Poems by Mariela Cordero
The first.
I am the first
I'm at the beginning
Of time
In the middle of the gloom
In the particle
Of this sunset
And to the edge
Of the collapse.
I am...
Poems by K Satchidanandan
Translated from Malayalam by the Poet
Sculpting
A sculptor’s chisel
carves an image in the breeze
that carries the scent of wildflowers.
A boatman’s paddle, dark as night,
carves a...
Poems by Luke Hankins
In Luke's poems, the words move across the page creating a visual, visceral parallel to the syntactical rhythm of the text. The eye moves...
Poems by Robert Beveridge
Climb
Tired biceps flex, fingers
struggle. Hours
of darkness, of rope.
Still no light above.
There is a deep attraction
in relaxation, the power
of...
Four Poems by José Luis Álvarez Escontrela
Ezra Pound Writes His Elegy
The winter arrived early on the doorsteps,
little ponds of stars freeze beneath thy feet
as the last sun dies on the...
Two Poems by Tali Cohen Shabtai
The End
Look, my father
the road is becoming shorter
there is no sense that will change what is coming!
That's why I'm preparing a nice note...
Poems by Alex LeGrys
Round Wire-Rimmed Spectacles
He drinks out of tin camping mugs,
speckled with white so even when
he’s inside he reaches for
something beyond the room--
still trudging through the...
Poems by Robert Ronnow
Home Schooling
November and April
when the trees are first bare and last naked
have become my favorite months. All the food eaten
except last rose hips and...
Poems by Michael Gessner
Tower of Aspiration
Death may come this evening.
I’ve been climbing a hill,
the knees of my pants are torn
from crawling, and through
the years I’ve had...
Poems by Isidoros Karderinis
The reader
I read with pleasure the books
That writhe at my touch
Their pages full of lines
That mirror their soul.
In them I found the golden light.
A...
