TotemBy R. L. SwihartThe young man says, “Alan can do anything he wants”“Not fly,” I sayThe young man returns a puzzled look...LivingComing of AgeThe MindDoubt & ContemplationArts & SciencesReading & BooksStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImagery + 5 more
BlackbottomBy Toi DerricotteWhen relatives came from out of town,we would drive down to Blackbottom,drive slowly down the congested...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRace & EthnicityThe MindDoubt & ContemplationAnxiety & Insecurity
p1The Sky Keeps SurprisesBy Ahmad Almallahthe wound is bleeding into white the wound is threading clouds across the eye, across its view and how...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsThe MindDoubt & ContemplationStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair + 5 more
Final Section from "Eleven Eyes"By Lyn HejinianThe spoons have clattered Aren’t children little pears and observant birds I note that the green blanket...LivingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsAnxiety & Insecurity
p1First of DecemberBy Natalie ShaperoGod come on stop cutting me out of your photos God stop dragging the mouse around my shopworn body like...Social CommentariesReligionGod & the DivineLivingDeathThe MindDoubt & ContemplationVerse FormsSonnetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorSimileHumorMelancholy & Despair + 10 more
p1Poem with Human IntelligenceBy J. Estanislao LopezThis century is younger than me. It dresses itself in an overlong coat of Enlightenment thinking despite...Social CommentariesPopular CultureLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhilosophySciencesMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 8 more
p1All the Words I Can Remember Are PoemsBy Michelle Peñalozaanak like a sigh born every day ilong lead by scent and know-how tanong asking questions about the world...NatureThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsVerse FormsSonnetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImagery + 7 more
Helen Grown OldBy Janet Loxley LewisWe have forgotten Paris, and his fate. We have not much inquired If Menelaus from the Trojan gate Returning...LoveDesire & PassionThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyHeroes & Patriotism
Always in the HeadBy Patricia Smith"I seen it lots of times, I seen it, just from being on the street when something new was going down...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeCrime & PunishmentWar & ConflictLivingDeathLife ChoicesParenthoodSorrow & GrievingYouthThe BodyThe MindDoubt & ContemplationRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsAnxiety & InsecurityGrief + 10 more
p13. why I couldn’t tell a pigeon from a doveBy Nabila Lovelaceseen a dove / in passing / the white side of a soapbox / my quandary over / dividing line is / any city...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeLivingLife ChoicesThe BodyThe MindDoubt & ContemplationAnxiety & Insecurity
p1Resurrection purgatory in the laundromatBy Julia EdwardsBehind me, a man retrieves waterfalls of coins from a vending machine while laundry owners fold cloth...Social CommentariesCities & Urban LifeClassReligionFaith & DoubtThe MindDoubt & ContemplationActivitiesIndoor ActivitiesJobs & WorkingAnxiety & Insecurity + 4 more
p1Nine StepsBy Lee Young-juAll that we are is the result of what we have thought, said the Buddha. Have I returned here because...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationAnxiety & Insecurity
p1OursBy Iliana RochaYou know wonder by its silence. Pinsky’s ineffable this evening. A field that isn’t quite ours, darkness...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & BrevityRelationshipsGratitude + 2 more
p1The School of the UnschoolableBy Chen ChenSee the stars nightly disobeying the night. Watch the pattering rain sketch an anarchist’s map to the...LivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationBeing OneselfCulture
p1The Only MeBy Pat MoraSpinning through space for eons, our earth—oceans, rivers, mountains, glaciers, tigers, parrots, redwoods...NatureLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationBeing Oneself
ElsewhereBy Len VerweyThey'll say you are wrong to think of it as war when what you saw was only flailing, half illumined ...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsThe MindDoubt & ContemplationAnxiety & Insecurity
“when the memory is not the same and hands are not the same”By Aigerim Tazhiwhen the memory is not the same and hands are not the same when an animal wakes up in your belly a light...LivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMelancholy & Despair
Karenge ya MarengeBy Countee CullenWherein are words sublime or noble? What Invests one speech with haloed eminence, Makes it the sesame...Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMythology & FolkloreHeroes & PatriotismIndependence DayVerse FormsSonnetBlameDisappointment + 5 more
"Everytime I see something Beautiful . . ."By Lewis MacAdams Every time I see something Beautiful I fuck it up And bring it to youLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationRelationshipsDisappointment
p1BruisesBy Christopher MalecWe met at Burger King... so I thought I could have us my way If I had known you were gonna drive through...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveRealistic & ComplicatedUnrequited LoveSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentThe MindDoubt & ContemplationBlameDisappointmentGrief + 4 more