Poetry
Read contemporary poems selected by Open Arts Forum’s editors, including visual poetry and work from the archive. Follow each poet’s name to discover more of their published work, or hear contributors in our author recordings. Writers considering OAF can read the poetry submission guidelines.
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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…
