Poetry

Folio

Poems of Lovesickness

Nine poets on eros and longing
Poetry

Rights

Cindy Juyoung Ok
Poetry

[...]

Fady Joudah
Poetry

Two Days Twelve Thousand Years Ago

Brian Blanchfield
Poetry

Memories Don’t Live Like People Do

Donauta Watson

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Poetry

Blue and white abstract shapes. Anna Atkins, Ulva latissima, ca. 1843–53. Courtesy Rijskmuseum.
Poem of the Week

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.
Poem of the Week

There is An Intimacy

Melissa Lozada-Oliva
May 26, 2021
Adapted from Mónica Leitão Mota / Creative Commons
Poetry

"Mulatto" :: "Quadroon"

Charif Shanahan
May 19, 2021
assillo / Creative Commons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92624645@N07/12550412775
Poem of the Week

(W)HOLE

Chet’la Sebree
May 19, 2021
Populox / Creative Commons
Poetry

Desire

Elizabeth Metzger
May 19, 2021
Detail from Leo Gestel, Sketch with hand and flowers, 1891–1941, Rijksmuseum
Poetry

Everyone's Poem

Sara Nicholson
May 19, 2021
Adapted from Mónica Leitão Mota / Creative Commons
Poetry

Failed Essay on Loving a Man Who Loves Money, Or: Autobiography as Class Traitor, Or: Capitalism (A Love Story?)

Elisa Gonzalez
May 19, 2021
Detail from Furuya Korin, Seika, 1905, Rijksmuseum
Poetry

Hinge

Jessica Fisher
May 19, 2021
Bernal Saborio / Creative Commons
Poetry

Landing

Aleksandar Hemon
May 19, 2021