Two Poems by Ariana Reines
Also / True was that I had not been fucked correctly // In what was starting to feel like a long / Time. I used the apps but did… More
Two Poems by Deborah Landau
Do what you want / and now. // Soon laid deep beneath / the flimsy weeds we’ll be More
HABEMUS LUX
This is the book for the generations of cats. These are the generations that will serve them: they were Abram’s cats; Agar gave birth to her cats, but the… More
Eight Dollar Garbage
Though Steve McQueen spends most of The Great Escape / Breaking in a baseball mitt / And I’ll spend most of the next hour / Looking around for someone… More
from Tell Me How It Makes You Feel
Because these are the documents we’re never to destroy. // Because these are the documents we’re never to falsify or duplicate for forgery or for profit’s sake. // Because… More
Three Poems by Jonah Mixon-Webster
In this special edition of the PEN Poetry Series we feature three poems by Jonah Mixon-Webster, author of the debut collection Stereo(TYPE). More
Two Poems by Taneum Bambrick
Real fine heifer / low class beauty / what do you call those blonde / feathering / got yourself a new work buddy / not the only / Victoria’s… More
from Summer Err
Beyond the forests, / the head of the general / killed everything he saw or could think of. // All sheepmen carry strychnine / to kill coyotes, bears, panthers, / little dog-like wolves,… More
Two Poems by Paul Legault
A president cannot pardon itself. / A body cannot bury itself in / the ground or tomb it had its minions build. / There has to be someone to… More
The Triumph of Life
I thought each day / to be the hard and broken prayer of the only / God degenerate enough to mix his hands in the mash / and our… More
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