PEN Poetry Series
Through 2019, the PEN Poetry Series published work by writers from all over the world.
from Airstrip Falconry
my brother died that day / already at twenty-three / past highway 7 if wishing what / he’d stay for wasn’t me / wasn’t someone else // the smell… More
Four Poems by Noah Burton
I soaped my mug / and now I’m clean. / Why then now do I / sud around the block / with a coffee can of worms / in… More
from Embraces the carrion
In Istanbul, you say, they took the dogs from the streets / Brought them to islands. / Then they took down the oldest Roma neighborhood to build houses Byzantine… More
from Gates & Fields
And in yesteryears when days seemed long / A bell around her very neck / We were there saying come what you are / We were there saying More
Extremely Poor
Telling is a form of generosity, / Marías keeps repeating throughout his book // like a kind of tolling, and what I like about / the translation is the… More
Two Poems by Roberto Montes
This week in the PEN Poetry Series, PEN America features two poems by Roberto Montes. The Estate Taxed I should have taken the amaranth soap From the rich prick's bathroom Should have mothered… More
Public Works
It was an election year. The switchboards flickered with stars in their / universe of calls. Of all places, a public park. The workers had begun / to dig,… More
Operation Haze
Yesterday I lost two lights / when I ripped the yellow ones / out / Now it’s just me / and a borrowed mile // I think the… More
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