PEN Poetry Series
Through 2019, the PEN Poetry Series published work by writers from all over the world.
Two Poems by Hoa Nguyen
Screaming mostly / I like to dance dark woods / stony hills lonely & moody /… More
Two Poems by Derek Gromadzki
how saints have bent slender here under orisons and absence / over which appearance tips and we the steadying More
Red Storm Days
Twenty-four descriptions of the future: / Champagne after a trip in a carriage, / Discontents without civilization, / A bizarre light will unsteady the air More
Four Poems by Wong May
Today again / The Pastoral / sounds like a funeral march / : the dream of / a statesman / waking up in heaven / Bearing with… More
I Loved Earth Years Ago
I no longer call his death in Tennessee a murder I call it an execution, executed for being queer. It happened over a dozen years ago and few believed… More
From “Agnes the Elephant”
There is a man and a woman in the kitchen fighting / over which of the two of them get to keep their / son. The man is leaving… More
Three Poems by Dora Malech
Lay a waste from out thy ode. / What to do after you slay me? // Start anew, lifeless. / Start a new life, less // servant to order… More
Six Poems by Michael Keenan
An 8th of a / tank of gas, a / day // old loaf of / bread, what / more could anyone / ask // for out of /… More
Two Poems by Kirsty Singer
they poured paint / on the church of scientology / they are suing god you said / there was lead in the paint / it was almost the color… More
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