Poetry: Ithaca by Yong-Yu Huang
In “Ithaca,” the breaking of the body, like the breaking of the line, signifies more than just physical fracture: memory, possibility, the void; all weigh heavily. Ithaca
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Poetry: Violin with Nipple Grafts by J. Tommy White
In “Violin with Nipple Grafts,” the speaker compares their human body to the configuration of a violin; similarly, the intricacies of their composition are always on display for a skeptical audience. Violin with Nipple Grafts The significance of inheriting a…
Poetry: As a Prominent Scholar Praises the Grace Jones Cover of “She’s Lost control,” I Consider Our Blackness within the Punk Aesthetic
In “As a Prominent Scholar Praises the Grace Jones Cover of “She’s Lost Control,” I Consider Our Blackness within the Punk Aesthetic,” the speaker reflects on the complexities of experimenting with the avant-garde or Punk scene while Black; ultimately, the…
Poetry: The Last Summer of Innocence by Zoë Fay-Stindt
In “The Last Summer of Innocence,” the speaker remembers the fickle nature of youth; the intricacies of those summers, however, never dies in the speaker’s ardent memory. The Last Summer of Innocence …
Exceptional Prose Poetry From Around the Web: June 2021
Here’s a short selection, from our own Jose, of some of the best new prose poems that hit the web this June. These five poets, both established and emerging, deserve your attention and support—featuring work from Ellen June Wright in…
Poetry: AFTER LEARNING OF THE AFFAIR, I DOWN TWO BOTTLES OF CHARDONNAY AND GIVE AN IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCE OF BEYONCÉ’S “DON’T HURT YOURSELF” by Imani Davis
In “After Learning of the Affair,” we learn of the speaker’s deep hurt following the betrayal of a lover; what follows is exquisite line after line of their delicate yet fierce suffering. AFTER LEARNING OF THE AFFAIR, I DOWN…
Poetry: Plate Tectonics by Tatum Taylor Chaubal
In “Plate Tectonics,” the speaker examines the vulnerability of life before meeting their lover; the rabbit-hole of fleeting thoughts that follows serves to mimic love’s illusive nature. Plate Tectonics i. You have already endured our greatest fear: your first…
Poetry: National Parks I Visited While Grieving the Death of My Mother: Yellowstone by Kristene Kaye Brown
In “National Parks I Visited While Grieving the Death of My Mother: Yellowstone,” the speaker gains insight into life and death while visiting nature’s treasures and hearing of a man’s fall; importantly, also, through witnessing the mundane yet complex beauty…
The 2021 New Voices Contest, 1st Place Winner: Assimilamentations by S. Kim
We’re all very excited to share with you the 1st place winner of the 2021 New Voices Contest and $3000, selected by Donika Kelly! “’Assimilamentations’ is full-hearted in its rage and grief. Across its kaleidoscopic sections, the poet positions the…
Poetry: un [naming] / trans (After Golden) by angelic proof
The poem rebels against its own birth onto the confines of a page. Every line a whirlpool of self-reflective corrections and alterations—”un [naming] / trans” is a revolution against its own reading, your effort to build around it a box…
