poetry-magazineVanishing PointBy JA Lenton Grandfather and I are hurling stones into Brandy Bay. Round for round, he beats my distance. Shortsighted… Related Audio RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesSports & Outdoor Activities
poetry-magazineThe NewsBy Dāshaun Washington The news said an unidentified man died today in an accident involving several stray bullets, fired … Related Audio Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineSentencesBy Dāshaun WashingtonMy mother kept a chest of lettersmy father sent me from prison.She didn’t let me see themuntil I was… Related Audio Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeCrime & PunishmentRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsDisappointment
poetry-magazineKissing CousinsBy Angela Jackson Cousin Mildred Willie Mae’s sister came by And watched us come in and out the yellow house. A kiss …LoveThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineGood ChipBy Charlie Peck My lack of skill, I just hammered the keys. A piano chord, the overcoat. On a lacquered floor I played… Related Audio LivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationSolitudeRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
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-magazine“Other women’s husbands are complete sentences.”By Leslie Sainz Other women’s husbands are complete sentences. Other women’s husbands are present tense verbs. Other… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityThe BodyRelationships
poetry-magazineThis Must Be That PlaceBy Sunnylyn Thibodeaux Pewter night with vertical clouds Mind’s on Albion and Atlantis as if our destruction came before… Related Audio The MindTime & BrevityRelationships
poetry-magazineAt SeventeenBy Cara Dees The year the local woman was murdered and her body fed to dogs, we slipped vanilla gloss over our lips… Related Audio LivingComing of AgeDeathThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineGroomBy Frank X Walker The first time I put my hands on a horse I pretend like I’m touching a woman or brushing my mamma’s… Related Audio The MindRelationshipsPetsActivitiesSports & Outdoor Activities
poetry-magazineThumb WrestlersBy Frank X WalkerWe held hands for the first timeon his deathbed, which would have beeninsignificant had we at least … Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineBaptism by DirtBy Frank X Walker All believers know about the power of water though not enough about the power of dirt. My mama used… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeActivitiesGardening
poetry-magazineHow to Teach a Child to PrayBy Frank X WalkerHumiliate her mother at every checkpoint. Replace the Second Surah with air raids and shelling.Reduce… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineDriveBy Frank X WalkerWe are two copper spoonsbeneath the blanket.I am listening to my wife’sgentle breaths. She is finally… Related Audio LoveRomantic LoveRelationshipsHome LifeActivitiesSports & Outdoor Activities
poetry-magazineCanning MemoriesBy Frank X WalkerIndian summer Saturday morningsmeant project door screens sat openwaiting for the vegetable truckNo … Related Audio Social CommentariesTown & Country LifeRelationshipsActivitiesGardening
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-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