Ambala
“She burst into my room dancing, humming,/ a force of nature, her dark skin gleaming,/ cleaving me with her beauty’s pulse.” Poem of the Week (March 4), by Shanta Acharya.
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Sunday Plans
“I am considering waltzing into the nearest Catholic church/ and admitting to a murder/ that never occurred…” Poem of the Week (February 25), by Joseph Goosey.
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Poem (Triptych)
“Maybe we, in the end,/ knew all the world there was/ in an unidentifiable whisper.” Poem of the Week (February 18), by Rowland Bagnall.
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Ghalib
“I alone survived/ to take down their corpses hanging/ from the trees, the lamp-posts…” Poem of the Week (February 11), by Abhay Kumar.
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A Good Map
“The mapmaker translates paved trails/ into prophecy, a warning in red…” Poem of the Week (February 4), by Elosham Vog.
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Driftless Area (Or: At Perrot State Park at Forty-Six)
“…half my life is nothing up here,/ where ten thousand years/ disappear like campfire smoke.” Poem of the Week (January 28), by Jeffrey D. Boldt.
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Rectangle Print
“Rothko knew his paintings were brash/ the kind of fare that would usurp/ viewer confidence…” Poem of the Week (January 21) by Matthew Schmidt.
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On the acquisition of language
“For we are children of/ legacies that took our tongues…” Poem of the Week (January 14), by Sanaa Jatoi.
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trickery
“i’ve taken to unpicking mirrors…/ i’ve stuffed your tourist dolls/ into the magician’s hat.” Poem of the Week (January 7), by Iain Britton.
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Eleven
“I mourn my Uncle Ali’s beautiful son/ I mourn those somber sparrows soaked to the skin/ I mourn the dark corridors of Evin…” Poem of the Week (December 24), by Payam Feili.
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