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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
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