Of a Cold Country

    Across the room you stand in torchfire, early king of cold country. You drink wine. Your smile is a thin refusal. I made you out of lies and colors. I learned your face before then formed it. I … Continued

The Body of Coney Island

    This place is almost larger suddenly              than I can get to. My senses fuse, clearing Coney Island piece by piece              like a sharp stick this noontide. … Continued

The Rapture: A Sermon

    We, the elect, will be lifted into the purity of our politics, lifted like smoke into the upside-down buckets of bells. We’ll ring against each other and that will become the noise of the nation hanging over the … Continued

The Creation

      It was a dream of bodies  It was a dream of your body        unlocking itself from newly risen fields  It was a dream of you        materializing from the brown limbs of … Continued

Colombia

Translated from Slovenian by Phillis Levin and Tomaž Šalamun     Cats have set themselves on wings. Buttons have buttercups. Hares are soft flesh, hares are soft flesh, they shudder and hustle. They rise the sun, actually they hold it … Continued

New Year’s Eve Dress

    There is no satrap with a decree that says nudity is preferred. There is a river that dictates this to me. Strapless, thin, short, implying bodies for warmth, a fireplace, luxury of heat. I have worn rhinestones. I … Continued

Good for You

    this harvest moon’s a swollen pinguecula yellow-orange bulbous and tucked tight against its shadow side like mine’s tucked against my iris. the doctor says UV light or dust and common in farmers or simply susceptible people like me. … Continued

América’s Sun

Translated from Spanish by Orlando Ricardo Menes     My bedroom shut, and I traveling in dreamful beaches where I fish for ancient myths, and a coral reef raises its future soul that will write books. (The man, his head … Continued

I Am…

  Translated from Spanish by Yvette Siegert     my wings? two rotting petals my reason? shots of briny wine my life? a well-conceived void my body? a fissure in the chair my moods? a child’s gong my face? a … Continued

The Lapidary Crystal

    All around the city, people are staying up late, burning the midnight oil, losing sleep, trying to get things done, to find answers, acquire knowledge about subjects unknown to you and me; in the stone and glass pavilion … Continued

Horse Girl Fever

    Poor Horse Girl. She was cross-eyed and flunking the fourth grade because she couldn’t stop drawing horses, big beautiful stallions that galloped across her math homework and into her English compositions. Her feet pointed out like a penguin … Continued

Birth Stone

      The older women wise and tell Anna first time baby mother, “hold a stone upon your head and follow a straight line go home.” For like how Anna was working in the field, grassweeder, right up till … Continued

The Cataracts of my Grandmother

Somewhere beyond this kitchen and her old eyes there lies, I think there lies a country blindly hinted of. with wise all-seeing hands she grasps the damp, the give of dough; the dint of knife that flays the noodles fine; … Continued

A Mother

  Translated from Turkish by Nermin Menemencioğlu   The woman must have been out washing A bundle on her arm, her rough hands chapped with soda Like all Jewish women of her age She wore a faded black velvet coat … Continued

Bodacious

FOR ARCHIBALD J. MOTLEY’S BROWN GIRL     She’d walk up and take the sandwich from your hand to feed her kids She’d wear red ’round her rear on Sunday to Sunday service Her lips were painted red Her nails … Continued

Failed Essay on Shapes

      Mother tells Girl, who chews the word like bubble gum.   Or, newly toothed, Girl really chews an elephant’s helping of gum.   More interested in blowing a bubble than in the names of what she can … Continued

The Drawer Marked Meats

    A bedtime story about Bluebeard all the wives on meat hooks then wake up and the house is dark. Fear is a gift from mother— the way she grabbed our collar bones, said: get inside. We had the … Continued

Ache

    what if I began with the duck’s egg  its glossy carmine yolk bleeding  on the lake’s new summer path  its blue-green shell turned  inside out  if I say the wind  was frightening, that in the early part of … Continued

The Vermin and the Stars

    Fog moon, mud moon, moons of flowers and heat— this is the friction of space on space, the endless exchange of things through which swarm the insects of confusion, as in a changer’s dream, her ear a sleeping … Continued

