Versions of the Undefinable Other
By Shannan Mann
“15. The small god teetered in the cold galaxy like the skeleton of a star. / 16. Lord, I am frothing at the mouth.”
Contest Winner
Security Deposit
By AE Hines
“I remember / the previous night’s rain still dripping / from his eaves, the Crape Myrtles huddled / along his street”
2022 Love & Eros Prize: Winners & Finalists
We are pleased to announce the winners, finalists, and longlist for the 2022 Love & Eros Prize! Please join us in congratulating these brilliant poets. Deep gratitude to all who shared their moving poems with us. The winning poems were selected by guest judge Carl Phillips and will be published in February.
2022 Palette Chapbook Prize: Winners & Finalists
We are honored to share with everyone the winners, finalists, and longlist of the 2022 Palette Chapbook Prize! Please join us in congratulating these remarkable poets. The winning chapbook was selected by Chen Chen.
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“It’s spring and we could’ve been / anything back from the dead”
Occupational Hazards
“I wake and the world is shaking again birds / slam buoyant voices bruised goldmorning light”
The Oldest Forest
“The water was a place / sequestered, isolate and strange, a small glove / for a smallish soul”
2022 Sappho Prize: Winners & Finalists
We are honored to share with everyone the winners, finalists, and longlist of the 2022 Sappho Prize! Please join us in congratulating these remarkable poets. Winners were selected by guest judge Jos Charles.
I just wanted to see what it would do when I say—
From behind its aluminum dermis, / the machine transcribes the living, / studying the sound a muscle makes skipped / across roof of mouth.