I am trying to carve out a world where people are not the sum total of their disasterBy Remica Bingham-RisherBut for the grace of Godone might begin andthis must be the life of a woman. I will barely touch the...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityTown & Country LifeLivingLife ChoicesThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors + 2 more
I’m a Fool to Love YouBy Cornelius EadySome folks will tell you the blues is a woman,Some type of supernatural creature.My mother would tell...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & WomenArts & SciencesMusicMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 11 more
Reader, IBy Corey Van Landinghamwas, according to Virgil, always a fickle, unstable thing. Woman. Wyf. Merger of wife and man. To indicate: not-girl. Not...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingSorrow & GrievingMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyDisappointmentGrief
The Part About Fate or CounterpointBy Sylvia ChanI want to begin this poem with two stories:1. In 1984, my mother was pulled over for speeding in a rural...Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentGender & SexualityHistory & PoliticsLivingThe Body
p1Leandra MichaelsBy Brandon YoungMy father said to me once your only choices are the factories. Oil stains or the selfsame bruises. No...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsLGBTQ+
p1Kimberley JohnsonBy Brandon YoungOh, don’t worry, we will let our hair down tonight— but first we must remember on this stage, the queen...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsLGBTQ+
p1Trans LonelinessBy Rickey LaurentiisWhy doubt I’d grow breasts a ‘Natural’ way? Am I not ‘Real’ Flesh? Am I not enworthied sway of that Biology? Not...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityThe Body
p1learningnonsenseBy Kristín Svava Tómasdóttirlearningnonsense sheer vanity such outrageous thoughts back then girls learning to write! you’re not...Social CommentariesGender & Sexuality
p1her mind ranged higher than common happeningsBy Kristín Svava Tómasdóttirher mind ranged higher than common happenings no miser- or mutable soul was she enjoyed herself reading...Social CommentariesGender & Sexuality
p1Having a Great Time Being Transgender in America LatelyBy Jackie SabbaghIt is day infinity of everyone wanting me dead. People are having fun bringing lemon squares and automatic...Social CommentariesGender & Sexuality
p1snow in most tracksBy Kristín Svava Tómasdóttirsnow in most tracks stories obscured from pagebound memory these lines only attempt to save a few remarkable...Social CommentariesGender & Sexuality
I Stand Outside This Woman’s WorkBy Karyna McGlynn& watch Kevin Bacon conjure fake tears in a Real Hallway & I am Real Tears in a fake hallway & “Procreation...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingComing of AgeLife ChoicesYouthThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors + 2 more
p1Female CEOBy Jackie SabbaghI am so in love with the female CEO. My checks come on time and I saw the livestream of her speaking...Social CommentariesGender & Sexuality
godBy K. IverAt my beloved’s burial,I can’t see his body.Only carnations. I hearyour name and my beloved’sin the ...LoveHeartache & LossSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingSorrow & Grieving
XLIX. ("its a secrete")By Jos Charles its a secrete the grls speeching mye hole / inn 2 the lindens / wee go out & playe footballe / verie...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingComing of AgeYouthRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesVerse FormsSonnetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesSeries/SequenceAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointment + 12 more
#Bringbackourgirls—Mama’s Boy?By DaMaris B. HillEvery wife must apologize for not being her husband’s mother? But he will not forgive you. The absence...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsMen & WomenMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryBlame + 6 more
HeliodoraBy H.D.He and I sought together, over the spattered table, rhymes and flowers, gifts for a name. He said, among...LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryTypes/ModesArs Poetica + 11 more
p1A Bell Is a Bearer of TimeBy Alison C. RollinsI am a product of my time. Time is a body that resembles a sound without a scale. Forever foreclosed...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityRace & EthnicityThe BodyArts & SciencesReading & BooksMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern Poetry + 7 more
p1The Last Hummingbird of SummerBy Beth Ann Fennellyreveals itself in retrospect. Unlike the first, whose March arrival bade you gasp, hands clasped, like...NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingMidlifeThe BodyTime & BrevityTechniquesImagerySimileGratitude + 5 more
The Republic of MotherhoodBy Liz BerryI crossed the border into the Republic of Motherhoodand found it a queendom, a wild queendom.I handed...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingBirth & BirthdaysHealth & IllnessParenthoodThe BodyTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 8 more