Sparrow’s Song

      Shall I be of the Sparrow or of the Blood Eagle? The curve of a rose’s thorn mimics these lungs drawn through to make two bright red wings for a small child, a hopping hellion, hung high … Continued

Turning Points and Revolution

  This is a revolutionary moment in that everything is changing. But it’s not a revolution, because most of the forces we’re all reacting to (pandemic, injustice, a massive failure to find common moral ground) are not forces put into … Continued

Featured Authors

A
Aaron Bristow-Rodriguez
Aaron Coleman
Abagail Belcastro
Abigail Deutsch
Ada Limón
Adalena Kavanagh
Adam Chiles
Adam Haslett
Adam Wilson
Aditi Machado
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Alan Gilbert
Alejandra Pizarnik
Aleš Debeljak
Alex Crowley
Alex Dimitrov
Alex Lemon
Alex Michael Stein
Alexa Dodd
Alexander Oliver
Alexandra Tanner
Alfonsina Storni
Allan Peterson
Allison Gazdik
Allison Eir Jenks
Amalie Flynn
Amanda Ramirez
Amanda Sarasien
Amanda Smeltz
Amelia Fisher
Amina Gautier
Aminah Abutayeb
Amity Gaige
Amy McNamara
Amy Shuckburgh
Amy Strauss Friedman
Anais Duplan
Andrea Cohen
Andrea Gregovich
Andrea Kneeland
Andrea Syzdek
Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Krasniashikh
Andrei Krasnyashykh
Andrew Condouris
Andrew Durbin
Andrew Farkas
Andrew Farkas and Robert Glick
Andrew Madigan
Andrew McKay
Andrew Romanelli
Andrew S. Nicholson
Andrzei Sosnowski
Angela Brommel
Ani Weinstein
Anjali Sachdeva
Ann Anderson Evans
Ann Tinkham
Anna Swir
Anne McPeak
Anton Gunasingam
A.A. Srinivasan
Anzhelina Polonskaya
Ariel Lewis
Ashleigh Allen
Ashley Hand
Ashley Roach-Freiman
Augusto Rodríguez
Averi Long
B
Barry Graham
Bart Schaneman
Becky Bosshart
Ben Bush
Ben Pease
Ben Purkert
Benjamin Grossberg
Benjamin Paloff
Bernard Grant
Gloria Beth Amodeo
Bezalel Stern
Bhanu Kapil
Bianca Stone
R.G. Evans
Bonnie Nadzam
Brandon Davis Jennings
Brandon Taylor
Brenda Shaughnessy
Brendan Lorber
Brent Fisk
Brian Evenson
Brian Fence
Brian Laidlaw
Brian Tierney
Briana McDonald
Briana McDonald
Brigitte Byrd
Brittany Dennison
Brookes Moody
Bruce Cohen
Bruce Isaacson
Bud Smith
C
Caitlin Vance
Caleb Curtiss
Callista Buchen
Cameron Dezen Hammon
Carey Salerno
Carlos Rivera
Carmen Giménez Smith
Carol Ghiglieri
Carol LaHines
Carrie Messenger
Cassandra Cleghorn
Cassandra Lee
Cassie Hay
Catherine Doty
Catherine Lacey
Cathleen Calbert
Ceridwen Morris
Chad Meadows
Cheryl Weaver-Amenta
Chiara Naomi
Chris Arthur
Chris Haven
Chris Tarry
Christian Anton Gerard
Christine Larusso
Christine Neacole Kanownik
Christine Schutt
Christine Sneed
Christine Valentine
Christine Larusso
Christopher Bakken
Christopher Munde
Christopher Sorrentino
Clarence Major
Claudia Cortese
Clay Cantrell
Clay Matthews
