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  • Poem for Shang Qin

    I’ve been digging my way toward you since the day I was born. I watch the

  • The Shape of Things

    I’ve been reading the science books again

  • True Bug | I Will Be Good

    I’ve been talking to a bug all winter.

  • A Nun to be Named

    I’ve been thinking about the nun who wouldn’t let me pee in fifth grade.

  • Poem by Jahangir Hossain translated from the Bengali by Lloyd Schwartz with Jahangir Hossain

    I’ve come again—

  • Going Out Staying In

    I’ve done the math of staying in bed,

  • Two Poems translated from the Persian by Sholeh Wolpé

    I’ve heard the volley of a thousand soldiers,

  • Visitor’s Coming

    I’ve laid out

  • I’ve Lived Long with the Dead | The Word Stays Here

    I’ve lived long with the dead. I know their

  • Three Poems

    I’ve seen demons, each one tossed

  • To Be That Boy, to Be That Horse

    I’ve watched a shy horse

  • The Drowned and the Saved

    If all of us were to try to kill ourselves at least once, then all of us would know nothing more than that: which is why