingComing of AgeLife ChoicesYouthActivitiesJobs & WorkingMelancholy & Despair + 2 more
poetry-magazineThese Headphones Should Be FreeBy Kashawn TaylorI walk down a dim hall, and appreciate the coruscating layer of wax on the floor(how I could sleep there… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtThe MindDoubt & ContemplationDisappointment
poetry-magazineRabbitholeBy Chris Hoshnic xxx In the truck at his funeral time catches up to me / beaks me into opaque-ness / a cog in the…ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsTypes/ModesVisual Poetry
poetry-magazineSkeleton KeyBy Colby Cedar SmithI loved a preacher’s son. Hide and seek in labyrinthine basements red roses and kissing. A deep wooden… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionReligionFaith & DoubtRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazineTempera at the Maria Novella ChurchBy Natalia Treviñomi ’buelita Socorrowoulda loved thisbasilica, un homenajefor la Virgencita, the storyof her life, her… Related Audio ReligionChristianityFaith & Doubt
poetry-magazineGod Was NotBy Xochitl-Julisa Bermejoin your kiss or fingertips, or how you liked to say goodbye, arms squeezing through my middle to lift… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtRelationships
poetry-magazineNegative Capability in El SalvadorBy Alexandra Lytton RegaladoThis morning the wolf did not want to get out of bed. The moon ate the sun yesterday and we are all… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
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
Against Heaven ["I used to pray to a man-faced god"]By Kemi AlabiI used to pray to a man-faced god.Kept his whip beneath my bed.Set alarms for daybreak lashings.Pressed white cotton to the flay.Made flags of the bloodsoak.Raised them from my window.Called this worship.Dreamt heaven a jury small as a countywhere nobody...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityReligionFaith & DoubtLivingLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingThe Mind
poetry-magazinebambi, momma, godBy Kristi Stoutthumper coaxes bambi out of the cavebegs him to name springtime things.bambi sings copper. everything… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingComing of Age
poetry-magazineThe ComplineBy Christian J. CollierBetween us, there are one hundred oneumber haints in our home.In bed, we discussour future, our children… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathParenthood
poetry-magazineGodBy Christian J. CollierI used to thinkthere was only one of Youbefore the miscarriage.Now, I am not so sure.Maybe there are… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
Ultimately Everything Becomes BoringBy Sri ChinmoyUltimately everything Becomes boring.Even great miracles Become boring.Even the tremendous powers of…ReligionFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineThe SpiritualThe MindDoubt & ContemplationVerse FormsSonnetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryRefrain + 6 more
poetry-magazineFrom Containment to Expansion: A Tenderloin Meditation in Two PartsBy Marvin K. White1The seed does not contain the flower. The sun does not contain the fire. The eye does not contain the vision. The body does not contain the dance. The mouth does not contain the song. The knee does not contain...ReligionFaith & DoubtGod & the DivineThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
IntimacyBy Paisley RekdalHow horrible it is, how horriblethat Cronenberg film where Goldblum’s trappedwith a fly inside his MaterialTransformer: bits of the man emerginggooey, many-eyed; bits of the flyworrying that his agent’s screwed him—I almost flinch to see the body laterthat’s left its...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathThe BodyTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImagery + 10 more