poetry-magazineCircusBy Nakahara ChūyaTranslated By Jeffrey AnglesThere have been so many eras So many wars fought in brownThere have been so many eras So many quick … Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsTime & BrevityArts & Sciences
poetry-magazineOf CicadasBy Luke AllanA wood is a collection of distances between trees. America is a collection of distances between cicadas… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineRemembering the Owo Massacre and many others of its kindBy Damilola OmotoyinboEven the temple testified to the fragranceof her hymns—before she was slainright on the pulpit. While… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
poetry-magazinePandemic Feature: The Breakfast ClubBy Peter Kline If we’re put here long enough, someone’s bound to learn something. The sweep of the second hand erases… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingHealth & Illness
poetry-magazineRobben IslandBy Pamela SneedThe only antidote I may have to Trump’s electionis in a small ferry to Robben Islandone that shuttles… Related Audio Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineサーカスBy Nakahara Chūya幾時代かがありまして 茶色い戦争ありました幾時代かがありまして 冬は疾風吹きました幾時代かがありまして 今夜此処での一と殷盛り 今夜此処での一と殷盛りサーカス小屋は高い梁 そこに一つのブランコだ見える… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsTime & BrevityArts & Sciences
poetry-magazineWorking with Jimmy Above a Drop CeilingBy John MulcareWe inhaled slag wool in the throatof a Tennessee summer, installing cheapcan lights, like capping off… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsThe BodyActivitiesJobs & Working
poetry-magazineSlow ViolenceBy Sarah Ghazal AliThe man that I love rinses our recyclables.The first man to love mebears the face of his father,whom… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineOn IntimacyBy Omotara JamesWhen we meet at the holiday table, we take turns and great pains not to remind each other of our mutual… Related Audio NatureSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazinePairBy Brittany Perhamsilicon valley The neural nets have been connected. The director takes the stand: Accolades should … Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineWar. Day 294By Olga LivshinDecember. In Odesa,power stations, shelled.Your father’s friendshivers in his apartmentcrammed with … Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineI-765By Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras Related Audio Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsTypes/ModesVisual Poetry
poetry-magazineBone SymphonyBy Michelle Phương Hồ On my windowsill, there are insects whose skeletal remains remain intact. Fruit flies or gnats… Related Audio Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsGrief
The Palestinian ChairBy Edward SalemGod said (and already you can tellI’m making this up),If you lift a rock, I am there.If you lift a finger…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsAngerGrief
poetry-magazineDress pet peevesBy Angelina SáenzIf you are going to wear this dress you have to respect the rulesYes, they are conservative and strict… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineAmendment (rev.By Julianne Neelyof none shall The Ghost of Iambic Pentameter (Chaucer?) be abridged on fetish hyperbole language was… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsPoetry & Poets
poetry-magazineMemories of AllegianceBy Shaina A. Nez Kéyah ‘ashdladiingo bił háhoodzooígíí Bidahnaat’a’í shił nilįįgo biniinaa bich’į ‘ádíshní Háálá ‘á… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineNaal’eełi / Drake is the name for a male duckBy Kinsale DrakeIn the years of scorched earth, Kit Carson’s pale-knife face bayonetting the sky, his blood thirst, … Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineFrom “Swift Cinder”By Crisosto Apachesulfur striking sulfur strikes sulfur struck a lighter light of lit kų [fire] spark kų [… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineFrom “American Accessory”By Crisosto Apache an american accessory in many hands bee ’eldǫǫh [hollow barrel—a gun] da ‘dindi [clouds explode… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & Politics