Hapnophobia or the Fear of Being Touched
“There is a word for the fear of water, but not of drowning. Another / for the fear of darkness, but not how it hides a person’s face.”
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Two Poems
“an event-horizon / of question marks // all the way to / non-identity”
Becoming Poet: Michael McFee
“To have a career as a poet is the opposite of darkness: what luck, to be a grown American man who has been able to keep writing poems, for so long.”
west harlem, july 2017
“black is everywhere but here it’s not a matter as much as it is a holy question”
Liberosis
“there’s a word for brown mothers and what they think is best: blanqueamiento”
Community Feedback: Banishment Spell for my Titties by Patricia Frazier
Community Feedback is our recurring column that provides an opportunity for our audience to get some quick, free …
Deadlines for December: Full-Length Manuscripts
We’ve got to be thankful to live in a world which offers so many opportunities for poets to get their work out there. Here are six presses and contests to submit your manuscripts to this month.
For the Girls with Dead Horses
“where the girls with dead horses meet / to carefully unfold each creased page”
Poetry We Admire: Family
The holiday season is here, the family season is here. This time of year can be joyful, but …