Afrogotten
“too far away for words. some/ broken dreams…” Weekend poem, by Kamau Brathwaite.
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Teapot with Persimmon Fruit
“In times when there was nothing going on the old/ Japanese masters would paint only the inanimate…” Poem of the Week (January 13), by Durs Grünbein. Translated from the German by Karen Leeder.
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Mother-tree
“its roots that grip the past/ clutching sand and charcoal grit/ to hold its ground…” Weekend poem, by Xiang Yeow.
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Incarnation
“Out of the creeping undergrowth of manuscripts/ words line themselves with the body of the page/ imaculately…” Poem of the Week (January 6), by John Robert Lee.
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New Year’s Resolutions
“Welcome new year/ just what we need…” Weekend poem, by Benny Andersen. Translated from Danish by Michael Goldman.
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Erice
“it was known/ that they were your retinue and had vanished over/ the sea…” Poem of the Week (December 30), by Raoul Schrott. Translated from German by Iain Galbraith.
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Eryngoes Can Make You Go
“Only when their bones/ turn to dust do they begin to/ lose their trains of thought.” Weekend poem, by R. Leigh Kaplan.
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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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Burn On
“Dad, who mocked religion,/ heard something singing…” Weekend Poem, by David Sullivan.
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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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