Kingdom Animalia
“Horses are known to sleep / while standing up, as if their whole life // is a probable war.”
“November” and “Timshel”
“Like me, you are plunging into the abyss, / head first, scared but grinning, buoyed by // dark currents, the bliss of resolution, / a wild misplaced trust in the underworld.”
California Girls
“This nation, named for the war we wage. / By morning the sun / is a red coin we could mistake / for mercy.”
Estuarial
By Kathleen Loe
“already the trees are emptying / my memories of green. / river shines the color of glare.”
Featured Poetry
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A Number Is a Place
By Norman Tran
“Every 4th of a / second, a new future is born. Every 17 seconds, a future leaves behind only a scent. I / wonder what an almost future smells like. The smell of rusted incense.”
2026 Rising Poet Prize: Winners & Finalists
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The Blue Hour
By Kuhu Joshi
“Unafraid of the street dogs’ / persistent sniffing, the wet Delhi wind, / she nuzzled their jaws in her lap and talked to them / like babies.”