Poempoetry-magazineel abanicoBy ire’ne lara silvawe are taught the beauty of the rosethe serenity of the soft and the stillthe austerity of silver stars…
Poempoetry-magazineFour generationsBy Angelina SáenzThere is a framed photograph of my grandmotherShe is a young woman, sitting on a horse, vestida de china…
Poempoetry-magazineYou are prettier when you are quietBy Angelina SáenzI am a feminist who loves my sportand the machismo in charrería often gets to meTo be clearI am not …
Poempoetry-magazineYou can thank us laterBy Angelina SáenzBrother charrodo you realizethat it is because of escaramuzathat you have an audience?Our performances…
Poempoetry-magazineme llamo vientoBy ire’ne lara silvathey announce us Valentina Covarrubias montada en Vientomy girl does not cower does not wave or smile…
Poempoetry-magazineLook at our boots and spurs!By Angelina SáenzNoI don’t dance horsesI am not a mariachiI am not a baile folklorico dancerI am not the half-time show…
PoemCompletely PossibleBy R. L. SwihartThe migration continues. Continuous. Sporadic. With mathematical complexity, wind over sand *Ropes …
PoemThe DogsBy Peter O’LearyBlood-gushered mountainside a brass parapegma of noonglares behind: gore of hides. Beasts all slain.…
Poempoetry-magazineAs Capitalism Gasps for Breath I Watch the Knicks GameBy Yesenia Montilla& I immediately think of Cheryl, her Malik, his beloved obsession with the team’s orange & blue, a sunset…
ArticleRobert Frost: “Nothing Gold Can Stay”By Tyler MaloneFor a poem about the brevity of every state of being, the single octave perfectly enacts its themes through its form.
PoemMuybridge’s Horse in MotionBy Holly Mitchell1. After the beginning of the gallop, there are counts when the horse is in the air, her legs withdrawn…
ArticleJohn Tickhill: “A Bird in Bishopswood”By Eric WeiskottA melancholy medieval rent collector’s sorrows, scribbled on the back of a legal document
PoemA Bird in BishopswoodBy John TickhillIn springtime, chief of all seasons, in May when new joys rise and flourish, the sun is lord and messenger…
Poempoetry-magazineStunt DoubleBy Tomás Q. MorínIn this life, there are starsand there are stunt doubles.Before I became one of those fathersobsessed…
Poempoetry-magazineLil MermaidzBy Tayi TibbleRinsing the sea salt out of our bikinis with the drinking water and getting a slap upside the head from…
PoemWatershedBy Tracy K. Smith200 cows more than 600 hilly acres property would have been even larger had J not sold 66 acres to …
PoemThe Shearline of ObscurityBy C. D. WrightWater Cold as it sounds The storm glass Refilled and sealed With a wine cork The spout spilling…
PoemWhite EgretBy Chris AbaniA stream in a forest and a boy fishing, heart aflame, head hush, tasting the world— lick and pant. The…
Poempoetry-magazineJesus on the Iron CrossBy Jim DanielsThe strongest boy in our high school on the edge of Detroit did not play sports—he would’ve had to cut…