Public Works
It was an election year. The switchboards flickered with stars in their / universe of calls. Of all places, a public park. The workers had begun / to dig,… More
Operation Haze
Yesterday I lost two lights / when I ripped the yellow ones / out / Now it’s just me / and a borrowed mile // I think the… More
Heel of My Hand
You are / to me / a big ‘how’ / (like no one / —they say— / asks a billionaire / why they made / 2 billion dollars /… More
Rare Winters When
“Look at us, look at us,/now we’re light, now we’re dark;/now you see us, now you don’t… More
from The Lake
An attempt was made. I told S that we are not / the sum total of our mistakes. I said it / as I believe I am the sum… More
Two Poems by Eleni Sikelianos
I was gone and when I came back / you’d voted for the wrong politicians! So many men! / Had I slept for five minutes and found you /… More
conversations from empire
Now, I have always loved the sea. I save whom I can. A baby be damned without a mother. A mother be damned without her child. A man be… More