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
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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
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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-magazineEnding SongBy Paisley RekdalYou’d never call the branchesarms, though in certainlights don’t pine and manlook like handsconjoined…LoveHeartache & LossRomantic LoveLivingDeathThe BodyGrief
poetry-magazineWreckBy Stefania GomezFiremen cut the car open like a cake but whenthey reached through the windshield to pull me outthey … Related Audio LivingHealth & IllnessThe BodyThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityGrief
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-magazineBone SymphonyBy Michelle Phương Hồ On my windowsill, there are insects whose skeletal remains remain intact. Fruit flies or gnats… Related Audio Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentHistory & PoliticsGrief
The Palestinian ChairBy Edward SalemGod said (and already you can tellI’m making this up),If you lift a rock, I am there.If you lift a finger…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsAngerGrief
poetry-magazineFrom “Underworlds”By Kimberly Johnson i The last time I lost you, I had turned To salt. The hospice nurses all assured An easier passing… Related Audio LivingDeathHealth & IllnessSorrow & GrievingVerse FormsSonnetGrief
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Callie Barr's Black BottomBy Malcolm TariqYou may find her behind Rowan Oak, a shadow of fortress where then now you find no real entry place. Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingBlameGrief
Saint AugustineBy Nick Flynn Saint Augustine preached humility & the need to simply be on the ground. Do you wish to rise? he asked…The MindDoubt & ContemplationRelationshipsAnxiety & InsecurityGriefMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineUniversal TruthsBy Shira Haus I prayed for my friend to live and he didn’t. I held his puffy hand, his heart jumping green on the… Related Audio LivingDeathGrief
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