poetry-magazineThinking of ItBy Michael RobinsHere before the sun rises, I find it difficult to make the words, to leanforward three years after your… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazineSmall TalkBy Michael RobinsI dreamed you called without reason, picking up where we left the water months ago. Origins without … Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazinebroken lyreBy Asha Futtermanmy hands are still my handslike my grandfather’s handsare his hands and theyare on the windowattached… Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineGrave-DiggingBy Rodney JonesIt was July. I must have been sixteen or seventeen,And proud to be chosen for a grown man’s work,Hollowing… Related Audio LivingComing of AgeDeathRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineBeachBy Stanley Plumly The end, I think, will be a little like looking down as far as I can see to where the wind has kicked…LivingDeathTypes/ModesProse Poem
poetry-magazineFrom “First Light: 88 Frequencies” [“everyone’s/drawing the”]By CAConradeveryone’s drawing the Death Card the chair pressing Related Audio LivingDeathThe MindDoubt & Contemplation
poetry-magazineThe Death of the BookBy Luke Allan1. This morning the nurse tested me for allergies. She said she’d test for “known allergies,” which … Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineAll my life I was a bride married to amazementBy Jane ZwartWhen death comes, final and novel—the trick cul-de-sac or burst dam, a doorthat opening erases or shutting… Related Audio LivingDeathLife ChoicesThe MindMemory & NostalgiaJoy & ContentmentPassion
poetry-magazineEloquenceBy Georgio RussellWithin this simple chapel, located near the navelof the little clinic, the walls are all the whiteof… Related Audio ReligionFaith & DoubtLivingDeathHealth & IllnessRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineJenny Holzer—DYING SHOULD BE AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG (1978)By Rochelle Hurt[as jumping from a plane. easier—a bridge. as tripping on a shoelace. as blinking your eyes. as breathing… Related Audio LivingDeathHealth & IllnessThe BodyTypes/ModesEkphrasis
poetry-magazineThe Gazing BallBy Mitchell GlazierQueenly swans nudge eternity figs Yellow rose fire Lit by a ghost breath I’ve eaten you someplace before… Related Audio Social CommentariesLivingDeathArts & SciencesPoetry & Poets
poetry-magazineEnding SongBy Paisley RekdalYou’d never call the branchesarms, though in certainlights don’t pine and manlook like handsconjoined…LoveHeartache & LossRomantic LoveLivingDeathThe BodyGrief
poetry-magazineCrossingBy Ross WhiteI’m not the first man to lose his fatherslowly, not the first to wonderwhen I walk in the room if the… Related Audio LivingDeathGrowing OldHealth & IllnessSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief + 2 more
poetry-magazineAh-gong’s FuneralBy Tiffany HsiehI was a forty-one-year-old rabbitthat year, which was said to be unluckyfor the rabbits to go face-to… Related Audio LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsGrief
poetry-magazineOrfeoBy Dan Beachy-QuickI created more loss where I meant to make less.Created more debt where I meant to make depth.Created… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingArts & SciencesMusicMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyGrief + 3 more
poetry-magazine⽊兰花·和孙公素别安陆By Zhang Xian相离徒有相逢梦。门外马蹄尘已动。怨歌留待醉时听,远⽬不堪空际送。今宵风⽉知谁共。声咽琵琶槽上凤。⼈⽣⽆物⽐多情,江⽔不深⼭不重。 Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazineDepartureBy Zhang XianTranslated By Shangyang Fangto the tune “mu lan hua: magnolia” After tonight, what’s left of you is youmoving into my dream. Outside… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingGrief
poetry-magazine贺新郎By Xin Qiji甚矣吾衰矣。怅平⽣、交游零落,只今余⼏!⽩发空垂三千丈,⼀笑⼈间万事。问何物、能令公喜?我见青⼭多妩媚,料青⼭见我应如是。情与貌,略相似。⼀尊搔⾸东窗⾥。想渊明、《停云》诗就,此时风味。江左沉酣求名者… Related Audio NatureLivingDeathGrowing OldThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsFriends & Enemies + 2 more
poetry-magazineSelf-Portrait as the MountainBy Xin QijiTranslated By Shangyang Fangto the tune “he xin lang: toasting the bridegroom”Now that I am old and those who crossed the mountains… Related Audio NatureLivingDeathGrowing OldThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsFriends & Enemies + 2 more
poetry-magazineWhat My Uncle’s Dead Lovers Left BehindBy Mickie KennedyA house with a pool missing tiles.Another house, foundation cracked,the whole left half off-kilter,like…Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingDeathHealth & IllnessRelationshipsLGBTQ+