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Poetry Is Special America
I do not know. I do not know. I do not know. I do not know. I do not know. I do not know. I do not know. I… More
from Ideal Machine
dear son don’t flinch / when he comes for you // singing through my brain my face // lure you wait / shadows flat under the operating lights //… More
Four Poems by Mark McMorris
What more is there to say about tambourines / that mimic the bells on a leather saddle, strapped / to a horse you rode across the Chinese tundra /… More
Mother and Daughter
But then there are daughters who become mothers, confusing the story because as mothers they remain, by definition, also daughters. How do they know which they are? More
from In the Gun Cabinet
I / was / delicate / as a child / lived / one too / many lives, I / loved me as myself / I was my brother … More
Two Poems by John Yau
Shorthand that he is sacrificial pig / Soon to be dangled plunged flushed or frozen / Before slurping prognathous blob toting lurkers / Mildly curious prop destined for smithereen… More
The PEN Ten with Saeed Jones
"I'm obsessed with manhood as a brutal and artful performance. My mind always finds its way back to the crossroad where sex, race, and power collide." More
Five Poems by Rachel B. Glaser
my snake would scare away cops / if they came bothering Mama and me / when we are dancing to our records / high off something Ricky gave us More
Deer in the Woods
“You therefore ought to put some thought into what happiness means to you,” the German said turning towards me, ”Deer in the woods? Or deer on the plate?”… More
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