Bermudiana
“Like the country you are/ named for, used to being un-/ noticed for centuries at sea…” Poem of the Week (December 23), by Nancy Anne Miller.
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Embracing the Circle
“You threw everything into it/ paintbrushes, sweat, ruminations…” Poem of the Week (December 16), by Shikha Malaviya.
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Blood and cardboard
“life made you expert at hiding/… no one sees you and the wounds/ heal better in the darkness.” Poem of the Week (December 9), by Daniel von der Embse.
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Barrel
“…they turned the barrel towards us/ but I didn’t see it, I was busy pulling that boy down, underneath/ my guard…” Poem of the Week (December 2), by Deonte Osayande
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Olive Verses
“When the Damascus Steel/ lurched in the sky/ a crescent about to fall…” Poem of the Week (November 25), by Nineb Lamassu.
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The earth had stopped turning
“I, who surrendered there beneath the cocoa trees/ where the elephant rots/ oh God in heaven…” Poem of the Week (November 18), by Enoh Meyomesse. Translated from French by Grace Hetherington.
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Of Idol Worship
“This is the effect of atheism on a certain mould/ of character – you build your gods out of stray people.” Poem of the Week (November 11), by Monidipa Mondal.
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In This Very Same World
“the girl is bound until the skin between her legs/ grows over…” Poem of the Week (November 4), by Adriana Lisboa. Translated from Portuguese by Alison Entrekin.
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Motif
“a postcard motif:/ white house, black key of seagulls./ The hair smells of sugar…” Poem of the Week (October 28), by Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkalo. Translated from Polish by Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese.
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Imagine the baker
“you need to imagine the circle line/ as a happy circle line/ while backyards and the heavens in your eyes/ pass day after day…” Poem of the Week (October 21), by Sybil Volks. Translated from German by Paul-Henri Campbell.
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