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    poetry-magazineThe Star

    By Dorothea Lasky
    Helen Frankenthaler is an evil eye
    I put her behind me
    And hoped for the best
    Even she knew
    I was lying
    Lying…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazineJanuary 31

    By Jesse Nathan
    In front of thousands on a Sunday
    the Pope at the Vatican released two doves.
    He rang a bell, sang Hail…
  • Audio
    By Dorothea Lasky
  • Poem

    poetry-magazineThe Gazing Ball

    By Mitchell Glazier
    Queenly swans nudge eternity figs
    Yellow rose fire

    Lit by a ghost breath
    I’ve eaten you someplace before…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazineInfinity Pool

    By Vona Groarke
    I had it in the night, the image,
    but lacked the energy or will
    to magic my body through
    my own fourth …
  • Poem
    By Nasser Rabah
    يحدثُ أنْ ألُمَّ فراغاً عَميقاً بجَيبِ القميصِ، أركضُ كأنَّ لديَّ مَشاغلَ أو
    أنَّ وهما ما يلاحقني، …
  • Poem

    poetry-magazineChinese Time

    By Maxine Hong Kingston
    Oh, but Poet crosses eternal
    distances. Perfect reader, come though 1,000
    years from now. Poem can also…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazine中國時間

    By Maxine Hong Kingston
    Translated By Chun Yu
    哦,而詩人跨越永恆的
    距離。完美的讀者,即使千年
    之後,也會到來。詩歌也可
    藉由願望抵達千年前的讀者。 
    李白和杜甫,幸運的海龜, 
    在有生之年找到了彼此。哦,這是 
    中國時間和中國詩人的希望。但你
    不必是詩人;你…
  • Poem
    By Nasser Rabah
    Translated By Ammiel Alcalay, Emna Zghal & Khaled al-Hilli
    It just so happens that I gather emptiness in my shirt pocket
    and run like I have things to do or I’m…
  • Article
    By Joyelle McSweeney

    The first English-language translation of Tove Ditlevsen's poetry distills the intensity and mordant humor that make her one of Denmark's most revered exports.

    An illustration of Tove Ditlevsen in an orange and black blouse, smoking a cigarette.
  • Article
    By Esther Belin, Kimberly Blaeser, Denise Low, Elise Paschen, Beth Piatote & Jake Skeets

    The gathered collective thoughts are a restorative way to close this issue.

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