Category:Poetry

Five Poems

Lindsey O’Neill

Poetry
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

Guest Artists Poetry
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 ...

Five Poems

Brenda Miller

Guest Artists Poetry
Stake

as in burned at
for heresy or misunderstanding—

martyrdom or taken
in error, mistaken ...

Excerpts from “Alva and the Beast”

L.S. McKee

Guest Artists Poetry
These poems are excerpted from a series in progress currently titled “Alva and the Beast.” This project, through its central character Alva, explores tropes of passion, longing, loss, and mortality through the lens of nature and technology—and how these two…

Three Poems from We Play a Game

Duy Doan

Guest Artists Poetry
Rat-tat-tat We heard Changes three times on the radio. First on the way to Salem. Again on the way to the grocery store on the way back from Salem. And then again on the way to pick up Becky and…