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Graphic of an axolotl. Illustration by Laura Padilla Castellanos.
Poem of the Week

Axolotl

Amy Roa
July 7, 2021
Black and white abstract lines with series of gradient circles at bottom from green to red. Illustation Nicole Paxton Sullo.
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The Pain of Others

Hannah Aizenman
June 30, 2021
Detail of flames. Joshua Newton
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For the Man on His Knees at The Eagle

Francisco Márquez
June 23, 2021
Pink building against a blue sky
Poem of the Week

PLAYA VISTA

Ari Banias
June 16, 2021
Blue and white abstract shapes. Anna Atkins, Ulva latissima, ca. 1843–53. Courtesy Rijskmuseum.
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All Politics Is Local

Dujie Tahat
June 9, 2021
Green, blue, and white abstract shapes
Poem of the Week

ASMR Sleepcast: The Night After Being Released from the Rural County Jail

Faylita Hicks
June 2, 2021
Black, white, blue abstract shapes. Detail from Watanabe Seitei, Illustration from Bijutsu Sekai, 1893–96. Courtesy rawpixel.
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There is An Intimacy

Melissa Lozada-Oliva
May 26, 2021
assillo / Creative Commons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92624645@N07/12550412775
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(W)HOLE

Chet’la Sebree
May 19, 2021
Rajiv Ashrafi / Creative Commons
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What I Want

Kaveh Akbar
May 19, 2021
Painting of geese observing a rowboat. Gandalf’s Gallery / Creative Commons
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Geese

Robert Travers
March 3, 2021