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Poem of the DayBy Krista FranklinEveryday some brownwoman pools into inky blue,a madness that crawls upfrom the floor of her and flowsout all around. I shouldknow, for months swallowedin the bruise of myselfreaching to hold my hand.The sun continues to brushorange light intermittentlyeverywhere despite the...
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poemBy Ariana Brownwhile visiting Templo Mayor in Mexico City, I reckon:walking the same land Cortés did/walked/tried to own.in the shadow of his Cathedral,I shudder.Templo Mayor is now a museum.are there
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Archive Editor's NoteBy S.J. Fowler & Rebecca Kamen March 25, 2024
We have never tried to make the science in question less than the deeply complex thing it is, for in that complexity...
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collectionBy The Editors
Classic and contemporary poems to celebrate the advent of spring.
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Poem GuideBy Eric WeiskottA melancholy medieval rent collector’s sorrows, scribbled on the back of a legal document
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Poem GuideBy Ange Mlinko
How the conflict of a nation was captured by a politically reluctant poet.
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Poem GuideBy Shanta Lee
Race, Class, Gender, and the Imperial Body
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poemBy David ShapiroThe trees have sex,Teach,Focus.Tohu BohuChaos in a green light.Alone again.How alone I twistat the end of thoughtwhen illness is forgotand the speakeris punched on the barkon the soft models.The old abbot looked at us and laughed.He loved electronic gadgets for...
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poemBy Lucie ThéséeHandsome, like those foam-topped tidal waves breaking high, in little crystal globes.Handsome, like the breeze that lifts a little tuft of tulle. If tulle were life.Handsome, like a frozen face, tear-tracked, when the sun hammers down.Handsome. Like fire.Handsome, like the...
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