Clifford Garstang Terese Svoboda
Cody Lee
Cody Wilson
Colin Winnette
Conceicao Lima
Cory Johnston
Cory Johnston
Courtney Maum
Craig Morgan Teicher
Craig Reinbold
Craig Sanders
Curtis Bauer
Cyn Grace Sylvie
Cynthia-Marie Marmo O'Brien
D
D. Foy
Dag T Straumsvag
Dag T. Straumsvåg
Dalibor Plečić
Dan Bevacqua
Dana Jaye Cadman
Daniel Elkind
Daniel Reid
Daniel Wolff
Daniella Bondar
Danielle Boodoo-Fortune
Danny O’Neill
Dara Wier
Darcey Steinke and Rick Moody
Darcey Steinke
David Jauss
David Luoma
David Mills
David Pischke
David Varno
Dawn Miranda Sherratt-Bado
Dean Kostos
Debora Kuan
Deborah Hall
Denise Duhamel
Dennis McFadden
Derek Henderson
Dianca London Potts
Diane Mehta
Dolores Stewart
Dorothy Lee Richardson
Drew Calvert
Dujie Tahat
Dustin Pearson
Dylan Landis
E
Edward Estlin Cummings
Edward Gauvin
Effy Morris
Eli Todd
Eliot Schrefer
Elisa Gonzalez
Eliza Tudor
Elizabeth Bales Frank
Elizabeth Jaeger
Elizabeth O'Brien
Elizabeth Vignali
Ellen Akins
Ellen Umansky
Emily Hoover
Emily Koon
Emily Lee Luan
Emily Toder
Eric Barnes
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Eric Paul
Erica Hunt
Erik Noonan
Erin Belieu
F
F. Daniel Rzicznek
Fabio Morabito
Farid Matuk
Farrah Field
Fazil Hüsnü Dağlarca
Federico Garcia Lorca
Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Fleur Jaeggy
Forrest Roth
Fortunato Salazar
Francesca Moroney
Frank Chen
Frank Fucile
G
G.C. Waldrep
Gabe Durham
Gabriel Dozal
Gabriella Shriner
Gabrielle Bates
Garous Abdolmalekian
Genevieve Betts
GennaRose Nethercott
Geoffrey Brock
Geoffrey Nutter
Giampiero Neri
Gillian Laub
Giulio Mozzi
Glenn Shaheen
Gloria Beth Amodeo
Greg Chase
Gregory Pardlo
Gretchen Marquette
Gretchen McCullough
H
H. K. Hummel
H.L. Hix
Halimah Marcus
Hank Kalet
Heather Christle
Heather Derr-Smith
Heather Hartley
Heather Lang
Henrik Nordbrandt
Hisham Bustani
Hsia Yü
Hugh Martin
I
Idea Vilariño
Idra Novey
Ilan Stavans
Iliana Rocha
Ines P. Rivera Prosdocimi
Isabel Fargo Cole
Isabel Nathaniel
J
J.D. Reid
J.P. Seaton
J.R. Toriseva
J. Robert Lennon
Jack Garrett
Jackie Corley
Jackson Saul
Jaclyn Youhana Garver
Jacqueline Treiber
Jacqueline Vogtman
Jake Bauer
James Braziel
James Ciano
James Collins
James E. Allman, Jr.
James Hanna
James Rahn
James Valvis
Jameson Fitzpatrick
Jamie Iredell
Jamie Wendt
Jane Frazier
Jane Lewty
Janusz Szuber
Jean-Paul Clébert (1926-2011)
Jeanne-Marie Jackson
Jeannine M. Pitas
Jeff Bursey
Jeff Knops
Jeffery Renard Allen
Jeffrey Angles
Jeffrey Rotter
Jen Hirt
Jen Hyde
Jen Levitt
Jena Salon
Jennie Rathbun
Jennifer
Jennifer Acker
Jennifer Bartlett
Jennifer Battisti
Jennifer Kronovet
Jen Werner
Jennifer Whitaker
Jennifer Grotz
Jenny Offill
Jesse Goolsby
Jesse Nathan
Jessica Lee
Jessica Mannion
Jessie Vail Aufiery
Jessie van Eerden
Jillian Weise
