poetry-magazineKingdomBy Andy Chen On my sixth day of Covid I venture with tea, a notebook, and the last of the peaches out back to our… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingHealth & IllnessRelationshipsHome LifeActivitiesGardeningOptimism + 2 more
poetry-magazineGrand Army PlazaBy E. Ethelbert Miller here near the entrance to the subway the underground we stand in each other’s eyes once lovers now …LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsRelationships
poetry-magazineMira’s Over ItBy MirabaiTranslated By Chloe Martinez Just let him go! Honey, who calls a yogi her own?He’s always indifferent to me, sister, he makes no sense. Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedReligionOther Religions
poetry-magazineMusée de la Chasse et de la NatureBy Jim WhitesideWe are in the trophy room, facing a wall of glass-eyed,lacquered things, when he says, I will never … Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedNature
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-magazineWhen the Seed Spans the Length of the FruitBy Omotara JamesWhen Sarah Vaughan pipes from the great American songbook, I forget time is dragging my body from one… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & ComplicatedThe BodyRelationshipsLGBTQ+ActivitiesEating & DrinkingGrief + 2 more
poetry-magazineFrom “Underworlds”By Kimberly JohnsoniThe last time I lost you, I had turnedTo salt. The hospice nurses all assuredAn easier passing this… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingDeathHealth & IllnessMarriage & CompanionshipSorrow & GrievingGrief
But Not ForgottenBy Dorothy ParkerI think, no matter where you stray,That I shall go with you a way.Though you may wander sweeter lands…LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & Complicated
Words to My LoveBy Countee CullenWhat if you comeAgain and swellThe throat of someMute bird;How shall I tell?How shall I know.That it is so,Having heard?LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
Notes on DevotionBy Caroline Harper NewA man by the name of Skinner becomes famousfor keeping caged pigeons, whom his clock feeds or starves at random. Their tiny twitching heads exaggerate until...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedMelancholy & Despair
Pencil LetterBy Irina RatushinskayaI know it won't be receivedOr sent. The page will beIn shreds as soon as I have scribbled it.Later. …LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & Brevity
RewindBy Anastasia Taylor-LindIt’s 9/11 the first time you stay.In the morning you bring Taliban poems back to bed.I drink cardamom…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesWar & ConflictThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineThe Time Traveler Finally Falls in LoveBy T.S. Leonardand it ends, of course, in fabulous heartbreak, like anything—it’s not an if, but when—so the trick … Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineHe Was ChaoticBy Fatimah AsgharMy teacher says of their cat, now gone missing. In his absence, everything is still. The small, silvered… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveTime & BrevityRelationshipsPets
poetry-magazineIs This My Last Ferry Trip?By Martha SilanoIs this the last time I’ll admire the guysin their neon-yellow slickers, guiding usto our parking spots… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingDeathHealth & IllnessMarriage & CompanionshipActivitiesTravels & Journeys
poetry-magazineManuel Sánchez. My Pregnant Wife Sleeps in a Boardinghouse HallwayBy Lis SanchezDo I hear you, flitting dream, shaking your feathers? I am sitting perfectly still, preventing the … Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
poetry-magazineDinah’s Back in TownBy Jayne CortezI wanna be bitchyI said I wanna be a bitchcause when you nicetrue love don’t comeinto your lifeYou get…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & Sexuality
Love Poem with Apologies for My AppearanceBy Ada LimónSometimes, I think you get the worstof me. The much-loved loose forest-greensweatpants, the long bra…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic Love
poetry-magazineDeciding to End Your Life, You Thank MeBy Molly PeacockWhen you looked up and said, “Thank you,” I saw your gratitude rise over us like rain. It seemed external… Related Audio LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingDeathHealth & IllnessMarriage & CompanionshipSorrow & GrievingGratitudeGrief + 2 more