POETRY Magazine cover for July/August 2016 issue

July/August 2016

Chris Hefner, "Untitled (for Angelique)," 2015
 
  • Daniela Danz
  • Francis Ponge
  • John Maucere
  • León Salvatierra
  • Noah Buchholz
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Poem
Translated By Monika Cassel
How does beginning go how does
remembering without forgetting go
in front of me in the snow a man
his back lonesome somber
how does beginning go not remembering
flashes of light that showed him images when he
was a boy quick and blinding see the...
Poem
Translated By Joshua Corey & Jean-Luc Garneau
The rain, in the backyard where I watch it fall, comes down at different 
rates. In the center a fine discontinuous curtain — or network — falls implacably and yet gently in drops that are probably quite light; a strengthless sempiternal precipitation, an intense...
Poem
Translated By John Lee Clark
The Friend wriggled out and stood, a smiling tree, his shimmering head turning left and right. A person came along and looked up and said, “Who are you?” The Friend said, “Come on, get a buzz. It’s awesome!” The person...
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