Homograph
“has the widow given birth to new beings / or / has the widow given birth to fragments / of her loss”
I Eat Poets’ Words for Dinner
“But when I seek a kindred spirit excited to chew the fatty gristle of the English language, I often have to scramble out of the trenches and run to the nearest poet.”
Night Of 1000 Apophases
By Will Summay
“my father siphons the dreams / out of my forehead before bed. / He draws out every last drop / & what is left?”
The Arc of a Rocket is Louder
“the lover licks the lover’s silver tooth like a seafarer / pointing to the south we are alpha centauri”
Featured Poetry
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Opened
“We bisect midnight, listening to Oppen. / Refusing to be numerous is to be frozen.”
I think I hate gardening
By Emily Tong
“here, too caught up in their fear & old / bones & fear. All writhing knots & / fray.”