Just As I As
if the other actors believe you’re the king… so I sang / alas, alas for you as “Him,” again, again at the strain of my range. / the King… More
Two Poems by Molly Rose Quinn
My south dies for essential liberty. // They make the mud there. / Was always death. // The house at the end of the mind. / Our school cafeteria… More
I Hate Uniforms
The middle-aged men took me into the forest and took turns wagging their tongues at me, but I couldn’t see the snake tattoos on their backs. I just saw… More
Snow/Electricity
I wonder what your house is like— / the path leading to your front door, / clothes drying on a balcony. / On TV I watch shows about travel… More
from Recollections of a Face
There was a slowness of heart. / There was swelling of lungs. / There were Latin terms for everything. / There was walking around in the ward. / There… More
Dear Voyage
Brian Batchelor was awarded First Place in Poetry in the 2015 Prison Writing Contest. More
Two Poems by Arielle Greenberg
Sarah, I want to tell you that we defeated the bid / for the building of the petroleum tank / me and the kids and Rob and Mike and… More
The End of the Dark Era
Simon Wickhamsmith is the recipient of a 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for his translation of a collection of poems by Mongolian poet Tseveendorjin Oidov. More
After the Cameras Leave, In Three Parts
I drink the house into a desert / I keep the whole world thirsty / I stay after everyone else leaves / I keep you awake until the sun… More
from Motion Studies
They had struck gold; they had won the right to be forgotten. The ticket granted them that. All they had to do was sign on the dotted line and… More
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