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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

"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

Desire

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

Everyone's Poem

Sara Nicholson
May 19, 2021
Detail from Furuya Korin, Seika, 1905, Rijksmuseum

Hinge

Jessica Fisher
May 19, 2021
Bernal Saborio / Creative Commons

Landing

Aleksandar Hemon
May 19, 2021
Courtesy Terrance Hayes

Maps of States

Terrance Hayes
May 19, 2021
Shadowy white figure on a black ground. Detail from Jose Chavvary / Creative Commons.

Patronage

Solmaz Sharif
May 19, 2021