Among the Ruins: Two Poems by Damon Hubbs ↗︎
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Destruction is the cause of coming into being. A taxi in Africa waits in the red hills.
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To See the Sun Again: Two Poems by Tukur Ridwan ↗︎
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I can tell what a war tastes like. Not until I let hot bullets burn my tongue till I lose my taste for life’s goodies. Not until I’m skinned of yesterday's grace.
Read the poems →Blacking Out During the Midterm Elections: Two Poems by Justin Karcher ↗︎
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I lit a cigarette and checked my phone. America had attacked Iran.
Read the poems →People and Places: Three Poems by Lorraine Caputo ↗︎
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He plays a guitar, hoarsely singing for small coins scattered.
Read the poems →Somewhere, Dogs Are Barking: Two Poems by Brandon Shane ↗︎
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I used to eat baloney sandwiches scraped with mayonnaise by sewer-pipes thinking of Pennywise and now have an advanced degree that has harmed my employment potential.
Read the poems →I Have Neither Killed My Enemies Nor Loved My Love: Four Poems by Wu Chenjun ↗︎
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I have become an atom scattered somewhere in China. I give the system no service, but the system has also stripped me of the ability to resist.
Read the poems →Did You Crash My Charles Ray: A Poem by Zachary Swezy ↗︎
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Can’t We Sell It to Someone Cultured?
Read the poems →Ordinary Life: Four Poems by He Xiaozhu ↗︎
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I see my own deep feelings plain as a blank sheet of paper.
Read the poems →You Remember a Room Filling with Cigarette Smoke: A Poem by Erin Jamieson ↗︎
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I told you not to come in here. I told you not to touch anything.
Read the poems →In Psychiatric Ward: A Poetry Sequence by Xi Nan ↗︎
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In a psychiatric ward in Guangzhou, ordinary moments take on an unexpected intensity. Xi Nan's seven poems move between fear and humour, solitude and human connection, tracing a restless desire to write, to love, and to remain alive.
Read the poems →The Sky, My Eternal Home: Two Poems by Ogheneovo Ohre ↗︎
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Ogheneovo Ohre moves between the freedom of wandering and the tenderness of memory. Images of nature and forgotten objects evoke solitude, loss and the longing for connection.
Read the poems →Letters from a Wounded World: Four Poems by Folorunsho Ahmed Adekunle ↗︎
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From the classroom to the streets of Goma, from war to a hospital bed, these four poems give voice to lives shaped by forces beyond their control. The poet brings these seemingly distant worlds together through questions of power, suffering and responsibility.
Read the poems →All the Ways We Are Made: Three Poems by Jayanta Bhaumik ↗︎
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Three poems by Jayanta Bhaumik, weaving together nature, memory and imagination to reflect on human emotions, solitude and the mysteries of existence.
Read the poems →Perversion and Other Absurdities: Two Poems by Marc Isaac Potter ↗︎
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Two poems by Marc Isaac Potter blending social commentary, personal reflection, and absurdist humour.
Read the poems →The Art of Disappearing: Two Poems by Patricia Russo ↗︎
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Two poems by Patricia Russo: “Extended Stay: Wellness Check” and “Flicker”.
Read the poems →I Like You, but Seldom Hug You: Ten Poems by Zhou Li ↗︎
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Ten poems by Zhou Li, translated by Xi Nan, on rain, distance, love and the strange pressures of everyday life.
Read the poems →Ten Poems by Fish Lu Nominated for Pushcart Literary Prize ↗︎
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Ten poems by Fish Lu. Translated from Chinese by Xi Nan.
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