poetry-magazineThe Last CatalogueBy Austin Allen Even weeks after you went, they came: Frontgate, Fresh Finds, Hearthsong—the names blurring, the smiling… Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineArrival in MontpellierBy Austin AllenKeyed up after a sleepless flight,we stared at the Place de la Comédie:the stone Graces glowing pink… Related Audio LivingDeathHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesTravels & Journeys
poetry-magazineThe Swan, No. 6 (Hilma af Klint)By Victoria Chang Two swans turn into four swans. As if each swan yearned for time but time just multiplied into other… Related Audio NatureThe BodyTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesProse Poem
poetry-magazineSnake, with My NameBy Nay Thit Before I was born, my mother says, there was another boy. My brother. One day, half-asleep during lunch… Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesProse PoemGrief + 2 more
poetry-magazineGoing Ahead with RatsBy Nay Thit When my turn came, my father dressed me meticulously like a piece of dried fish. We all bear the jagged… Related Audio The MindRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesProse Poem
poetry-magazineBronx BajansBy E. Ethelbert Miller we would take the train to brooklyn leaving the bronx down through harlem out to prospect park bergen…Social CommentariesReligionRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
Being Carmen’s DaughterBy Mayda Alexandra del VallePrimero it’s hablando in whatever languagefits your need at the moment.It’s stories about an unbalanced…The MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome Life
poetry-magazinePoem for My Father [“The sprayed cockroach doesn’t know”]By Kevin PruferThe sprayed cockroach doesn’t knowit’s already dead. It’ll scratch around behind the refrigerator while… Related Audio LivingDeathHealth & IllnessTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazinePoem for My Father [“An antique spacesuit with a skeleton inside it.”]By Kevin PruferAn antique spacesuit with a skeleton inside it.For many years, it has circled the earth.___Sometimes… Related Audio NatureStars, Planets, HeavensLivingDeathRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineHome WordsBy Sharon LinI prefer the way I feelin the old countrysomeone tweeted. Timeline of nationsto nations. I meansomething… Related Audio RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesTravels & Journeys
poetry-magazineUntitledBy Sharon LinThe woman claimed she was Chinese at birth. She was not Chinese.I am not Chinese but I look the part… Related Audio The MindRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineAsk AsklepiusBy Eleni Sikelianos & Courtney StephensAsklepius: the god of medicine. Asklepius had a daughter who was the goddess of universal remedy: Panacea....LivingHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology
poetry-magazineDwayneBy Courtney Conradone of twelve, your sisters’ favoriteand nightmare. Your forearm, an interceptorfor knives aimed at … Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineThings I Mean to Write AboutBy Thembe Mvulaon the ride home from the fado bar,uber driver repeats is the music okay?i glance at the man rated 4… Related Audio RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesPoetry & Poets
poetry-magazineI remember when my dad started sleeping with other women.By Keith JarrettI’d bump into them in the hallway at night when I tiptoed down to fetch apple juice.Sometimes they would… Related Audio LivingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & Women
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-magazineThe Good Die Young and SupineBy Nii Ayikwei ParkesSome mid days, blank moments in loud gatherings when I fall from the conversations’ sweetening threads… Related Audio LivingDeathHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineIn the Absence of a Name Noah’s Wife Sings Her Own Praise SongBy Malika Bookeri. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the lord and thus formed the habit of my non-naming, there … Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsReligionChristianityLivingDeathRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief + 4 more
poetry-magazineA Kind of GoodnessBy Marianne ChanAt the playground, my mother hid from me, I couldn’t find her, and I called her name a thousand times… Related Audio LivingYouthThe MindDoubt & ContemplationRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineThe Poem with No EndBy Linda HoganFor those who don’t come to the end of this poem, some harsh and endless wave of ocean will bring to…NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingDeathParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors + 2 more