By Anders Carlson-Wee
I know you’re hungry for it.
More money. More news. Desperate
for any laurel that parades you
as happier…
More money. More news. Desperate
for any laurel that parades you
as happier…
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- By SapphoTranslated By Anne CarsonI don't know what to do two states of mind in me
- By Russell AtkinsThe probability in the yard:
The rodent keeps the cat close by;
The cat would sharp at the bird;
The… - By Kemi AlabiI used to pray to a man-faced god.
Kept his whip beneath my bed.
Set alarms for daybreak lashings.
Pressed white cotton to the flay.
Made flags of the bloodsoak.
Raised them from my window.
Called this worship.
Dreamt heaven a jury small as a county
where nobody... - By Tilsa OttaUn club nocturno no hace un verano
Mas creo en el perreo
Eterno recreo
En la agitación de la masa crítica… - By Tilsa OttaTranslated By Farid MatukA nightclub doesn’t make a summer
I believe more in perreo
Play everlasting
In the agitation of a critical… - By Jorie GrahamThe blades like irises turning very fast to see you completely—steel-blue then red where the cut occurs…
- By Joan Kwon GlassA whiskey truck passes by the window. Its logo says the crown
is yours. The weary woman sitting across… - By Remica Bingham-RisherBut for the grace of God
one might begin and
this must be the life of a woman. I will barely touch the… - By Ada LimónMy brother holds a snake by its head. The whole
length of the snake is the length
of my brother’s body. The snake’s head
is held safely, securely, as if my brother
is showing him something in the distant high grass.
I... - By Cornelius EadyI’m here
to tell you
an old story.
This
Appears to be
my work.
I live
in the world,
Walk
the streets… - By Tilsa OttaTranslated By Farid Matuk(( How would life feel
Not the one that’s personal and non-transferable
But the one that’s nobody’s
The… - By Tilsa Otta(( Cómo se sentirá la vida
No la personal e intransferible
Sino la que no es de nadie
La que es libre
La… - By CAConrad“this is your
captain” Frank says from the cockpit
“all passengers wishing to bail out
any time during our flight
it
is
too
late
I have shredded the parachutes to confetti
in celebration of our arrival” - By CAConradFrank’s sister grew long blue feathers
she said it was worse than cutting teeth
she spent a month screaming in the cave
pushing them out
Frank would lie in bed at night
touching his own back
crying
praying it wouldn’t
come to him
but the day his sister flew... - By Tilsa OttaTranslated By Farid MatukThe newborn sees its mother's face for the first time
The way an astronaut regards earth from space
Sees… - By Tilsa OttaEl recién nacido observa por primera vez el rostro de su madre
Como un astronauta contempla la tierra… - By Sarah RuhlSome say: to do the necessary task is greatness;
I say: do the least necessary thing first.
I don't want a frozen living room,
a room where nothing happens.
I don’t want my labors tied in string,
a prelate hovering over, declaiming.
I want a treasure... - By Karyna McGlynn& watch Kevin Bacon conjure fake tears in a Real Hallway
& I am Real Tears in a fake hallway
& “Procreation is gross though”
I’m nine & a half, watching “The Miracle
of Life” on my mother’s bed
Stirring my shells & cheese
I see... - He was jailed for cruelty to insects, and his agent wasn’t answering the phone, so he stayed awake in the cell all night, pictures jumping around his head of the cops and the blowdryer they took as evidence. He used...