The Peasant’s Prayer Yesterday I prayed so Today I sit on my sofa and Wait for my prayers to come true. Soon I will have Someone to hug but I won’t hug them in Case I break them. Scavengers You have a Place in my heart. It is red and warm. You go there whenContinue reading “3 poems by Dominik Slusarczyk”
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2 poems by Ioana Cosma
Mother Earth Pregnant is the earth and was from the beginning its replenished womb bathes us all in light it is forever birthing bringing forth offspring like the sky once exploded to make room for life. At times we hear its moans of labor, its trembling voice from roaring falls, the naked skin of treesContinue reading “2 poems by Ioana Cosma”
3 poems by R. Gerry Fabian
Seeking Asylum What Freud jumble-juxtaposed? Poor man. Forked helplessly in great homo sapiens noodle soup. (Chicken ego parlor play desire plus sublimated id broth plus super ego cemented noodle cocktail party chatter.) Imagine telepathic sensory flashes visualized as cajun bayou needle voodoo. A code vacuum scramble shields interior exercise message. Third Person Omniscient In aContinue reading “3 poems by R. Gerry Fabian”
5 poems by Abbas Maroufi. Translated by Bahar Momeni
هر شب مردهها از مرگ نمیترسنددرد ندارندرنج نمیکشندتحقیر نمیشوندکابوس نمیبیننداز جنگ نمیهراسندبه شکست نمیاندیشندمردهها بازجو ندارندتحت تعقیب نیستندمحاکمه نمیشوندحساب پس نمیدهندجهان را وا میگذارندمردهها در کائنات میچرخندتنها نمیمانندبا بال فرشتگان نوازش میشونداحترام دارندعشق من!مردهها برهنه میخوابندو منهر شبدر آغوش گرم تومیمیرم.آدمها «آدمهای کوچکبه آدمهای بزرگ فکر میکنندو آدمهای بزرگبه ایدهها»منفقط به تو فکر میکنمکوچولوی قشنگم!اصلاًاگرContinue reading “5 poems by Abbas Maroufi. Translated by Bahar Momeni”
Poets in Translation by Philip Nikolayev
Philip Nikolayev is a poet living in Boston. He translates poetry from several languages and is currently translating poetry from Ukraine. Nikolayev’s works are published internationally, including such periodicals as Poetry, The Paris Review, Harvard Review, and Grand Street. His several collections of verse include Monkey Time (Wave Books; winner of the 2001 Verse Prize)Continue reading “Poets in Translation by Philip Nikolayev”
Rewriting Feminisms: Trans Women Poets from the League of Canadian Poets
From WCLJ Managing Editor, Darcie Friesen Hossack: Trigger Warning for introduction: violence against trans community In April of this year, during National Poetry Month, I was invited to Rewriting Feminisms: Trans Women Poetry Reading. Generously funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and the League of Canadian Poets, the event showcased the work ofContinue reading “Rewriting Feminisms: Trans Women Poets from the League of Canadian Poets”
Sweating and Reading. an essay of books by Gordon Phinn
Books Referenced: Into the Soul of the World, Brad Wetzler (Hachette Books 2023)The Man Who Hacked the World, Alex Cody Foster (Turner Publishing 2022)Still Pictures, Janet Malcolm (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2023)Ghosts of the Orphanage, Christine Keneally (Public Affairs 2023)We Were Once a Family, Roxanna Asgarian (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2023)Just Once, No More, CharlesContinue reading “Sweating and Reading. an essay of books by Gordon Phinn”
Lori D. Roadhouse reviews Debra Black’s “love, lust, existence and other ephemeral things”
I read these poems first in order, then backwards, and also randomly. Each poem exists on its own merit, as a breath in time. The breaths come faster, or more slowly, depending on the subject matter, and depending on the order in which they are read. It’s almost a meditation, a rocking chair, representing theContinue reading “Lori D. Roadhouse reviews Debra Black’s “love, lust, existence and other ephemeral things””
three poems by Fabrice B. Poussin
Trail conversations “How you doin’? she asks not waiting for the conformist answer too busy taking a sip of her holy water wrapped in plastic and early morning dew. “Good mornin’!” they claim in bright accents from North to South and other climes boasting those ivory smiles as if tomorrow would never come. “Have aContinue reading “three poems by Fabrice B. Poussin”
Plant a tree. a poem by Geraldine Sinyuy
Plant a tree Walk today with those who will walk with you, Should they leave you half the way, Plant a tree for them and mark the day, So that if ever the road leads them back to you again, you’ll have at least a shelter to offer if not a fruit. Walk on andContinue reading “Plant a tree. a poem by Geraldine Sinyuy”
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