poetry-magazineNaal’eełi / Drake is the name for a male duckBy Kinsale DrakeIn the years of scorched earth, Kit Carson’s pale-knife face bayonetting the sky, his blood thirst, … Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & ConflictRelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
poetry-magazineIf I Were an Ewok, My Sister Would Take Me and Name Me SunshineBy Rowie Shondeen ShebalaWell she actually said if you were an Ewok I would rescue you and name you Sunshine build you a tiny… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & Conflict
poetry-magazineMemories of AllegianceBy Shaina A. Nez Kéyah ‘ashdladiingo bił háhoodzooígíí Bidahnaat’a’í shił nilįįgo biniinaa bich’į ‘ádíshní Háálá ‘á… Related Audio Social CommentariesWar & Conflict
Little Africa on FireBy Cameron BarnettThis is how the story begins: a touch, a bump, a hot mouth,jostled skin in an elevator, escalation, …Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & Politics
The Thin LineBy Meredith StrickerEvery morning opening the newspaper, I am facedwith the thin line that divides disaster and deprivation…Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingDeath
Home EconomicsBy Chaelee DaltonConsider the market. Consider the gross domestic product of Korea. Call it Kimchi.Ferment culture in…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome LifeAngerBlame
RewindBy Anastasia Taylor-LindIt’s 9/11 the first time you stay.In the morning you bring Taliban poems back to bed.I drink cardamom…LoveRealistic & ComplicatedSocial CommentariesWar & ConflictThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaMelancholy & Despair
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-magazineUntitledBy Jayne Cortez Harsh Cries From The Tomb Of Little Rock Blown In The Soul Of The Pyramids Where The Sphinx Keep Watch…Social CommentariesWar & Conflict
AtomBy Milan DěžinskýIt is sixty-five years since Hiroshima,they write. Should one cup a handful of water from a river,there…Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsThe MindDoubt & ContemplationTime & Brevity
Here I AmBy Lev Rubinstein 1 Now here I am! 2 So… 3 So here I am… 4 (Where have you been? We’d given up all hope…) 5 So… 6 So …Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingSorrow & GrievingThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & Nostalgia
The World Grows Blackthorn WallsBy Sholeh WolpéTall, stiff and spiny.Try to make it to the other sideand risk savage thorns.We who left home in our…Social CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingComing of AgeSorrow & GrievingYouth
Alive at the End of the World ("The end of the world was mistaken")By Saeed JonesThe end of the world was mistakenfor just another midday massacrein America. Brain matter and broken…Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictAngerAnxiety & InsecurityBlame
Clive SongBy Anne CarsonIf I were an early personI'd look for the limits of human wisdomby going to sacred oak treesor the local…Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesBlameDisappointmentGrief + 2 more
the coming of spring in the time of martial lawBy Xiao Yue ShanI could tell you this: marigolds are a night flower.in the hour of my birth there were men in the streets…Social CommentariesWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingYouthRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsHome Life
poetry-magazineReady to Lose to Salah ad-Din IIBy Edward SalemI sat up in bed with my legs crossed for too long, and when they started prickling and feeling heavy…Social CommentariesWar & Conflict
poetry-magazineThe Dome of the Rock Was on FireBy Edward SalemThe Dome of the Rock was on fire, I thought. I saw people running out, shouting and fighting as smoke…Social CommentariesWar & Conflict
poetry-magazineMissionBy Edward SalemThe dead Palestinian brother. I have lost each of you, my personal friend and sister and glass of cold…Social CommentariesWar & Conflict
poetry-magazineReady to Lose to Salah ad-Din IBy Edward SalemAcross the suffocating blackness, the waveless water and a broad hush in the indecipherable wind, Jordan…Social CommentariesWar & Conflict
The OphanyBy Cyrus Console Rotor wash, or the downward-flowing Air by which our helicopters formed Imprints in the jungle grass…Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsReligionFaith & DoubtArts & SciencesSciencesMetersFree VerseTechniquesTypes/ModesSeries/Sequence + 7 more