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“Late now and the ward has quieted / Still I can’t sleep this IV in my arm / the day stuck on my brow”

Interview with Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Judge of the 2025 Nature Poetry Prize

“Today here in March, a new study revealed we’ve lost 22% of the butterflies on this planet. I mean, we are not separate from nature so it’s crucial as human beings that we are always noticing, always observing while we have butterflies around, for example. We have everything to lose if we forget.”

Poetry

Translation Errors

By Bella Zhou

“December’s flint and mudrust eats the shadows of long-maned mountains, lifting the latch of your body from its cheap blue seat.”

Columns

Community, Not Competition: A New Approach for Emerging Poets

By Elyssia Nguyen

“Competition is ingrained in the literary ecosystem. So much of being an emerging poet feels competitive, like you’re competing against other voices to be seen and read… But that doesn’t have to be all there is to being a poet.”