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PoetryTheir thoughts move out of their bodies
A man lays his hand on a woman. He sees through her eyes the golden-breasted songbird. The woman looks on the man and she…
PoetryKarin Dreijer Andersson
we hung around Gothenburg for five months or so renting out an expensive apartment on Vingalandsgatan with a fabulous panoramic view over the Gothia…
Art, PoetryThe Arena of Aesthetic Elaboration
i never write to be read, i've always said. it was never a considered decision to hide my notebooks and scribbles from you unless…
PoetryLast Year’s Census
Eventually, we stop counting; the final bird of prey rips out the throat of the penultimate field mouse and dies soon after. Beyond its…
Poetrysurvivors
one day a year the sky turns violet motorcycle exhaust floats up and dissolves against a hard sun they rev their engines until their…
Poetry, ReadingsA Messiah Morning
Poem read by by Soodabeh Saeidnia in the Farsi translation she created: https://soundcloud.com/soodabeh-saeidnia/a-messiah-morning This is one of four Silent Lotus poems included in the bilingual anthology Persian Sugar in…
PoetryCurating Dust in Digital Times
My mind is a musty record crate. Schlepped around. Only exposed to monthly swap meets, and nostalgic nights. Brush decades of debris from my…
PoetryPale Yellow with Self-Doubt
The day was so tender it almost broke (us) in two the buds on the trees lime-toned and ready to uncoil the doves not…
Poetry#Metoo Today
The sex falls in flecks and sputters as the limousine windows slide down more laughable gracelessness Matt Lauer and the ridiculousness of his James…
