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With a Line
By Norma Cole
measure how silence
sits on the groundthe same rills, clay tablets,
gravel and stones, frozenmoments measure displacement
consequence the records of...
Namaste
By Norma Cole
salutations my child
you in your heartheard the basics
the basic first finger...
Intentions to breathe [“Before even one day has passed"]
By bruno darío
Translated By Kit Schluter
Before even one day has passed in the beyond, the weeds will cover our monuments. Our architecture …
Rise
By Kazim Ali
home   flowers   grew
who   drew     me   in
this   shape     my   tow-rope
drawn   at   dawn       who rose
in   air   who   dispersed    in hours…
As Bee
By Paula Bohince
Forgive my trespass, I mistook for work a crown
of raspberries and custard. Thank you, tartlet, thank…
Circus
By Nakahara Chūya
Translated By Jeffrey Angles
There have been so many eras
So many wars fought in brown

There have been so many eras
So many quick …
Bone
By Nakahara Chūya
Translated By Jeffrey Angles
Look, look! This is my bone
Torn free of that filthy flesh
Filled with the sufferings of life
A bone washed…
Overcast Sky
By Nakahara Chūya
Translated By Jeffrey Angles
    one morning     I saw     a black flag
fluttering     up there     in the sky
    the flag fluttered     back and forth     back…
Intenciones 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…
Memorial Day
By Aaron Shurin
And still one looks to the tree to paraphrase the sky, arbiter of wind and sun. The hills with their…
The Death of the Book
By Luke Allan
1. This morning the nurse tested me for allergies. She said she’d test for “known allergies,” which …
And Then the Sky Pulls Up in a Silver VW Polo
By Joe Carrick-Varty
the sky announcesit has written a lecture
on domestic violence no one starts a family
with the intention…
Resignation
By Alice Pettway
The dry stubble of the field
wilts under the rain,
soft as jaw hair

under a hot towel. The summer
is a …
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…
骨
By Nakahara Chūya
ホラホラ、これが僕の骨だ、
生きてゐた時の苦労にみちた
あのけがらはしい肉を破つて、
しらじらと雨に洗はれ、
ヌツクと出た、骨の尖。

それは光沢もない、
ただいたづらにしらじらと、
雨を吸収する、
…
曇天
By Nakahara Chūya
   ある朝   僕は   空の   中に、
黒い   旗が   はためくを   見た。
   はたはた   それは   はためいて   いたが、
音は   きこえぬ   高きが   ゆえに。

   手繰り   下ろそうと   僕は   したが、
綱も   なければ   それも   叶…
From “First Light: 88 Frequencies” [“each thread”]
By CAConrad
each threadadded to the loom was a moment of the weaver’s life
Self-Portrait as the Mountain
By Xin Qiji
Translated By Shangyang Fang
to the tune “he xin lang: toasting the bridegroom”Now that I am old and those who crossed the mountains…
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…
Wreck
By Stefania Gomez
Firemen cut the car open like a cake but when
they reached through the windshield to pull me out
they …

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Intentions to breathe [“Before even one day has passed"]

Rise

As Bee

Circus

Bone

Overcast Sky

Intenciones de respirar [“Ni un día más allá la maleza"]

Memorial Day

The Death of the Book

And Then the Sky Pulls Up in a Silver VW Polo

Resignation

サーカス

骨

曇天

From “First Light: 88 Frequencies” [“each thread”]

Self-Portrait as the Mountain

贺新郎

Wreck