The Einstein-machine
“But there at the edge of the embankment stood God’s/ blue Morris forgotten in the lyme grass…” Weekend Poem, by Niels Hav. Translated from Danish by P. K. Brask & Patrick Friesen
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Beauty of Lahore
“the sea of motor cars floods these city streets/ as though to stop for a second would halt its tides forever…” Poem of the Week (March 24), by Afshan Sajjad. Translated from Urdu by Jim Carruth.
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Hamsa
“…Like a prayer, I name/ all the things I did not ask for.” Weekend Poem, by Arlyn LaBelle.
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How to talk to a former warlord
“Now this one is difficult. Counter-intuitive./ Remember they are still human…” Poem of the Week (March 17), by Heather Bourbeau.
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On my seventieth birthday
“The old should be wise,/ But I’m bored with/ that disguise…” Weekend Poem, by George Freek.
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Four Songs
“…at daybreak at noon/ the sun’s feeble shafts/ step into the room…” Poem of the Week (March 10), by Martyn Crucefix.
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Last Call
“I glimpsed inside Bacon’s studio/ at scattered imagery and piled texts: The Book of Monkeys and Diseases/ of the Human Mouth…” Weekend Poem, by Peter Marcus
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Certainties
“…how electrifying it was/ holding a hand, what quiet/ fingertips felt like on my / cheek…” Poem of the Week (March 3), by Jess Hackett.
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Icarus
“Theorem:/ we will liken our souls/ to a pair of winged horses.” Weekend poem, by Imogen Cassels.
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Night Errant
“So when the wolf/ rips the night open…/you deny, you deny,/you deny.” Poem of the Week (February 24), by Esther Phillips.
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