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
On Seeing and Being SeenBy Ama CodjoeI don’t like being photographed. When we kissed at a wedding, the night grew long and luminous. You ...LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationships
MeanwhileBy Richard Siken Driving, dogs barking, how you get used to it, how you make the new streets yours.Trees outside the...LivingMarriage & CompanionshipMidlifeRelationshipsHome Life
#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
p1ResiduaryBy Amber AdamsOn the morning after my death it will seem like any other day where you will both wake and sleep and...LivingDeathMarriage & Companionship
p1SweetheartsBy C.L. O’DellOne day either you or me as if drugged will be staring at a collage of photos in an unfamiliar foyer...LivingDeathMarriage & Companionship
The Metaphysical AmoristBy J. V. CunninghamYou are the problem I propose, My dear, the text my musings glose: I call you for convenience love. ...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsAnniversaryStanza FormsRhymed StanzaDisappointmentJoy & Contentment + 3 more
p1You on a Table in Someone Else’s HandsBy Shira ErlichmanIn the cab, you turn pink from the streetlights checkering the window. Just as palpable, you grow inner...LoveRomantic LoveLivingMarriage & Companionship
p1The Lucky OnesBy Gabrielle BatesI am warned against marrying early love. I am also told it works out, sometimes, for saplings can be...LoveFirst LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationships
Like Hell You AreBy Isabel Duarte-GrayThe Devil made a meal of me and all the Sundays I was sleeping. To think of all the hours, what I might...Social CommentariesClassLivingMarriage & Companionship
Ashberries: LettersBy Philip Metres1. Outside, in a country with no word for outside, they cluster on trees, red bunches. I looked up ryabina, found...NatureLivingMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsHome Life
p1Still Doing ItBy Susan BrowneI know something’s cooking When you give me that look, Your eyes appearing slightly crossed Above your...LoveDesire & PassionRealistic & ComplicatedLivingGrowing OldHealth & IllnessMarriage & CompanionshipRelationshipsHome LifeHumorJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 5 more
p1Not Everything Is SexBy Lauren WhiteheadOkay Tell that to the palm of this Black man’s hand ever so slightly cupped and carrying in its bend...LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingMarriage & CompanionshipThe BodyRelationshipsJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 3 more
How to Measure DistanceBy Charlotte PenceI. Only Use Light Years When Talking to the General Public or to squirrels who test spring between two branches...LoveRealistic & ComplicatedLivingMarriage & CompanionshipParenthoodThe MindDoubt & ContemplationRelationshipsMen & WomenAnxiety & Insecurity + 3 more
Shooting Clay Pigeons After the WeddingBy Keetje KuipersUp the snow-slicked hill, the truck's tracks behind us like the drag of our twin wedding trains, until...LivingMarriage & CompanionshipOptimism
p1éclat & cast lotsBy Geraldine Clarksoni married a person of great age whom i had won in a bet. they seemed prophet or king. of considerable...LoveClassic LoveDesire & PassionLivingMarriage & CompanionshipThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsMen & WomenGratitudeJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 5 more
p1In Defense of a Long EngagementBy Mairead Small StaidHe ringed my finger in the golden hour, late day Of a long winter, & it has been spring Ever since. ...LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveLivingMarriage & CompanionshipJoy & Contentment
Everywhere a RiverBy Emily RansdellI do remember darkness, how it snaked through the alders, their ashen flanks in our high-beams the color...LivingHealth & IllnessMarriage & Companionship
PledgeBy Jehanne DubrowNow we are here at home, in the little nation of our marriage, swearing allegiance to the table we set...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingMarriage & Companionship
The Ballad of the Lonely MasturbatorBy Anne SextonThe end of the affair is always death. She’s my workshop. Slippery eye, out of the tribe of myself my...LoveDesire & PassionLivingMarriage & CompanionshipSeparation & DivorceRelationshipsMen & WomenActivitiesIndoor ActivitiesStanza FormsRhymed StanzaTechniquesConfessional + 6 more