Isa Guzman reflects on working class fathers, the slipperiness of memory, and the pain of dementia.
Poetry
Persecution: A Signature of Piss
Sofiul Azam takes on the politics of protest in the last "Persecution" poem.
Sofiul Azam takes on the politics of protest in the last “Persecution” poem.
Persecution: After Auschwitz
Sofiul Azam's second "Persecution" poem continues a dialog among Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs.
Sofiul Azam’s second “Persecution” poem continues a dialog among Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs.
Persecution: Instead of an Email
We're honored to present the first part of a three-poem sequence exploring anti-Semitism and Islamophobia; a series that grew out of Bangladeshi poet Sofiul Azam's correspondence with U.S. poet Robert Pinsky.
We’re honored to present the first part of a three-poem sequence exploring anti-Semitism and Islamophobia; a series that grew out of Bangladeshi poet Sofiul Azam’s correspondence with U.S. poet Robert Pinsky.
The Dreams of Beasts
Michael Griffith offers a stark look at the thin line between man and beast.
Michael Griffith offers a stark look at the thin line between man and beast.
My Good Eye
Injury and an alternate way of seeing.
Injury and an alternate way of seeing.
What is Said
What is there to say? "I want to be a Polaroid snapshot /of a sunset. I'll call it selfie # 569 /while I die."
What is there to say? “I want to be a Polaroid snapshot /of a sunset. I’ll call it selfie # 569 /while I die.”
Sometimes I Want Some Machinery
Steven Ray Smith's celebrates a guy's love of machines.
Steven Ray Smith’s celebrates a guy’s love of machines.
On Divorce I
"This trance this black of burnt bone and flayed flesh, this blanched care."
on divorce I The cost, a few miracles, a few fires in the inner ear. A few thighs full of dreams and dreams full of bankruptcy. A few nights beneath lies. The point is, he lost them all and her and the brown bread from a can and could still paint its raisins with the…
Unspoken
William Ellis explores intergenerational discomfort and the silence some parents use as a way “of holding back /the pain of all they lost.”
William Ellis explores intergenerational discomfort and the silence some parents use as a way “of holding back /the pain of all they lost.”
A Muslim-American’s Aphorisms
Given Lababidi's background as an immigrant and Muslim in Trump's America, he passionately hopes that this book is received as a work of hope, peace, and healing for our wounded world.
Given Lababidi’s background as an immigrant and Muslim in Trump’s America, he passionately hopes that this book is received as a work of hope, peace, and healing for our wounded world.
Mechanics
"anything mechanical /is coiled magic in function."
“anything mechanical /is coiled magic in function.”
Investment
Randall Watson's poem of desire and connection crosses into ecstasy-- "we, man and woman, initial, /feel the thin wet skein /of the darkened concrete /the light’s epidural ease."
Randall Watson’s poem of desire and connection crosses into ecstasy– “we, man and woman, initial, /feel the thin wet skein /of the darkened concrete /the light’s epidural ease.”
Signed, Lois Lane
A Lois Lane's love poem to her Superman--a guy who is "part strength, part sleep /part Kryptonian and /part peanut butter addiction."
A Lois Lane’s love poem to her Superman–a guy who is “part strength, part sleep /part Kryptonian and /part peanut butter addiction.”
My Father’s Tools
"There is no such thing as a saw— /only hacksaw or band saw or jigsaw or circular saw"
“There is no such thing as a saw— /only hacksaw or band saw or jigsaw or circular saw”
Benelux Redux
Adult sensuality and childhood playfulness collide in startling ways.
Adult sensuality and childhood playfulness collide in startling ways.