poetry-magazinehow we survived: 爺爺’s pantoum (i)By River 瑩瑩 Dandelionyou had to know the currents, & the sunstay shallow to keep warm in the waters.you had to believe you… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsVerse FormsPantoum
poetry-magazineThey/ThemBy Danez Smithsaid short: i feel more like a stud. saidwith some nuance: as if i came tomasculinity through the women… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
poetry-magazineEvel Knievel Returns to Snake River CanyonBy Jim JohnstoneBomber jacket trimmed with venom,I pace the canyon like a parasite:EK monogram, US flag, and cane,the… Related Audio Social CommentariesPopular CultureActivitiesSports & Outdoor Activities
poetry-magazineLanguage Studies: ‘Ahooyawpe’ / From the AirBy Casandra LópezMy phone is learning Tongva. I try—to type Eeyore and it autocorrects: Eyooshiraaw / our language. /… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
poetry-magazineThe Underground BeachBy Dmitry BlizniukTranslated By Sergey Gerasimovapartments are crumbling in the explosionslike rotten tree stumps.automobiles are burning like fluff… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineThe Bomb ShelterBy Dmitry BlizniukTranslated By Sergey Gerasimovthe basement. the remotest corner and an old man thereis curled into a thorny billiard ball.the elbows… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineTheBy Kathleen RooneyDo you pronounce it “thuh” or do you pronounce it “thee”? Does thinking about it too hard give you the… Related Audio Social CommentariesPopular CultureArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
poetry-magazineSilicon Valley, in the Backseat of a TeslaBy Carson Wolfestuck between two Texanswho can’t believe I don’t knowhow blockchain works.I am always around menwho… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityPopular CultureRelationshipsLGBTQ+
poetry-magazinei am the machine and i workBy Asha Futtermanmy job used to be teaching a machineto recognize complaints filed against police officersthat contained… Related Audio Social CommentariesGender & SexualityHistory & PoliticsActivitiesJobs & Working
poetry-magazineПідземний пляжBy Dmitry Blizniukквартири кришаться під вибухамияк трухляві пні.автівки згорають немов тополиний пух.тиша здуваєтьсяі… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
poetry-magazineБомбосховищеBy Dmitry Blizniuk підвал. дальній кут і там старий згорнутий у колючу більярдну кулю. лікті й коліна випирають крізь … Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
poetry-magazine圪料街By Yuan Xin一条小巷道,长220米,宽6.3米。26年前的早晨,席力图召西侧,骑着单车走过;10年前元宵节的夜晚,步行而过。“圪料街”遗址,瓦屋三间,坍圮的砖坯墙,立在大街正中,柏油马路到这里截断。墙砖摇摇欲坠,… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsTime & Brevity
poetry-magazineGeliao StreetBy Yuan XinTranslated By Wang PingA little lane, 220 meters long, 6.3 meters wide.Twenty-six years ago, I biked past the west side of … Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsTime & Brevity
poetry-magazinehow we survived: 爺爺’s pantoum (ii)By River 瑩瑩 Dandelionwe wore watermelon husks to hidelost cargo floating east to hong kongwater lilies & crickets our last… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsVerse FormsPantoum
Backside of My Old Kentucky HomeBy Frank X. Walkerat our estateswe sat on the side porchstared at humble cabinsas young bucksworked and sweated in the…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityTown & Country LifeHistory & Politics
Rainy DayBy Norma Colerestricted extremities during thought flightsensitive documents: the market, the firelike weather balloons in gearor a plate glass window in the pavement...Social Commentaries
Night MarketBy Norma ColeRock or tree, inflexionof tree, wild asparagusand watercress, weepingand leaving, parting andfleeing, atmosphereas always the distance...NatureSocial CommentariesTown & Country LifeLiving
poetry-magazineサーカスBy Nakahara Chūya幾時代かがありまして 茶色い戦争ありました幾時代かがありまして 冬は疾風吹きました幾時代かがありまして 今夜此処での一と殷盛り 今夜此処での一と殷盛りサーカス小屋は高い梁 そこに一つのブランコだ見える… Related Audio Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsTime & BrevityArts & Sciences
poetry-magazineTemptationBy Alice PettwayThe blades of grass are writhingtheir torsos, sexualizedunnecessarily.The people are uninterestedin … Related Audio Social CommentariesMoney & Economics
poetry-magazineÌbàdànBy Damilola Omotoyinboseven hills beckon the sun to a dance. two steps forward, another to the left. kongas powder their … Related Audio Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeLiving