How The Hell Are You, by Glyn Maxwell How the hell are you.Christ you haven’t crossed my mindsince all…
Are All the Break-Ups in Your Poems Real?
Are All the Break-Ups in Your Poems Real? If by real you mean as real as a shark tooth stuckin…
words for lost worlds
From Swimmer Among the Stars, by Kanishk Tharoor ‘As a rule, the last speaker of a language no longer uses…
for 2am
You Guys brushing my teeth at 2 in the morning I sayover my shoulder you guys you guys I’m seriouswhat…
a poem for the nights we wonder
Puedo Escribir Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche. Escribir, por ejemplo: ‘La noche está estrellada,y tiritan, azules, los…
when all this is over
Swineherd When all this is over, said the swineherd,I mean to retire, whereNobody will have heard about my special skillsAnd…
a poem for pop culture
[the song for this week] Cardi B Tells Me about Myself Dear Frustrated in Flatbush,Gurl, just go on ahead then.You…
a poem for the people we ignore
Two Winos Most days you will find this pair reclining on the waste groundBetween Electric Street and Hemp Street, sharing…
a poem for our silence
We Lived Happily During the War And when they bombed other people’s houses, we protestedbut not enough, we opposed them…
a poem for split selves
Bilingual/Bilingüe, by Rhina P. Espaillat My father liked them separate, one there,one here (allá y aquí), as if aware that…
