Poetry

The poet, Nyla Matuk, stares up toward the right corner of the frame. She has dark hair and wears a dark jacket. The background is periwinkle blue.

Poetry

News Today

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 - by Nyla Matuk

Seafoam, that crabbed allure, / seen and heard along the byroad

A photograph of the poet, a dark-haired bearded man wearing sunglasses and smiling, against a bright orange background.

Poetry

Later Emperors

March 6, 2020 - by Evan Jones

We set the imperial pavilion / on fire, suggested it was lightning, / an act of god.

Tenille Campbell, the poet, smiles at the camera while wrapped in a shawl against a forest-green background.

October 2019 / Poetry

Thick Indigenous Women

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 - by Tenille Campbell

we are curves spilling stories / against your lips

A man wearing a checkered blazer, glasses, and a fedora smiles and stares downward, against a bright pink background.

April 2019 / Poetry

Crossing the Seine

February 14, 2020February 6, 2024 - by James Pollock

A thousand brazen love locks thronged the fences, / weird erotic spells inscribed with black magic / marker

Catriona smiles at the camera against a background of bright orange.

January/February 2020 / Poetry

Seasonal Affective Disorder

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 - by Catriona Wright

We haven’t awakened / anything this year or not / that thing I wanted most

A black-and-white portrait of a man against a pink and purple background

Poetry

Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos

November 4, 2019 - by Ken Babstock

The sheep-horse has a feather in its cap, / a single hieroglyphic / eye

A photo illustration of the poet Christian Bok

Poetry

The Red Rain of Kerala

October 7, 2019 - by Christian Bök

Flies rage among the roses / as if in the throes of rabies

Poetry

Unscattered

August 16, 2019August 21, 2019 - by Sadie McCarney

He tricked his shrivelled tulips back to bloom

May 2019 / Poetry

Peony

August 1, 2019 - by Kateri Lanthier

A rose withers to a decorative casting of herself

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Later Emperors

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Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos

The Red Rain of Kerala

Unscattered

Peony

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