Cover of Poetry Magazine June 2019 Issue.

June 2019

Najeebah Al-Ghadban
 
  • Javier Zamora
  • Ed Roberson
  • Hanif Abdurraqib
  • Khaty Xiong
  • Brad Trumpfheller
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My grandmother was born in a city called [宜兰]

Despite its name, no orchids grow there

Five of my six aunts have names ending in [兰]

My mother’s full name is [little wind]

Orchid seeds are distributed by land, water & wind

One of my...
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O Calgary

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In Calgary
I saw a man marry money
Who giveth this money?
the commissioner asked
The man said
Everyone who works for me
The commissioner asked
Where are they? I don’t hear them declare it
The man said That’s not their job
You do yours

Do you take this money
the...
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Letter to My Blackout

Dear sip, dear shotgun, dear pound:
beneath the house, the kegs roll in;
the party flips its switches down.

When drunk comes, it comes as sound,
a chord, a liftoff. I ride the rim,
dear sip, dear shotgun, dear pound.

He could be anyone, and he...
Multiple people reading Poetry magazine, each framed in colorful arched shapes. Red and black text reads. "Special Offer. 5 months of Poetry for $15"

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