Sagesse “16”By H.D.O, do not bring snow-waterbut fresh snow;I would be bathed with stars,new fallen from heaven, one with…The MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & Nostalgia
Pencil LetterBy Irina RatushinskayaI know it won't be receivedOr sent. The page will beIn shreds as soon as I have scribbled it.Later. …LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & Brevity
RewindBy Anastasia Taylor-LindIt’s 9/11 the first time you stay.In the morning you bring Taliban poems back to bed.I drink cardamom…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesWar & ConflictThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaMelancholy & Despair
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
RestlessBy Li-Young LeeI can hear in your voiceyou were born in one countryand will die in another, and where you live is where…LivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaActivitiesTravels & Journeys
After RiefenstahlBy Major JacksonThe screen's fabrications remain. A filmshot never fails, sailing through the centurylike a black V …The MindMemory & NostalgiaArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmPassion
Fellini in PurgatoryBy Jean ValentineHe was shoveling sandat the edge of the water, his heavy black glassesglittered with rain: "Don't you…The MindMemory & NostalgiaArts & SciencesPhotography & Film
Dear John WayneBy Louise ErdrichAugust and the drive-in picture is packed.We lounge on the hood of the Pontiacsurrounded by the slow…Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityLivingYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaArts & SciencesPhotography & Film + 2 more
Meditation on InsomniaBy Josh Bell Kung-Fu, a couch, and I might reach emptiness tonight, stuck on that Midwest hoo-doo, counting cemetery…LivingHealth & IllnessThe MindMemory & NostalgiaActivitiesIndoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesPhotography & Film
I Know a Silent Movie Star By Michael PalmerI know a silent movie star named Jane.She speaks without moving her lips.She once starred in a film …Social CommentariesPopular CultureThe MindMemory & NostalgiaActivitiesIndoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesPhotography & Film
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
Meditations on the Fall and Winter Holidays [“Feast of Booths”]By Charles ReznikoffThis was a season of our fathers' joy:not only when they gathered grapes and the fruit of treesin Israel…ReligionJudaismThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & Brevity
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
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
Night MirrorBy Li-Young LeeLi-Young, don’t feel lonelywhen you look upinto great night and findyourself the far face peeringhugely…The MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaTime & Brevity
Here I AmBy Lev RubinsteinTranslated By Tatiana Tulchinsky & Philip Metres 1 Now here I am! 2 So… 3 So here I am… 4 (Where have you been? We’d given up all hope…) 5 So… 6 So …Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & Nostalgia
All Souls’ NightBy William Butler YeatsMidnight has come and the great Christ Church bellAnd many a lesser bell sound through the room;And …ReligionThe SpiritualLivingDeathThe MindMemory & NostalgiaMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the Supernatural
Black CherriesBy W. S. MerwinLate in May as the light lengthenstoward summer the young goldfinchesflutter down through the day for…NatureTrees & FlowersThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityJoy & Contentment
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
Cyrus & the SnakesBy 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...NatureAnimalsLivingComing of AgeLife ChoicesYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 10 more