From this Issue
Poem
By Arthur Sze
A magpie squawks at the top of a blue spruce,
while white-winged doves coo back and forth
across the orchard. Today I did not hike
into a rainforest and forage for a glowing
neon-green mushroom; I did not fly
to New Guinea to catch birdwing butterflies;
instead I hiked a trail across patches of snow
and, scratching the trunk of a ponderosa…
while white-winged doves coo back and forth
across the orchard. Today I did not hike
into a rainforest and forage for a glowing
neon-green mushroom; I did not fly
to New Guinea to catch birdwing butterflies;
instead I hiked a trail across patches of snow
and, scratching the trunk of a ponderosa…
Poem
By Michael Bazzett
Let’s put on our childhood clothes
and walk the secret streets.
Let’s remember that in Finland
they have a word that means
drinking at home, alone,
in your underwear. Let’s feel
the give in our bones again,
soft and green as flower stems.
You might not be my brother.
But you’re as close as we both
might get. Let’s use the sides…
and walk the secret streets.
Let’s remember that in Finland
they have a word that means
drinking at home, alone,
in your underwear. Let’s feel
the give in our bones again,
soft and green as flower stems.
You might not be my brother.
But you’re as close as we both
might get. Let’s use the sides…
Table of Contents
POEMS
- Adrian Matejka
- Arthur Sze
- Shara Lessley
- Michael Bazzett
- Lesyk Panasiuk
- Khadijah Queen
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- Maria Hiers
- Lisa Low
- From “People Who Look Like You” [“This white man is known for his tallness”]
- From “People Who Look Like You” [“You track the proliferation of white male/Asian female couples on the street”]
- From “People Who Look Like You” [“The tall white man joins a white affinity group with his cousins”]
- From “People Who Look Like You” [“A tall white man beside you on a hike”]
- From “People Who Look Like You” [“It’s easy to conflate whiteness with having an easy life”]
- Nur Turkmani
- Adam Giannelli
- Shlagha Borah
- Bianca Stone
- Stanley Moss
- Sara Elkamel
- Elisa Gabbert
- Omar Musa
- Terrance Hayes
NOT TOO HARD TO MASTER
THIS BE THE PLACE
- Diana Arterian
- Austin Araujo
- Leonora Simonovis
CONTRIBUTORS
