p1PentimentoBy Mag Gabbert The effect—for those three hundred years, while the cupid remained hidden—was a kind of silence. Like...Types/ModesEkphrasis
p1When My Beloved Proenza Schouler Tries to Sell Lei for $1,500By Noelani PitersI remember I exist at the braiding of consciousand con sumer,Kanaka and culpable, desire anddesired....Social CommentariesTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern Poetry
Notes on the Spring Holidays ["Hanukkah"]By Charles ReznikoffIn a world where each man must be of useand each thing useful, the rebellious Jewslight not one light...ReligionJudaismHanukkahTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence
The TowerBy William Butler Yeats I What shall I do with this absurdity — O heart, O troubled heart — this caricature, Decrepit age that...LivingDeathGrowing OldTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence
Lapis LazuliBy William Butler YeatsI have heard that hysterical women say They are sick of the palette and fiddle-bow, Of poets that are...Arts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreTypes/ModesAubade
p1Bedtime Story (4)By Yasmine AmeliNanny’s husband is dead, and her six children are growing. Every morning, she readjusts her one fake...Types/ModesProse Poem
p1Bedtime Story (1)By Yasmine AmeliSa’id goes missing. Forty years later, my mama tells me his poems got into the wrong hands. It is the...RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesProse Poem
p1Bedtime Story (2)By Yasmine AmeliIn another story, my baba bozorg paints flowers. He is little. His name Amir means shah, but the shah...RelationshipsFamily & AncestorsTypes/ModesProse Poem
Deep Water TrawlingBy Jorie GrahamThe blades like irises turning very fast to see you completely—steel-blue then red where the cut occurs...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationActivitiesTravels & JourneysArts & SciencesSciencesStanza FormsMixedTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesProse Poem + 11 more
THE COLLECTED WORKSBy Aram Saroyan“ # $ % _ & ‘ ( ) * !2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - ¾ Q W E R T Y U I O P ¼q w e r t y u i o p ½ A S D F G H J ...Arts & SciencesHumor & SatirePoetry & PoetsTypes/ModesVisual Poetry
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all all all allBy Aram Saroyan all all all all Arts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsPoetry & PoetsTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern Poetry
Twentieth Amanita OdeBy Peter O’LearyIn a windthe lake's scissoring surfaceand the Sun's vernal glarethe gulls cut to curlsin their turns...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryTypes/ModesOde + 4 more
Meditations in an EmergencyBy Cameron Awkward-RichI wake up & it breaks my heart. I draw the blinds & the thrill of rain breaks my heart. I go outside...Social CommentariesLivingSorrow & GrievingTechniquesImageryTypes/ModesProse PoemMelancholy & Despair
Calling Things What They AreBy Ada LimónI pass the feeder and yell, Grackle party! And then an hour later I yell, Mourning dove afterparty! (I call the feeder the...LoveHeartache & LossRomantic LoveNatureAnimalsLivingComing of AgeMidlifeThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenMetersFree VerseTechniquesConfessionalImageryMetaphorSimileTypes/ModesProse PoemJoy & Contentment + 16 more
[To voice something that doesn’t end…]By Tilsa OttaTo voice something that doesn’t end in a smile is odd. The spirit circles the body, doctors can’t see...LoveRomantic LoveTypes/ModesProse PoemPassion
[Pronunciar algo que no termine…]By Tilsa OttaPronunciar algo que no termine en una sonrisa es extraño. El alma circula por el cuerpo,los doctores...LoveRomantic LoveTypes/ModesProse Poem