Stakhanov
“The coal in his eyes, in his ears, on his lips, in tears/ that cleansed his corneas, in fingernails. The coal…”
Poem of the Week (9 July), by Somendra Singh Kharola.
poetry
Some Boats Don’t Float They Resist Sinking
“I admit I felt nothing when the news broke,/ it was only the stained glass bellies of the purple martins/ flaring, that made my skin bristle into the laketop stillness…”
Poem of the Week (1 July), by M.J. Arlett.
Of Persimmons
“My beloved brought me a basket of Hachiya persimmons, orange-red and glowing…”
Poem of the Week (24 May), by Susan Nguyen.
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“It was a needless rinse, this bowl/ half wood, half smelling from wood/ that’s been taken away, trembling”
Poem of the Week (17 May), by Simon Perchik
The Word
“they cannot ensure a clean death for me/ they cannot ensure my reincarnation back to those lands…”
Poem of the Week (3 May), by Elif Sezen.
Vigil
“For the longest time I thought the night was furred, / a mass of soft hair fallen each dusk.”
Poem of the Week (April 26), by Meg Reynolds.
Note from Orchestra
“I passed a boy with a cloud of smoke/ where his head ought to be:/ a cigarette fume Magritte…”
Poem of the Week (19 April), by Helen Bowell.
Invitation to Dust
“We were tangueros/ of the same tile, tropical/ byway, creek mist,/ and love’s insomnia under Venus…”
Poem of the Week (12 April), by Sergio A. Ortiz.
It is easier
“Three paper rosebuds/ strung on an unbreakable thread…”
Poem of the Week (5 April) by Alice Rahon, translated by Anna Kisby.
Aloud
“and let us say that one hundred and thirty shells will fall on Monday/ and let us say that chewing cloves will numb the gums and mouth…”
Poem of the Week (29 March), by Tara Ballard.