Jocelyn Paige Kelly
Jody Azzouni
Jody Handerson
John Saavedra
John Duncan Talbird
John Gallaher
John King
John Nieves
John Saavedra
Joseph Levens
Joseph Sacksteder
Josh Billings
Joshua Diamond
Josip Novakovich
Jowita Bydlowska
Judith Harris
Judy Rowe Michaels
Julia Guez
Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach
Juliana Converse
Julie Hanson
K
Kaethe Schwehn
Karen Luper
Karin Falcone Krieger
Karina Borowicz
Karl Harshbarger
Karyna McGlynn
Kate Axelrod
Kate Brody
Kate Munning
Katherine Hill
Katherine Russell
Katherine Willingham
Kathleen Graber
Kathleen Jesme
Kathleen McGookey
Kathleen Ossip
Kathryn Nuernberger
Katie Nolan and H.L. Hix
Katrin Tschirgi
Katrina Elwertowski
Katy Lederer
Keara Driscoll
Keetje Kuipers
Kelly Cherry
Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons
Kelly Luce
Kelly Rush
Kelsi Vanada
Kent Shaw
Kevin Maloney
Kevin Ogunniyi
Kevin Walter
Khal Torabully
Kim Magowan
Kimberly Ann Southwick
Kirk Sever
Kirsten Andersen
Kirsten Irving
Kirstin Allio
Knud Sønderby
Kornélia Deres
Krista Eastman
Kristen Iskandrian
Kristina Marie Darling
Krystyna Dąbrowska
L
Ladan Osman
Laura Calaway
Laura Cronk
Laura Eve Engel and Adam Peterson
Laura Kolbe
Laura McCullough
Laura Shaine Cunningham
Laura Spagnoli
Laura Usselman
Lauren Spohrer
Lauren Hilger
Laurie Lamon
Lawrence Ypil
Leah Browning
Leah Sophia Dworkin
Leah Umansky
Lee Ann Roripaugh
Leigh Stein
Leonard Temme
Letisia Cruz
Letisia Cruz
Leyla Khalil
Linda Davis
Linda E. Keyes
Liran Golod
Lis Anna-Langston
Lisa Grgas
Lisa Low
Lisa Allen Ortiz
Lizz Huerta
Lois Harrod
Lori Lamothe
Lorna Goodison
Lucas Hirsch
M
Madeleine Beckman
Madeleine Walker
Madeline Cash
Maggie MK Hess
Scott Marengo
Margaret Hermes
María Ospina
Maria Teresa Ogliastri
Marianne Botos
Marianne Mckey
Mario Alejandro Ariza
Marion Wyce
Mark Bibbins
Mark Doten
Mark Gozonsky
Mark Gurarie
Mark Jude Poirier
Mark McCloskey
Mark Wunderlich
Marosa di Giorgio
Martha Cooley
Martha Witt
Martin Glaz Serup
Martin Ott
Mary Helen Stefaniak
Mary Jo Bang
Mary Miller
Mary Rose O'Reilley
Matt Bell
Matt Hart
Matt McGregor
Matt Mendez
Matt Rasmussen
Matthew Lippman
Matthew Minicucci
Matthew Rohrer
Matthew Salesses
Matthew Vollmer
Maureen Seaton
Max Ritvo
Maya Catherine Popa
Megan Catana
Megan Giddings
Meghan McGowan
Megin Jiménez
Meryl DePasquale
Mia Funk
Michael Bazzett
Michael Broida
Michael Goldman
Michael Homolka
Michael Klein
Michael Morse
Michael Quinn
Michael Farman
Michel Vachey
Miciah Bay Gault
Miranda Field
Molly McCully Brown
Molly Jean Reid
Molly Touger
Mónica de la Torre
Monica Wendel
Morgan Parker
N
N. West Moss
Nadezhda Belenkaya
Nandini Bhattacharya
Natalie Eilbert
Natalie Kawam
Natalie Shapero
Natalie Solmer
Naya Clark
Necati Cumali
Neta Alexander
Nevzat Üstün
