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-magazineepithalamelegyBy Nate Marshall our vow— if vowless by thirty then us was such a stupid, childish way to say love. but love we were…LoveHeartache & LossLivingSorrow & GrievingGrief
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-magazineI Read a Post That Said You Went PeacefullyBy Darius Simpsonbut i know better. i know poets like you don’t do no half-steppin. especially not on your way out. especially… Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
Your VillageBy Elana BellOnce in a village that is burning because a village is always somewhere burning And if you do not look…Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingSorrow & Grieving
poetry-magazinePreachingBy Roger RobinsonUnder the billowing heat of the whitetarpaulin church tent, my mother loweredher worshipping hands and… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineCrossBy Rajiv MohabirTranslated By Rajiv MohabirTo mourn an impossible life—we have become objects of a Kingwe will never see.All water has become black… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationGrief
poetry-magazineपारBy Rajiv Mohabirएगो असंभव जीवन शोक करे खाितर—हम लोगन कोई राजा के वस्तु बन गइलीजे राजा के हम कभी ना देखब।सब पानी कारा… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationGrief
poetry-magazineThinking of ItBy Michael RobinsHere before the sun rises, I find it difficult to make the words, to leanforward three years after your… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazinebroken lyreBy Asha Futtermanmy hands are still my handslike my grandfather’s handsare his hands and theyare on the windowattached… Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineSmall TalkBy Michael RobinsI dreamed you called without reason, picking up where we left the water months ago. Origins without … Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazine叮嘱By Ye Zhou将一盏灯送进石窟,也别忘了带一把青稞。将一棵菩提栽上壁画,也别忘了供一碗净水。将一尊佛像请进敦煌,一定别忘了养一对羔羊。菩萨不会走。可万一走了,这些就是我们疼痛的拌料。ReligionBuddhismLivingSorrow & Grieving
poetry-magazinePleaseBy Ye ZhouTranslated By Wang PingPlease bring a lightInto the grotto cave, please don’t forgetTo bring a handful of barley.Please plant… Related Audio ReligionBuddhismLivingSorrow & Grieving
poetry-magazineFrom “First Light: 88 Frequencies” [“I feel/felt by”]By CAConrad I feel felt by another but I’malone in the room Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFriends & Enemies
poetry-magazine汚れつちまつた悲しみに ......By Nakahara Chūya 汚れつちまつた悲しみに 今日も小雪の降りかかる 汚れつちまつた悲しみに 今日も風さへ吹きすぎる 汚れつちまつた悲しみは たとへば狐の革裘 汚れつちまつた悲しみは 小雪のかかつてちぢこまる 汚れつ… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingGriefMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineThe Death of the BookBy Luke Allan1. This morning the nurse tested me for allergies. She said she’d test for “known allergies,” which … Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineOn This Bit of Soiled Sadness…By Nakahara ChūyaTranslated By Jeffrey AnglesOn this bit of soiled sadnessThe flurries fall again todayThrough this bit of soiled sadnessThe wind… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingGriefMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineChicken for BreakfastBy Kazim AliA book led me to the particular performance of the cello suiteAnd watching the cellist play so tentatively… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
poetry-magazineWhen UntouchedBy Lauren RussellHammock dumpingyou onto bruisedgrasses, frayedthoughts droopsideways, hammeringmorning. Slipper-footed… Related Audio LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveLivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindSolitudeAnxiety & Insecurity
poetry-magazineDepartureBy Zhang XianTranslated By Shangyang Fangto the tune “mu lan hua: magnolia” After tonight, what’s left of you is youmoving into my dream. Outside… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief