PEN Poetry Series

Through 2019, the PEN Poetry Series published work by writers from all over the world. 

Vita

Mercilessly I’m spared: / others drink the red wine in the cellar. / More and more weightless / my body: the clothes on the pole / are an image… More

from KINGED

grass cooling my temples / i thought of miklos / how all i wanted was to / hold miklos / bodies on top of / bodies he wanted /… More

Annalogue on Oranges

that even a dog has more rights to run free. but that oranges glimmer. so as not to be slurped up by dog-tongue. excuse-moi, dog. excuse-moi, docteur. can he… More

First Husband

He was close by and very eerie / He did not do the dishes / He retreated into our house / or he rode away in cabs / He… More

Last Sext

My thoughts of bellies and scythes. / And how to cut me out of me. / The vine of the mind and the heart and its sword. / And… More

The Day

I want to say / Today // but today / it is The Day // that entered / in my face // I went there / on a sound… More

The Houselights

because each entry in the lexicon / is a live wire whose root is charged by a / holy fire, as / when a canon shot in a play… More