Ngo Tu Lap
Nicholas Christopher
Nicholas Maistros
Nick Antosca
Nick Twemlow
Nickalus Rupert
Nickole Brown
Nicole Capó
Nikki Wallschlaeger
Norma Farber
O
Okla Elliott
Oliver de la Paz
Olivia McCannon
Oliviero Coelho
Omar Pimienta
Opal Moore
P
P. Joshua Laskey
Paco Márquez
Paisley Rekdal
Partridge Boswell
Patricia Bejarano Fisher
Patricia Sarafian Ward
Patty Paine
Paul Fuhr
Paul-Victor Winters
Paula Bomer
Pedro Ponce
Percival Everett
Peter Mishler
Pia Z. Ehrhardt
Piers Gelly
Piotr Florczyk
PK Eriksson
R
Rachael Fowler
Rachel Rueckert
Rachel Sherman
Rachel Sona Reed
Rachel Zucker
Raina J. León
Raphael Allison
Raul Alvarez
Rav Grewal-Kök
Rebecca Cook
Rebecca Givens Rolland
Rebecca Hattersley
Rebecca Hazelton
Rebecca Wolff
Ree Davis
Reem Abu-Baker
Regan Good
Rene Steinke
Renée Ashley
Rennie Ament
Ricardo Menéndez Salmón
Richard Becker
Richard Eberhart
Richard Osler
Richard Siken
Richie Hofmann
Rion Amilcar Scott
Robert Earle
Robert Farnsworth
Robert Lopez
Robert Repino
Robert Wrigley
Robert Cooperman
Roberto Montes
Robin Sarkin
Robyn Schiff
Rosa Alcalá
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Roy Kesey
Russell Brakefield
Rusty Morrison
Ruth Danon
Ruth Danon and Cassandra Cleghorn
Ruth Ellen Kocher
Ryan Boudinot
Ryan Romine
S
Saadia Faruqi
Sally Wen Mao
Samantha Hunt
Samn Stockwell
Sampson Starkweather
Samuel Amadon
Samuel Cheney
Samuel Piccone
Sandy Longhorn
Sara Emanuel Viloria
Sara Kearns
Sara Schaff
Sarah Alcaide-Escue
Sarah Faust
Sarah Jean Grimm
Sarah LaBrie
Sarah Rose Nordgren
Sarah V. Schweig
Sasha Banks
Sasha Fletcher
Saskia Hamilton
Scott Esposito
Scott Garson
Scott McClanahan
Scott Withiam
Sean Patrick Hill
Sejal Shah
Sergio Sant'Anna
Shane McCrae
Shanna Merceron
Shannon Nakai
Sharon Stephenson
Sherman Alexie
Shya Scanlon
Shymala Dason
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Sophia Pfaff-Shalmiyev
Souad Labbize
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Stan Zumbiel
Stefan Strychar
Stefania Heim
Stephanie Bernhard
Stephanie Burt
Stephanie Paulsell
Stephanie Steiker
Stephen O'Connor
Steve Davenport
Steven Bradbury
Stuart Friebert
Susan Land
Susan White Norman
Susan Thornton
T
Tal Nitzan
Tanya Grae
Tanya Paperny
Taylor Lannamann
Terese Svoboda
TLR: The Literary Review
Thomas E. Kennedy
Tiffany Briere
Tim Waldron
Timea Sipos
Timothy Lindner
Tina Cane
Tiziano Scarpa
Tobias Carroll
Tod Marshall
Todd Davis
Tom Griffen
Tom Thompson
Tomas Tranströmer
Tomaz Salamun
Traci Brimhall
Trevor Payne
Tristan Tzara
V
Vanessa Couto Johnson
Vibha Rana
Vida Cross
Vincent Scarpa
W
Walter Cummins
Walter Robinson
Waly Salomão
Wayne Miller
Wendy Xu
William Zander
Willie Perdomo
Will Schutt
Wolfgang Hilbig
Wynne Hungerford
Y
Yannick Murphy
Ye Lijun
Yvette Neisser
Z
Zachary Lazar