PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry
To a poet whose distinguished and growing body of work represents a notable and accomplished presence in American literature... More
Dareen Tatour Reads “A Poet’s Hallucinations”
Loneliness came in, taking me by surprise / Without knocking on my door / Like an impolite guest. / It sat at my desk / Picked up my pen… More
I Should’ve Taken a Right Turn at Albuquerque
I am haunted by the question of whether / I would want a pill to make me sleep or a chance / to break free. Every time I wish… More
This is Where
I’m from where silence is normal and / punitive. / Hugs are warm and forced Catholicism still / weighs heavy on my mother’s shoulders. / At 73—the burden has… More
Run Chile Run
I don't like this place / Locks on the cabinets / And cable cords strapped around da refrigerator's waist / She doesn't like my face / Even, when I’m... More
Glimpse: Year 26, 2016
There’s a lot of gray / in what’s left of my hair— / my George Jefferson tonsure / monks somewhere still wear / ... / Styling changes I spied… More
Poems for My Friends
That you've found your name someplace / it doesn't belong, I regret with you. / The scope of gratitude expands so wide / to pre-empt future criticism, inclusive /… More
The Art Buyer
I used to teach but now I work “in start-up tech” / And I’m trying to turn back. / The company I work for just fired half of everyone… More
Lovingly, Father
From a bitter little drunk / came the magic / Thrice I absentmindedly played an album / to cry w/ Julio Jaramillo / + cranked the volume / that… More
Two Poems by Mário de Andrade
I’ll go to estados-unidos / and tell every lady on the estados-unidos / that I have nothing to do with them / because i have you. More
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