PEN Poetry Series
Through 2019, the PEN Poetry Series published work by writers from all over the world.
Pledge of Allegiance
To Wall / Street, which saw / across the continent plot / by plot & which brought / west ledgers. // The discovery / of writing, Lévi-Strauss says, begets… More
Two Poems by Ben Mirov
Master of fine art? More like paper / airplane disaster factory. // Gerard Manley Hopkins? / More like a clod of Earth flung skyward / towards God's stupid face. More
Two Poems by Morgan Parker
Why did you come here. What do you want. Are you filming this. Do you live in this neighborhood. Do you feel comfortable. Can I ask is that a… More
The Alien Crown
Kings in the capitol lift capital to the light like massive infants. // No commander will ask a pistol to bend / and obey a demand for late bloom,… More
Two Poems by Karen An-hwei Lee
In exile from circles of protest on the square. / In exile from an oxymoron spotlighted above. / In exile from the neo-alphabet of a first love. / In… More
Two Poems by Rebecca Wolff
And I trust people // to make good choices / so I don’t have to impale them // on the tines of my pitchfork. Or otherwise // govern them.… More
for mike brown
i fold my knees to a brown god, even // if he exists only for me. Bismilla’ hirah maa / neraheeem. take me home, where i can be a… More
Two Poems by Mark Cugini
A white man says we need to set a higher bar for / terrorism and then rides off my timeline on a police horse. There's nothing new / I… More