PEN Poetry Series
Through 2019, the PEN Poetry Series published work by writers from all over the world.
from The Immanent Field
Additional officers were brought in when they realized the protestors didn’t want any one thing • What the state wants is an artist class that entertains, like wrestlers More
Five Poems by Steven Alvarez
0:44these are citizens of the united states championship / 0:49which is issued from former democratic fight hackers are children before you / 0:55think you have to have a very… More
Four Poems by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
I have erased the general // in heather and purple. Spring / is in winter as I am in this dream / that is my life, where what I… More
from IRL by Tommy Pico
Yr a garbage / person if you can’t / take a good photo, / is the underlying mess- / age of “gay” “culture” / in Brooklyn The concept /… More
Everyone is a Little Trans
Everyone is a forgotten hit record / Everyone is a little good at sex / Everyone is a little bad at gender More
I Want So Desperately to be Finished with Desire
everyone drags all their past / lovers into bed // all their past beds / & public toilets & foil pipes / & park benches & cutlasses / &… More
Two Poems by Javier Zamora
Don has always been the wrong word. Not Don: / redacted addresses, .38s, clips in back-pockets. / To see how many he’ll kill, his grandson / throws rocks at… More
A Brief Account of Several Art Events and Other Horrifying Experiences
Have you noticed how all the Mexican poets now / have their little poem about the violence? No? You don’t / read poetry? More
Two Poems by Kate Colby
In hindsight, everything is an omen of everything // that comes after it, regardless of cause. / Or regardmore. There, I’ve coined it. // Everything has been coined at… More
Two Poems by Justin Phillip Reed
In his hands / my skull opens like a flue. I am coal ash / into winter hubris. He is not the kind / to come with warning. My… More
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