Poetry

Psalm of the Fire Starter

Poetry by Gabriella R. Tallmadge September 20, 2017

"I fled to oceans, I wandered / and found flesh— / some to eat, some to undress."

Bodies & Nature

Poetry

Three Re-Tellings

By Eve L. Ewing September 7, 2017

Each poem rewrites racism with magic.

AudioPoetry

After Dinner

By Sasha Pimentel August 21, 2017

The serrated are only / 
for dining, the curved ones for husking / 
muscle from the bone

Conflict

Poetry

Lamentation I

By Úrsula Starke, translated from the Spanish by Jonathan Simkins August 14, 2017

Time aches, / horizons wound, light stabs—there’s room for it / all, missy.

AudioPoetry

Black stars fill up black sky—

By Dawn Lundy Martin July 24, 2017

When the opal stone appears, I’ll lean into it. But terror is a runaway train.

AudioPoetry

The Dead Woman

By Michael Bazzett July 17, 2017

This is how we knew she had / already died at least once.

Bodies & Nature

Poetry

[to lick the skin of the water with a tongue]

By Marie-Andrée Gill, translated from the French by Kristen Renee Miller June 26, 2017

how to augur anything / but crooked miracles / anyway

Bodies & Nature

Poetry

King Vultures

By Pascale Petit June 12, 2017

Here comes the hard part, the Land of the Dead / floating just above my head

Bodies & NatureFamily & RelationshipsGender

AudioPoetry

Subterfuge

By Mai Der Vang May 22, 2017

Maybe you spiked the dirt / With your snare of shivers.

Conflict

Poetry

The Glass Door

By Max Ritvo May 8, 2017

Somebody guessed just what life was like, / and then made a pill for it.

Bodies & NatureFamily & Relationships

Poetry

With Love and Love and Rage and Love

By Stephanie Anderson April 24, 2017

On the map, great gasps / of land are already gone.