TÄrÄ at the Prom
“There were only skeletons at the prom but/ TÄrÄ was not afraid…” Poem of the Week (April 22), by Ottilie Mulzet.
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Asphalt Story #84
“Strangers watched on,/ making bets in our favour,/ and drinking the last of the rain.”
Weekend poem, by Kat Soini.
Hey Allen Ginsberg, I think that the fan is rotating
The fan is rotating now in my head Allen / And my mouth that looks like a newsstand / Is adorned with silence
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Wrecker’s Ball
“The sea heaves in,/ out of breath, searches/ deep pockets for shells.” Weekend poem, by Nancy Anne Miller.
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At Capernaum, boats
“This is the Port of the boat people/ After Dessalines and Duvalier, HIV and cholera/ After tornado and tremblor…” Weekend poem, to mark the anniversary of the Haitian earthquake, by John Robert Lee.
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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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If I Were Able To Count Up To Five…
“Fair girls from alien Gorny Mari land/ Would ride bicycles to my town/ Their white teeth dazzling me…” Weekend poem, by Valery Petrovskiy.
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From ‘I CIVIL’
“When we lie in bed long enough,/ the boundaries of our bodies dissolve.” Weekend poem, by Amalie Smith. Translated from Danish by Paul Russell Garrett.
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Jaggery Roof
“It’s midnight in Delhi./ I am tongue kissing a bowl of Bengali pudding/…listening to the heartbeats of a million books.” Poem of the Week (October 22), by TJ Dema.
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