AudioGrowing SidewaysPoetry Off the ShelfStephanie Burt on queer time, glass dildos, and making it up as you go. Listen now
ArticleThis Be the Place: My Actual HuhBy Karl KnightsA tractor has as much right to be in a queer poem as a Fire Island reverie.
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Poempoetry-magazineFebruary 14By Jesse NathanGoing to the Russian bathhouse on Innes to lie naked on a shelf in the steam while the hatted man swanning…
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Poempoetry-magazineDear Sister Agnes,By Jacques J. Rancourt Can I still call you Emily? Not long after we last saw each other, I too changed my name. Dropped …
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Poempoetry-magazineThe Death of the BookBy Luke Allan1. This morning the nurse tested me for allergies. She said she’d test for “known allergies,” which …
Poempoetry-magazineAnd Then the Sky Pulls Up in a Silver VW PoloBy Joe Carrick-Varty the sky announcesit has written a lecture on domestic violence no one starts a family with the intention…
Poempoetry-magazineFrom “First Light: 88 Frequencies” [“I feel/felt by”]By CAConrad I feel felt by another but I’malone in the room