“Poem for a Persian Singer” and “Aubergine”
I’m pretty sure / the song describes / how it feels when / something important / does not happen / most of the afternoon / still listening I think… More
Carlos Soto-Román: D1C3
Says yes / Says no / Says maybe / Says I don’t know / Says perhaps / Says I don’t think so / Says probably / Says tomorrow /… More
How Should I Look?
Would you prefer I meet your expectations, / Grasp your neck with yellow-clawed fingers, / tobacco-stained tips squeezing off your airway, / Sour breath tinged with yeasty fumes of… More
Dan Magers: Two Poems
Welling up in my hands are emotions, / and I awakened in her wake, / and I almost saw heaven then. More
Angela Veronica Wong: Three Poems
When Elsa is angry she forgets about / stairs, about spiders about veins and / blood about time about coronations / about drunkenness. More
Little Lady of My Heart
Shoe polish before / News from home / Up to the drawn- / In knee where your / Eye socket trusts / Off-shade / On purpose, don’t / They… More
John Reed: Two Sonnets
The truth is, I only tell 13 lies. / Lie no. 2: I lie in praise of heaven. / Three: this is between just the two of us.… More
The Astronauts in the Garden Grass
My friend from Pakistan gave the same story a different shape / “The Woman who Brought the Stars” which is me / in the sky / They divided… More
Three Poems from Empire
How might it feel to be forced to drink molten gold? / The hardening from the inside would kill you almost instantly / When the gold was poured /… More
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