Poems by Oisin Breen
Origin Myths
Those lust plucked melodies,
Sung snug beneath the eiderdown,
As we titter to each other
...
Four Poems by José Luis Álvarez Escontrela
Ezra Pound Writes His Elegy
The winter arrived early on the doorsteps,
little ponds of stars freeze beneath thy feet
as the last sun dies on the...
Poems By Henri Meschonnic
Translated by Gabriella Bedetti & Don Boes
I am a whirlwind
of meaning
I unravel
in what words
can no longer say
I am so full...
Poems by Connor Orrico
Note: The experimental poems below are accompanied by the poet's note (in italics) about their style & construction.
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Dromic
I did
live doom
as a
mood...
Public Body – By Mariela Cordero
Translation by Aaron Devine
I don’t inhabit a country; I inhabit a body
—broken—
meekly unfurling
over voracious ruins
and breathing the smoke of burnt days.
I don’t inhabit a...
Three Poems By Cameron Morse
Self-Portrait with Saint Augustine
Splintered toenail, bug
bitten navel, fungus
in the crevasse, sprout
of warts on the heel of hand
and foot. The list grows
with age. The...
Poems By David Lohrey
One of Twelve Steps
“I thought we were going out for dinner.
I’ve been waiting.”
“You’re drunk. I can’t go out with you now.”
She could barely...
Poems by Miroslav Manasijević
Translated by Danijela Trajković
Karma
The Sun will outlast the day,
Van Gogh’s blue ear flies.
A whisper like the cut of destiny
Bleeds on the glass
Of peeled words.
You...
Poems by Drew Hansen
midnight brain
My brain behaves a bit differently as I lay it down to rest.
Ideas hatch, grow wings and mature into challenges.
Limitations—they melt and lose...
Poems by J. D. Nelson
earth was insured
power pack was a beef rondo to scape a flex
the calm noun of the hot dog chain
a fifty of the lemon rescue
the...
