Poem of the Day
The Phase After History
By Jorie Graham
Then two juncoes trapped in the house this morning.
The house like a head with nothing inside.
The voice says: come in.
Poetry: 2020s
Antwerp (2)
By Jonathan Thirkield
The doctor had said he could fix everything / Except the eyes.
Ex-Stewardess
By Leopoldine Core
I memorized / my whole life in order / to release it
Armed Cavalier
By Richie Hofmann
The end of autumn / unfolds in a series of textures and places: / rough towels, the laundry, / the green walls of a place I belonged to.
from “Flag”
By Imani Elizabeth Jackson
It will continue to break, and soon, sing, elated by time, after the fact, and failure
Kings
By Jessica Laser
As a girl, that’s how you made it / to first base. You didn’t kiss, / you were kissed.
Holding a Book I Haven’t Read for Many Years
By Malachi Black
I slept in the back seat like a bad thought.
from “36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem”
By Nam Le
And Cathay was not China.
And Vietnam was not China
Nor made in China—but close enough.
“I stole the yellow bird …”
By Joyce Mansour
He will teach me how to seduce / Men, stags, double-winged angels
A Green Dream
By Uche Nduka
between brownstones / where yearning / confesses its nature
Small Craft Talk
By Dobby Gibson
but no one is always on your side / not even a poet