By Ada Limón
On my way to the fertility clinic,
I pass five dead animals.
First a raccoon with all four paws…
I pass five dead animals.
First a raccoon with all four paws…
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- By Alice OswaldIt's a rush, a sploosh of sewage, twenty thousand cubic metres being pumped in, stirred and settled …
- By Victoria Adukwei Bulley& even when we said we were alone there was [ ] noise on the radio & there was [ ] noise in the car & there was [ ] noise all over the...
- By Harryette MullenWhen we come together, what shapes
the space around, defines the ground between us?
Which hand sketches… - By Harryette MullenWe all crawl under the weather, despite pleading innocence, found guilty in view of a punishing sun…
- By Rüştü OnurTranslated By Ulaş Özgün & Hüseyin AlhasA tree and a fruit,
And this golden lip
On the coral cups
—laughter ...
A step song
—and another.
The… - By Rüştü OnurNe evim var Tanrım ne bahçem
Ne okyanusta kayığım
Başım ananas kokan bulutlarda
Ananas kokan sularda… - By Mag GabbertA teacher once said chaos touches everyone, so that became my refrain.
Did we want to lose all we had… - By Rose AusländerTranslated By Carlie HoffmanA day in exile
house without doors, windows
Time
drawn in charcoal
on the white tablet
In the box—… - By Mairead Small StaidThrough the oculus of the bus terminal at Boston’s South Station, light falls
for a hundred feet. A … - By Jayne Cortezornette ornette
Go listen to Ornette
Rambling Blessings
with Cherry Higgins Haden
O. D. C. B. holding church… - By Jayne CortezI wanna be bitchy
I said I wanna be a bitch
cause when you nice
true love don’t come
into your life
You get… - By Jayne CortezWarm night of flesh pimples
Alone
Fear pressing between my eyes the mark of despair
& my thighs once … - By Jayne CortezTell me about the good things
you clappin & laughin
Will you remember
or will you forget
Forget about… - By Jayne CortezHarsh Cries From
The Tomb Of
Little Rock
Blown In The Soul
Of The Pyramids
Where The Sphinx
Keep Watch… - By Jayne CortezFrom white lightnin to
bowed heads in red
rooms of pregnancy
under blackness
spread out closed in
how do … - By Jayne Cortezi am new york city
here is my brain of hot sauce
my tobacco teeth my
mattress of bedbug tongue
legs… - By Jayne CortezWhy do people always choose saturdays
to wig out
I mean the ones who scream leave me alone
i hate your… - By Jayne CortezI remember through remains
of my lip hanging cigarette
three days before your ass was dog-tagged
and… - By Jayne CortezI witnessed
the lynchings of Jonathan of George
and heard bulldozers coming
for our ghetto tears
and…