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By Fatemeh Shams
Translated By Armen Davoudian
She wanted to name me “Hedieh”
a gift from another world
in her bulging belly.
She wanted to name me “Sepideh…
a gift from another world
in her bulging belly.
She wanted to name me “Sepideh…
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T Shot #9: Ode to My Sharps Container
By KB Brookins
Holder of loose blood. Taker of contraptions
I use when I’m brave enough to save myself.
Visual reminder that I can do it. Former container
of pickles so you smell like sour victory. Glass
house of my gender. Chest hair–maker.
Every interaction at the coffee...
I use when I’m brave enough to save myself.
Visual reminder that I can do it. Former container
of pickles so you smell like sour victory. Glass
house of my gender. Chest hair–maker.
Every interaction at the coffee...
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From the magazine:Romance
By Václav Hrabě
Translated By C. E. Janecek
Green fluorescents
pale the night sky
Swaying like a drunken preacher
And the stars
even at this distance…
pale the night sky
Swaying like a drunken preacher
And the stars
even at this distance…
Prose from Poetry Magazine
From the magazine:On Translating Václav Hrabě
By C. E. Janecek
Hrabě’s poems embody the Czech sixties literary scene, during which the Beat Generation’s literature permeated Czechoslovakia.
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Tiny bit of humanity,
Blessed with your mother’s face,
And cursed with your father’s mind...
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