Moonbeam
“Baby, / each limb is a ray / of moon, draped / in sequins, poshness, / grandeur”
Telling It: Tilt Your Head and Squint – Telling the “Truth” in Poetry
“Telling It” by Holli Flanagan explores the stickier parts of poetic craft—telling the “truth” in our confessions, taking risks in our writing, and killing our darlings. “Telling It” weaves poetic histories, literary thinking, and Holli’s own writing experiences to investigate what exactly poetry asks of us.
Marginalia
By Winifred Mok
“A stranger’s cursive, passing grin / hidden sweet in gaps of stanzas”
Interview with Kimiko Hahn, Judge of the 2026 Nature Poetry Prize
“I am interested in toying with repetition and, as is obvious, repetition keeps our heart going, keeps us alive.”
Featured Poetry
We are so grateful to every poet who shares their work with us—please enjoy perusing the stunning work in our poetry archive.
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SURGERY, HAVE YOU BEEN ON HORMONE THERAPY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS?
“5/ Getting on implied that / testosterone had a seat for me to sit upon, / was a place to rest. / Was possibly a waiting equine / already saddled up— / her brown nose breaking my heart.”
First Contact
“We are not god’s first children / after all. They are skin to skin, / the field in flux, the aura of earth.”
Brisbane River Rowing
By Vuong Pham
“Two branches reach toward each other. Golden whistlers sing / as if it were the first day of creation.”