poetry-magazineFrom “People Who Look Like You” [“You track the proliferation of white male/Asian female couples on the street”]By Lisa LowYou track the proliferation of white male/Asian female couples on the street, in your friend groups,… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityThe BodyRelationships
poetry-magazineSim SimBy Omar MusaTime’s allegro.Sulu Sea skitters inlike fire, fern-green rolling boil,phytoplankton gobbling red & blue… Related Audio NatureSocial CommentariesTime & BrevityRelationships
poetry-magazineGoddess of DeathBy Shlagha Borah When my grandfather was on his deathbed, he didn’t move toward the light. At his feet, there were four… Related Audio ReligionOther ReligionsLivingDeathHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMythology & Folklore
poetry-magazinePhat mela basumati patale lukauBy Shlagha Borah Say a scene is being set—unrest, uprising. Teargas, gunshots, fire, smoke. So much smoke. University… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
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-magazineTrampaBy Maria HiersAlana whips us around the nightin her nineties jalopy.On the rearview,a rosary sways.Our clique’s the…Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingComing of AgeRelationshipsFriends & Enemies
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-magazineBlue NoiseBy Shara LessleyBelly to branch, the sapsucker drillsthe maple’s well, drummingthe trunk, its red throat thrumming.I… Related Audio NatureRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeAngerGrief
poetry-magazineFrom “People Who Look Like You” [“It’s easy to conflate whiteness with having an easy life”]By Lisa LowIt’s easy to conflate whiteness with having an easy life, so you sometimes mistake the tall white man… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingRelationshipsHome Life
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-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-magazineSa Antipolo Walang Estadistika ng PagpapatiwakalBy Abner Dormiendo Tumawa ako nang sabihin ng kaibigan ko na ang kabaliktaran ng ‘laslas’ ay ‘salsal.’ Walang tumawa noong… Related Audio LoveThe BodyThe MindRelationshipsTypes/ModesProse Poem
poetry-magazineIn Antipolo, There Are No Statistics on SuicideBy Abner DormiendoTranslated By Ethan Chua I laughed when my friend told me ‘laslas’ backward is ‘salsal,’ cutting himself one way, touching himself… Related Audio LoveThe BodyThe MindRelationshipsTypes/ModesProse Poem
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-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 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-magazineThe Death of the HumanitiesBy Cate Marvin Apparently, we are all lying here beside one another in a darkened room around 2:00 am, giddy as if… Related Audio RelationshipsFriends & EnemiesArts & SciencesReading & Books
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-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
poetry-magazineHi J, I Decided to Rewrite What I Sent to YouBy E. Ethelbert Miller our friendship is what keeps us whole love is essential as air prayer contains desire to worship is…LoveRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesJoy & Contentment