ArticleFor the Love of the WordBy Daegan MillerHannah Arendt was the rare philosopher who saw how limited her discipline could be. Poetry offered her another outlet for thinking.
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Poemp1Elementary MagicBy Allison SwensonI remember first hearing rumorsof the atom. We are all made upof crumbs, Q told mewhen we were kids.…
Poemp1How to Awaken a Sleeping LanguageBy Margarita EngleTaíno in our bloodand on our tonguesstirs, yawns, rises,no longer lost.We ignore old historianswho tell…
PoemThe End of PoetryBy Ada LimónEnough of osseous and chickadee and sunflowerand snowshoes, maple and seeds, samara and shoot,enough…
PoemUntoward Occurrence at Embassy Suites Poetry ReadingBy Randall MannFirst I want to thank you all for coming,for standing so patiently in line.I know these are difficult…
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Poema-ver-yBy avery r. younga•ver•y (ā ver'ē), n. dark(iss) ¹blk-male chile foundate(id) in luv unlimit(id) fuc(k) anthem(s). ²jee…
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Poemp1CODEX©By Nick Makoha SAMO© first appears as a tag on a New York City wall in 1978 two blocks down from Aswad bookstore…
Poemp1/ FOR / AFTER / JAN BEATTY /By Richard Blanco After my third shot of tequila / chased by a lime sour as my rant: fuck this-fuck that-fuck them-fuck…
Poemp1After “Killers of the Flower Moon”By Elise PaschenLily Gladstone confides she wore my great grandmother Eliza’s blankets in three scenes. I don’t remember…
Poemp1Eroica 1By Nick Makohai. samo© as an alternative to blah ... blahblahblah. blahzooey ... bblahblah quasi-blah ... etc. (in…
PoemJust Wanna Be LikeBy Douglas KearneyWas Him, once fini, on the beams,prior, He's hewer of thorntree.Could stretch tilapia and ewer,dole …
PoemAfter RiefenstahlBy Major JacksonThe screen's fabrications remain. A filmshot never fails, sailing through the centurylike a black V …
PoemFellini in PurgatoryBy Jean ValentineHe was shoveling sandat the edge of the water, his heavy black glassesglittered with rain: "Don't you…
PoemMoviesBy Langston HughesThe Roosevelt, Renaissance, Gem, Alhambra:Harlem laughing in all the wrong places at the crocodile …
PoemDear John WayneBy Louise ErdrichAugust and the drive-in picture is packed.We lounge on the hood of the Pontiacsurrounded by the slow…