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-magazineHeavenBy Jim Johnstoneis just a garden, really.A plot of land where you might reach downto touch the snowand crystallize. … Related Audio ReligionGod & the DivineLivingHealth & IllnessGratitudeJoy & Contentment
poetry-magazineMusic for VoiceBy Kim OkTranslated By Ryan ChoiiSonorous music for voice— I heara short but elegiac, painedmelody— for long discardeddreams of a simple…Arts & SciencesMusicGriefMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazine성락By Kim Ok울려 나오는 악성의 느리고도 짧은 애닯은 곡조에 나의 사라진 옛 꿈은 그윽하게 살아 내 가슴 아파라. 설움 가득한 악성의 빠르고도 더딘 애닯은 곡조에 뒤숭숭한 그 생각은 고요하…Arts & SciencesMusicGriefMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineHereafterBy Kevin YoungOnce, in winter, I was blessed by lightning, the plane sudden struck—the boom of it, the cabin lit …NatureWeatherActivitiesTravels & JourneysGratitude
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
Silent PartnerBy Frank X. WalkerI learn today chat mama,being property,was massa's investment. That taken all together,the only thing…AngerBlame
poetry-magazineBirdsong of Shaker WayBy Ann-Margaret LimEvery day is perfect, ifwhen you wake, you hear birdsin the garden, in the yard. Birdsup and down, ushering… Related Audio NatureAnimalsJoy & ContentmentOptimism
poetry-magazineThe OstrichesBy Dorothea LaskyIn every rose there is the scent of deathI thought I was one of themBut I’m not and I’ve never beenWho… Related Audio The MindDoubt & ContemplationAnxiety & Insecurity
poetry-magazineA Children’s StoryBy Paula BohinceAgain, an ousted child or orphan happens onto a den.It happens then. Invitation by faun or badger to… Related Audio Arts & SciencesReading & BooksMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsJoy & Contentment
poetry-magazineThe Story I TellBy Aaron ShurinThe gates, the gardens, the windows, the sky, the ledge of bricks, the fallen leaves, the porch where… Related Audio LoveHeartache & LossRelationshipsHome LifeGriefMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineSpiral, Surrounded by Spoiled Accord (Or, Schizoaffective, Unspecified)By Rickey Laurentiis What I have done is created History, exquisite manuscripts With angering blame. What I have done is… Related Audio LivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationAngerBlame
poetry-magazineOn This Bit of Soiled Sadness…By Nakahara ChūyaTranslated By Jeffrey AnglesOn this bit of soiled sadnessThe flurries fall again todayThrough this bit of soiled sadnessThe wind… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingGriefMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineFor the Cult-Themed PartyBy Jacques J. RancourtI dressed as a stag: headpieceof antlers, fabric flowershot-glued to a harness, my asshanging out of… Related Audio LoveDesire & PassionLivingRelationshipsLGBTQ+Passion
poetry-magazineIntenciones de respirar [“Ni un día más allá la maleza"]By bruno darío Ni un día más allá la maleza cubrirá nuestros monumentos. La arquitectura reemplazada por otra furiosa… Related Audio The MindTime & BrevityMelancholy & Despair
poetry-magazineIntentions to breathe [“Before even one day has passed"]By bruno daríoTranslated By Kit Schluter Before even one day has passed in the beyond, the weeds will cover our monuments. Our architecture … Related Audio The MindTime & BrevityMelancholy & Despair
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-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-magazine汚れつちまつた悲しみに ......By Nakahara Chūya 汚れつちまつた悲しみに 今日も小雪の降りかかる 汚れつちまつた悲しみに 今日も風さへ吹きすぎる 汚れつちまつた悲しみは たとへば狐の革裘 汚れつちまつた悲しみは 小雪のかかつてちぢこまる 汚れつ… Related Audio LivingSorrow & GrievingGriefMelancholy & Despair