poetry-magazineDancing to the HoursBy Myles C. Poydras i touched my feet in pattern to a sound and steady floor, creating more of myself in suspended leaps…Time & BrevityArts & SciencesTheater & Dance
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-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-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-magazineThe Dream IncarnateBy Nay Thit When the dreamer dies, the dream begins searching for someone else—someone who might take it in and… Related Audio ReligionThe SpiritualThe MindTime & BrevityTypes/ModesProse Poem
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
poetry-magazineTrans/figurationBy Sanam Sheriff I have been made anew like the first hour of sun after days of rain. I have kissed the face of the … Related Audio LoveThe BodyTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineSelf-Portrait in Granulated SugarBy David Hernandez First, the shirt— my canvas—this black T I grip, tug up over my head, and lay square on the autumn … Related Audio NatureAnimalsTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPainting & Sculpture
poetry-magazineGoing HomeBy Myles C. Poydras an arrangement of trained plucks & then a full-palmed flood of contented ones opens into a siren that…The MindTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineeven the rocks are dyingBy marion eames whiteeven the rocks are dying. now that we’re herein a cene of our making, timeto hold what’s left. palm … Related Audio NatureSocial CommentariesTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineKarma Affirmation Cistern Don’t Be Afraid Keep Going Toward the HorrorBy Gabrielle CalvocoressiRemember how you didn’t fall yesterdayeven though you thought you would?Life can be like that all the… Related Audio The MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityAnxiety & Insecurity
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poetry-magazine联系By Ye Hui (叶辉)扁豆与牵牛花散发出一阵淡淡的雨水气味宛如一段关于未来生活的预言一只黑嘴鸟停在谷仓的沉静气息里,而附近破败寺庙的放生池中大鱼生出了小鱼我记得我曾跑向一个庭院它的石阶上有一束被扔弃的枯萎的玖瑰在房里的桌子… Related Audio NatureTime & Brevity
poetry-magazinePoem for My Father [“The sprayed cockroach doesn’t know”]By Kevin PruferThe sprayed cockroach doesn’t knowit’s already dead. It’ll scratch around behind the refrigerator while… Related Audio LivingDeathHealth & IllnessTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineAfter PlatonovBy Cynthia CruzOver the earthA white bell in the sky,Radiating, like madness.By eleven, there were alreadyYellow horses… Related Audio The MindTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineCharity BallsBy Cynthia CruzI had a fellowship but lived poorlyOn cheap beer and penny candy.Later, a career of killing time.But… Related Audio LivingMidlifeThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineVessel with Two Feet, ca. 1000–800 BCEBy Shireen MadonIt’s as though the birds all know each other, and how naively they seem to believe the world will go… Related Audio NatureAnimalsHistory & PoliticsTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureTypes/ModesEkphrasis
poetry-magazineThe ConnectionBy Ye Hui (叶辉)Translated By Dong LiLentils and morning gloriesEmit a faint smell of rainLike a prophecyOn life in the days to comeA black… Related Audio NatureTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineKamauBy Anthony JosephFor Kamau, for the furtive sound of his phonaesthetic exegesis, for his secret technology of liquid … Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsPassion
poetry-magazineTransfigurationBy Michael DumanisThe person always isbefore the person was,coughing and breathingwith the one throat,smoking and laughing… Related Audio LivingThe BodyTime & BrevityRelationships