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July/August 2024 / Poetry

Love Letter to My Recent Poems

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Ellie Sawatzky

I was trained to be secretive and lovely. I’m like / any mother, I love and hate you, and I want / to give you everything.

July/August 2024 / Poetry

Prime Location

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Karen Solie

And the owner will say it’s for the best, / he couldn’t give that place away.

Black and white photograph of Virginia Konchan against a purple background.

Poetry

Second Nature

May 31, 2024May 30, 2024 - by Virginia Konchan

What about my flower nature? / Chrysanthemum, peony, rose?

A 3D illustration of a robotic metal holding up and analyzing a human skull against an ominous dark background.

Technology

One Day, ChatGPT Will Move You to Tears

December 15, 2023January 3, 2024 - by Bardia Sinaee

Generative AI is mechanizing writing itself. Is poetry far behind?

A book of poems covered with awards stickers.

Arts & Culture

The Griffin Poetry Prize Shakeup: New Rules, New Controversy

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 - by Amanda Perry

Scott Griffin wants to create the most lucrative poetry prize in the world. Not everyone is happy

Poetry

The Terrible Lottery

November 10, 2022 - by Roxanna Bennett

What is invisible is unreal, like love, / hunger, rage.

Arts & Culture / November 2022

Why This Poet Declared War on Her Own Book

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 - by Connor Garel

When M. NourbeSe Philip’s work on a slave ship massacre was translated without her consent, she didn’t recognize it anymore. Who ultimately owns the stories we tell?

November 2022 / Poetry

Storm Warning

October 6, 2022 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

And what is thunder, and what makes stories end?

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

Poetry / September/October 2022

Kettle

September 9, 2022 - by James Pollock

Hesitant whistles. Then this wheezing laugh, / growing hysterical, like a dance-of-death

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 / September/October 2022

Synchrony

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 - by Nyla Matuk

Marine monotony, ocean giving way to ocean, / a grammar of latitudinal minutes, hours, days.

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