poetry-magazineScimitarBy Arthur SzeA magpie squawks at the top of a blue spruce,while white-winged doves coo back and forthacross the orchard… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
poetry-magazinePitch GreenBy Arthur SzeKayaking along shore with a glacier across the bay—a moose calf and her mother browse among birches … Related Audio NatureLandscapes & Pastorals
poetry-magazineFake Islands IIIBy Omar Musa I pestle sea rice on the shore, mix with shipwreck’s pitch. Black damper, sun-baked. This fickle… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & Brevity
poetry-magazinePine of CyprusBy Elli PaionidouTranslated By Andrea Christofidou & Peter J. KingYou strive to cling on to the batonof integrity, like some heroic runner.On the barren hill your sage… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineMontana Love SequenceBy Shann Rayi . sorrow is the curved ribcage of a beautiful death, Related Audio LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveHeartache & LossNatureLandscapes & PastoralsReligionGod & the DivineGriefMelancholy & Despair + 2 more
poetry-magazineFound: Louise, as EkphrasisBy Anne HalseyAt her aunt’s housein Portchester roamingthe Jersey meadowsafter flowers, she feltsomething pullingat… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsThe MindSolitude
poetry-magazineΠεύϰο της ΚύπϱουBy Elli PaionidouΑγωνίζεσαι, σαν ηϱωιϰός δϱομέας,να ϰϱατήσεις τη σϰυτάλη της αξιοπϱέπειας.Στις γυμνές ανηϕοϱιές σοϕός… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineArles, WhidbeyBy Reed TurchiDeltaic deposits deepen hues—not green, but that green,not blue, but that blue—In the small museum,a… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsArts & SciencesPainting & Sculpture
poetry-magazineFrån “Aases Död” [“Hästar i motljus”]By Aase BergHästar i motljus Tropiska nätter Rosa skymning över skog Vidsträckta fält Långt borta hojtar vaktlarna… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & Pastorals
poetry-magazineFrom “Aase’s Death” [“Backlit Horses”]By Aase BergTranslated By Johannes GöranssonBacklit horsesTropical nightsPink dusk over the woodsWidestretching fieldsFar away quails yellinto the… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & Pastorals
poetry-magazineValleyBy Li JianjunTranslated By Wang PingOne morning in summerI came upon a valleyWith a school of horsesSheep, larks, and ninety-nine apricot… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & Pastorals
poetry-magazine山谷By Li Jianjun这是夏天的某一个上午我得到了一条山谷以及山谷里的马匹羊群、百灵鸟和九十九棵山杏树然而我不能告诉你这条山谷的名字这是我对神做出的承诺 Related Audio NatureLandscapes & Pastorals
poetry-magazineDá’ák’eh ahooł’níi (To make a crop)By Chris HoshnicDá’ák’eh ahooł’níi niłch’i doo naadą́ą́.Naadą́ niłch’iDoo Sodizin.Niłchi adiin gooSodizin bee ’adoolnii… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsReligionThe SpiritualTypes/ModesPastoral
poetry-magazineFemale RainBy Doug Gonzalez only I stood in the rain with wet skin. I could taste the dew though it had not yet found my lips. … Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsWeatherReligionThe SpiritualTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern Poetry
poetry-magazineLost Quails in an Easter PastoralBy Hershman JohnLast Easter, I gave my mother-in-law a large, brown, simple ceramic Navajo water pot, shiny with pine… Related Audio NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesPastoral + 2 more
Watching the Needleboats at San SabbaBy James JoyceI heard their young hearts cryingLoveward above the glancing oarAnd heard the prairie grasses sighing…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsMelancholy & Despair
The RewildingBy Meredith Strickerin the DMZ ravines north of the Kaesong wastes edgingsouth of the perfect ruler’s pink and prisoned paradisethere is a climate paying no attention to us where cranesrepopulate serpentine deltasNatureLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsThe Mind
Museum of StonesBy Carolyn ForchéThese are your stones, assembled in matchbox and tin,collected from roadside, culvert, and viaduct,battlefield…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsHistory & PoliticsLivingOptimism
What Is RealBy Timothy DonnellyAnd though we had fed long and well at the table the talk always turned to whether to go onregardless…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsThe MindDoubt & ContemplationArts & SciencesPhotography & Film
Easter MorningBy Andrew Frisardi PRIMEAt dawn, the shapes of cypresses in fogWere fingers pointing up from graves, as if what's born…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingEasterVerse FormsSonnetStanza FormsRhymed Stanza + 3 more