Reader, IBy Corey Van Landinghamwas, according to Virgil, always a fickle, unstable thing. Woman. Wyf. Merger of wife and man. To indicate: not-girl. Not...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingSorrow & GrievingMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyDisappointmentGrief
TransformoceanBy Samuel GregoireMy delirium is a transformocean Rocking me like the seven thousand waves That brought Wangolo to Ziltik...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsLivingSorrow & GrievingMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsGrief
Stetson in RetrogradeBy Adam O. Davis1. If a house is haunted like a radio is haunted If a body is a radio of blood If a body of ghosts hums...Social CommentariesMoney & EconomicsLivingDeathLife ChoicesThe BodyThe MindMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalTechniquesRefrainAnxiety & InsecurityFor All Ages + 6 more
HeliodoraBy H.D.He and I sought together, over the spattered table, rhymes and flowers, gifts for a name. He said, among...LoveDesire & PassionRomantic LoveSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryTypes/ModesArs Poetica + 11 more
At IthacaBy H.D.Over and back, the long waves crawl and track the sand with foam; night darkens and the sea takes on...LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesWar & ConflictMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyTechniquesImagerySimile + 2 more
Fragment Thirty-sixBy H.D.I know not what to do,my mind is reft:is song's gift best?is love's gift loveliest?I know not what to...LoveDesire & PassionHeartache & LossRealistic & ComplicatedRomantic LoveArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology + 2 more
Can You Describe Your Years in Prison?By Aria AberOver Skype, I try to document my mother’s bald-shaved youth—she has a surplus in truths, and science...Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentWar & ConflictRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphorSimile + 6 more
Erysichthon’s SeedBy Shanta Lee Hunger like her mama Most strong in White gaze as in a Cowbird’s flirtation Sprouted in eyes to tongues to bellies...LoveDesire & PassionNatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentPopular CultureRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingThe BodyTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFriends & EnemiesMen & WomenArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionTypes/ModesEpic + 22 more
ErysichthonBy OvidSome are transformed just once And live their whole lives after in that shape. Others have a facility...LoveDesire & PassionNatureTrees & FlowersSocial CommentariesCrime & PunishmentGender & SexualityLivingDeathLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingThe BodyRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesMen & WomenMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyTechniquesAllusionMetaphorTypes/ModesEpic + 15 more
Frankenstein LoveBy Matthew ZapruderI think there was a movie once where Frankenstein fell in love with a vampire. A small mummy at first...LoveRomantic LoveLivingTime & BrevityRelationshipsMen & WomenArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphor + 9 more
p1My Hair Burned Like BereniceBy Ruth AwadDays of rain. The drey outside my window would keel and the wind would plunder. My heart was valent ...NatureWeatherSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingHealth & IllnessSorrow & GrievingThe BodyMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyVerse FormsSonnetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImagerySimile + 10 more
Poisonwell Diaries: The GhostBy Shanta LeeMama birthed me, Papa sold me in the land of weeping willows Traces of sin trail miles across skin, ...Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalTechniquesPersonaAngerBlameGriefMelancholy & Despair + 9 more
Tiresias as Cuir (on the run)By Trish Salahi. Dog. The time you take home, the time you take away from home. The insistence, the instance worried...NatureAnimalsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesGender & SexualityRelationshipsLGBTQ+Arts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman MythologyStanza FormsCoupletMetersFree VerseTechniquesAllusionImageryMetaphor + 12 more
p1DolphinBy Richie HofmannA dolphin fell in love with me. Probably because of my looks— people always said, What a pretty boy ...Mythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology
Excerpt from “Track”By Norman Finkelstein # Listen to the children who know their way about the forest and return with stories which the thief...ReligionThe SpiritualLivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & Legends
Spirit ArithmeticBy Adam O. DavisOne nick. Two nick- els. Three lic- orice twists before bedtime. Four hours of a leaky faucet. Five ...Mythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalTypes/ModesNursery Rhymes
Beowulf (exc. from Beowulf By All)By UnknownHeyla! We have a story about the Spear-Danes, from the old days when they were big and their kings showed...Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsHeroes & Patriotism
The WandererBy UnknownOft him anhaga are gebideð, metudes miltse, þeah þe he modcearig geond lagulade longe sceolde hreran...LivingLife ChoicesActivitiesTravels & JourneysMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsHeroes & PatriotismTechniquesAlliteration + 2 more
William of Palerne: Lines 1-1066By Unknownþat it apertly was apayed for profite þat he feld, and [wrouȝt] buxumly by þe bestes wille in wise as...Mythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsGhosts & the SupernaturalTechniquesAlliteration
Wulf and EadwacerBy UnknownLeodum is minum swylce him mon lac gife; willað hy hine aþecgan, gif he on þreat cymeð. Ungelic is us...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveUnrequited LoveMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsTechniquesAlliteration