Category:Poetry

9 New Poets, 9 New Poems

Berklee Students

Cassie Long, “Atropos”
Aidan Meachem, “Swimmer”
Sara Gougeon, “Ojala”
Haley Griffin, “Go to Therapy”
Simon Hubbard, “Drain”
AL Riordan, “Tea”
Riley Goldstein, “Shelter in Place”
Delaney Parker, “Femme Fatale”
Olivia Rodriguez, “Meeting You”

Social Distance and Two Other Poems

Eileen Cleary

Like the car-heavy bison on the ruined road
in Chernobyl’s exclusion zone, she keeps her home
here. A raven stretches its wings atop a crucifix in spring
as Maria farms her atomic land. Armored bugs threaten
her crops. Why must they interrupt? She two-steps ...

“The Longest Day” & Two Other Poems

Cristopher Gonzalez

A bottomless whir creeping through the walls
Stationed accordingly
Chipping away at the instance, most elusive of my attempts to focus, and realize its potential
To collapse in delirium, incapable of sustaining such heavy bandwidth
To be spinning through tunnels
Unaware of such disturbing fissures
channeling shapely, and more over
through an infinite atmosphere ...

“Whisper Down the Lane” & Five Other Poems

Brianna Nelson

When fires flicker I will watch the light,
Letting air and ashes waver between.
And when I look at paintings in their scenes,
I’ll stand behind the crowd and wait in line.

When stars start to freckle the sky at night,
I won’t try to reach for them; I can see.
And when wild horses are running free,
I’ll stand still. The magic is in the sight ...

The Last Sound You Hear and Two Other Poems

David P. Miller

police siren through a siphon

double pitched air brakes

metal: key chain, dog tags

a laugh’s bubble envelope

You lay on your back and the air of browning onions watered your tongue. You wanted to rise again. Let them bring it to you ...

Five Poems

Lindsey O’Neill

Six months of living together, six empty Corona bottles consoling the counter,
he paid me back for my portion of the round cherry dining table.

I packed two forks, three glasses
five apartments in four days, rode the worn-out passenger seat

alongside the realtor, city shivering in concrete ...

4 New Poems

Charles Simic, Former U.S. Poet Laureate

The hush of a summer morning
Bathed in the light of sunrise
Drew me to the open window
And the astounding beauty
Of every flower and tree in my yard ...