Glamour [The look I am hunting]By Maggie QueeneyThe look I am hunting: the onethat through color and cut glares the starer into a skull or a skeinof…LivingAngerAnxiety & Insecurity
Glamour [A corruption of grammar]By Maggie QueeneyA corruption of grammar—what knowledgeI have come by comes through the eyes To my hands—lightning runs…LivingAnxiety & Insecurity
exodus hong kongBy Xiao Yue Shan1listen carefully—there is land or there is water,and a time whereyou may mistake one for another.there…History & PoliticsThe MindMemory & NostalgiaActivitiesTravels & JourneysGrief
Untoward 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…Social CommentariesRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsBlameDisappointment
Metamorphoses: The Female IntoBy Maggie Queeneylaurel tree, limbs bent and twined into crown heifer bank of marsh reeds,handful lashed into pipes, …Social CommentariesGender & SexualityMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyAngerBlame
a-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…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsAngerJoy & Contentment
Honour KillingBy Imtiaz DharkerAt last I’m taking off this coat, this black coat of a country that I swore for years was mine, that I wore more out of habit than design. Born...History & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesOptimism
The Night Before My PiP Tribunal I See My DeadBy Karl KnightsYou left a note.‘Please don’t judge metoo harshly.’ I read itat your memorial.I hate that my voicedidn…LivingSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesAngerGrief
The Difference Between a Dog and a Biscuit TinBy Karl KnightsIt’s Boxing Day and I’m nearly ten and a half.I got the camouflaged Action Man for Christmas.I told …LivingYouthThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeAngerDisappointmentGrief + 2 more
Double FeatureBy Robert HaydenAt Dunbar, Castle or Arcadewe rode with the exotic sheikthrough deserts of erotic flowers;held in the…Social CommentariesPopular CultureLivingYouthActivitiesIndoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmJoy & Contentment + 2 more
After RiefenstahlBy Major JacksonThe screen's fabrications remain. A filmshot never fails, sailing through the centurylike a black V …The MindMemory & NostalgiaArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmPassion
The Vulture & the BodyBy Ada LimónOn my way to the fertility clinic, I pass five dead animals.First a raccoon with all four paws…NatureAnimalsLivingDeathParenthoodThe MindDoubt & ContemplationGrief
p1Lay It BareBy Anders Carlson-WeeI know you’re hungry for it. More money. More news. Desperate for any laurel that parades you as happier… Related Audio Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsLivingLife ChoicesMelancholy & Despair
p1Farmers’ MarketBy Molly FiskYesterday I was so lonely I could barely walk, my friend being mobbed by her grandchildren as we made…LivingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMelancholy & Despair
26 ["Frequently / for those"]By SapphoTranslated By Anne Carson ]frequently ]for those I treat well are the ones who most of all ]…AngerBlame
Our HeronBy William OlsenObservation isn’t serious play. It is living serious. Same heron. It’s used to us, we are as twilight…NatureAnimalsLivingMarriage & CompanionshipThe MindMemory & NostalgiaJoy & Contentment
Big ClockBy Li-Young LeeWhen the big clock at the train station stopped,the leaves kept falling,the trains kept running,my mother…Social CommentariesLivingGrowing OldThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
Watershed and Shield ReminiscenceBy Liz HowardAmid moonscape railingscognition drained its basinone brother was bornon land black from the mineall…NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsAnxiety & Insecurity
The Haunted HouseBy Felicia Dorothea HemansSee’st thou yon gray gleaming hall,Where the deep elm-shadows fall?Voices that have left the earth …LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalHalloweenStanza FormsRhymed StanzaGrief + 4 more
Social Skills TrainingBy Solmaz SharifStudies suggest How may I help you officer? is the single most disarming thing to say and not What's…Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsGrief