The OphanyBy Cyrus Console Rotor wash, or the downward-flowing Air by which our helicopters formed Imprints in the jungle grass beneath ...Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsReligionFaith & DoubtArts & SciencesSciencesMetersFree VerseTechniquesSymbolistTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence + 8 more
Silent SpreadBy S.J. Fowler & Rebecca KamenSIR, the 28 spheres of Kamen’s harmony Susceptible, inferred, immense, actual - the electron microscopy...NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingHealth & IllnessArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureSciencesTypes/ModesEkphrasisAnxiety & InsecurityGrief + 6 more
On the Fifth DayBy Jane HirshfieldOn the fifth day the scientists who studied the rivers were forbidden to speak or to study the rivers...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesArts & SciencesSciencesStanza FormsMixedMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 7 more
WatershedBy Tracy K. Smith200 cows more than 600 hilly acres property would have been even larger had J not sold 66 acres to DuPont...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsTrees & FlowersSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeMoney & EconomicsTown & Country LifeLivingDeathActivitiesSports & Outdoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesSciencesMetersFree VerseTypes/ModesElegyPastoral + 12 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
Listening in Deep SpaceBy Diane ThielWe've always been out looking for answers, telling stories about ourselves, searching for connection...NatureStars, Planets, HeavensArts & SciencesSciences
ForevertronBy Norman FinkelsteinI have built a machine to visit the stars. I have built a machine to outlast the stars. There is a glass...LivingThe MindArts & SciencesSciences
HereBy Ava CipriHere is the encyclopedia where I learn first position Here is where I begin ballet: at 12, in a class...LivingLife ChoicesThe BodyArts & SciencesSciencesTheater & Dance
Correction: Tonight Is Not the Longest Night in the History of the EarthBy Katie WillinghamLately, I've enlisted an app on my phone to keep track of the time that I can't witness—it maps the ...Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesThe MindTime & BrevityArts & SciencesPhilosophySciences + 2 more
The Golden RecordBy Katie WillinghamDiagram of a diagram: if properly decoded, the first image which will appear is a circle. Or, go backwards...NatureStars, Planets, HeavensSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingActivitiesTravels & JourneysArts & SciencesSciences + 2 more
Staying PowerBy Katie WillinghamWe know the last stuffed specimen of the dodo burned in 1755, though Wikipedia's "Dodo: Talk" page shows...NatureAnimalsArts & SciencesPhilosophySciences
White FactoryBy Moon Bo YoungThe research center is a cube building with a neat chimney plunged into the right side. The researchers...NatureLivingLife ChoicesArts & SciencesPhilosophySciences
p1Perhaps I Am a Fugitive of EmpathyBy Marlanda DekineVigilant for so long, I am full. There are centuries of terror crawling just beneath my skin. I no...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingDeathHealth & IllnessLife ChoicesRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesSciencesAngerBlame + 5 more
p1Meditations on FleshBy Felicia ZamoraAn ulcer develops inside my lower lip in crevasse of gumline, the translucent milky gray pocks oral ...NatureAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingLife ChoicesThe BodyThe MindRelationshipsArts & SciencesSciencesAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointment + 7 more
What DNA KnowsBy Charlotte PenceWhat is death to us? We've heard that myth, a ghost story to tell around a camp fire. We're too busy...LivingBirth & BirthdaysDeathThe BodyArts & SciencesSciencesOptimism
I Swear I See Skulls ComingBy Mũkoma Wa NgũgĩIt’s strange artwork, perhaps voodoo, a human skull strung in perfect symmetry to a tree in Mount Kenya...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingDeathArts & SciencesSciencesAngerBlameDisappointmentGrief + 5 more
Black MattersBy Keith S. Wilsonshall i tell you, then, that we exist? there came a light, blue and white careening. the police like...Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentRace & EthnicityArts & SciencesSciencesDisappointment
EvolutionBy Linda BierdsHow, Alan Turing thought, does the soft-walled, jellied, symmetrical cell become the asymmetrical horse...LivingDeathArts & SciencesSciences
p1A TalismanBy Christopher PhelpsI didn’t know the details. I feared the details. I loved the details. The details, said etymology, were...NatureSocial CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesThe BodyThe MindMemory & NostalgiaActivitiesEating & DrinkingSports & Outdoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsReading & BooksSciencesHumor + 9 more
p1Medical HistoryBy Alison C. Rollins LivingThe BodyRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsArts & SciencesSciences