poetry-magazineCherryBy Yi LiI love cherries.The fruit, juice, jam,blossoms, prints on a summerdress, in a black forest cake,the … Related Audio Types/ModesConcrete or Pattern Poetry
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Childe Roland to the Dark Tower CameBy Robert Browning1.My first thought was, he lied in every word, That hoary cripple, with malicious eye Askance to watch…ActivitiesTravels & JourneysMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsTypes/ModesDramatic MonologueMelancholy & Despair
The Tempest ["Ye elves of hills...", 5.1.33-57]By William ShakespeareYe elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves;And ye that on the sands with printless footDo… Related Audio Arts & SciencesTheater & DanceTypes/ModesDramatic MonologueAnger
There’s No Meaning: A Repeating PoemBy WORKSHOP 1: DIAGRAM OF A PORTRAITWORKSHOP 2: EDITING DURATIONWORKSHOP 3: SEEINGWORKSHOP 4: STARINGWORKSHOP…Types/ModesVisual PoetryAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair
Tidak Ada Artinya: Satu Puisi BerulangBy WORKSHOP 1: DIAGRAM POTRET WORKSHOP 2: EDITING DURAS WORKSHOP 3: MELIHAT WORKSHOP 4: MENATAP WORKSHOP…Types/ModesVisual PoetryAnxiety & InsecurityMelancholy & Despair
Poem After Betye Saar's The Liberation of Aunt JemimaBy Ama CodjoeWhat if, Betye, instead of a rifle or hand grenade—I mean, what if after the loaded gun that takes two… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityArts & SciencesPainting & SculptureTypes/ModesEkphrasis
Eternal FeminineBy Sasha DugdaleThe downs are certainly lovely, although by mortal lovelinessdid you mean they would disappear one day…Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingTypes/ModesProse Poem
poetry-magazineArs Poetica with InvocationBy Megan DentonWhich way to the monster cage? I am in my god body now— in my sandy foxhole sat backwards in a chair… Related Audio Types/ModesArs Poetica
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From Dart: sewage worker ["It's a rush"]By Alice OswaldIt's a rush, a sploosh of sewage, twenty thousand cubic metres being pumped in, stirred and settled …NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeTown & Country LifeTechniquesPersonaTypes/ModesDramatic Monologue + 2 more
poetry-magazineWhen My Beloved Proenza Schouler Tries to Sell Lei for $1,500By Noelani PitersI remember I exist at the braiding of consciousand con sumer,Kanaka and culpable, desire anddesired… Related Audio Social CommentariesTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern Poetry
poetry-magazinePentimentoBy Mag Gabbert The effect—for those three hundred years, while the cupid remained hidden—was a kind of silence. Like… Related Audio Types/ModesEkphrasis
Notes on the Spring Holidays ["Hanukkah"]By Charles ReznikoffIn a world where each man must be of useand each thing useful, the rebellious Jewslight not one light…ReligionJudaismHanukkahTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence
SpyrytualBy Russell AtkinsOh didn’t it """ """ """ "" "" "" "" "" "" " "" " "" "" "" "" rain "" "" "" "" ""Oh did """ """ n’t…NatureWeatherTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern PoetryVisual Poetry
The TowerBy William Butler Yeats I What shall I do with this absurdity — O heart, O troubled heart — this caricature, Decrepit age …LivingDeathGrowing OldTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence
Lapis LazuliBy William Butler YeatsI have heard that hysterical women say They are sick of the palette and fiddle-bow, Of poets that are…Arts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreTypes/ModesAubade