poetry-magazineRecovering TalkalakhBy Nur TurkmaniI remember that jasmine bush. But I’d forgotten the yellow couch.I can’t bear our small faces in the… Related Audio LivingYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineKalsarikänniBy Michael Bazzett Let’s put on our childhood clothes and walk the secret streets. Let’s remember that in Finland they… Related Audio The MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsJoy & Contentment
poetry-magazineHow to Write a Yusefian OdeBy Terrance Hayes You are pursuing a feeling like the dust In the voice of Bob Kaufman plus the mud Of the most fertile…History & PoliticsThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaArts & SciencesPoetry & Poets
poetry-magazineThe ObitBy E. Ethelbert Miller After reading my obituary folks went to their local bookstores looking for my books. For a few days…LivingDeathThe MindMemory & NostalgiaArts & SciencesPoetry & Poets
poetry-magazineOnly Language Can Hold Us TogetherBy E. Ethelbert Milleronly language can hold us togetheri watch the womenbead their haireach bead a wordbraids becomingsentences…The BodyThe MindMemory & NostalgiaArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
poetry-magazinePanamaBy E. Ethelbert Millerin the early twentiesa boat broughtmy father to americahis first impressionswere spoken in spanishyears…Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsThe MindMemory & NostalgiaArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
poetry-magazineSome Words to the Close and Holy DarknessBy Tishani Doshi Like most people, I have not known what to do with the stones handed to me. I fold newspapers into … Related Audio The MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineDefinitely Not a Trap DoorBy Anna Journey It came with the East Hollywood rental place: that novelty polypropylene doormat screen-printed in… Related Audio The MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationships
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-magazineNachtstillebenBy Cynthia CruzCome with me.If there is a world.Animal, mineralSticky starFormed of silverCrystal globsIn the form … Related Audio The MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationships
poetry-magazineEthanolBy Karen McCarthy WoolfThe man in the south, near São Paulo, brownand lean, in his late seventies, says it’s his bicycle—he… Related Audio LivingComing of AgeThe MindMemory & Nostalgia
poetry-magazineFrom the Basement TapesBy Dean BrowneBrian, I’m still calling you Brian,it’s raining and Sunday where you gignow, or it isn’t. I can only… Related Audio LivingDeathThe MindMemory & NostalgiaArts & SciencesMusic
poetry-magazineShiftlessBy Amy WoolardThe wind makes a saladOf the countryside & we still refuseTo learn each other’s last names. You getWhat… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossThe MindMemory & Nostalgia
WhereverBy Norma Colethethethe thethethe night...LivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & Nostalgia
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poetry-magazineAll my life I was a bride married to amazementBy Jane ZwartWhen death comes, final and novel—the trick cul-de-sac or burst dam, a doorthat opening erases or shutting… Related Audio LivingDeathLife ChoicesThe MindMemory & NostalgiaJoy & ContentmentPassion
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-magazineLake ChateauBy Dorothea LaskyI still feel the sameAs the day that I first met youThough softened by all of this timeI still think… Related Audio LoveInfatuation & CrushesRealistic & ComplicatedThe MindMemory & Nostalgia
poetry-magazineSelf-Portrait as the MountainBy Xin QijiTranslated By Shangyang Fangto the tune “he xin lang: toasting the bridegroom”Now that I am old and those who crossed the mountains… Related Audio NatureLivingDeathGrowing OldThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsFriends & Enemies + 2 more
poetry-magazine贺新郎By Xin Qiji甚矣吾衰矣。怅平⽣、交游零落,只今余⼏!⽩发空垂三千丈,⼀笑⼈间万事。问何物、能令公喜?我见青⼭多妩媚,料青⼭见我应如是。情与貌,略相似。⼀尊搔⾸东窗⾥。想渊明、《停云》诗就,此时风味。江左沉酣求名者… Related Audio NatureLivingDeathGrowing OldThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsFriends & Enemies + 2 more