Poems

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  • Two poems by Muyaka bin Haji, (1776—1840)

    When she lays eggs, they’re not nurtured even if brooding them succeeds.
  • Tails | On the Other Side

    When our tails fell off, we had nothing to wag or wave behind us, nothing to curl up or
  • When We Make Lifelines, the Universe Breathes a Little Easier

    When night becomes heavy, I break a hole
  • Uncle Yehuda Sharvit Between Marrakesh and Draa

    When my uncle Yehuda got drunk
  • Odyssey to the Self: Seven Minutes with Susan Rich and Nancy Mitchell

    When my mother took out the small skillet, black and flecked
  • Grade School Cafeteria

    When it has been
  • Becoming Hat

    When in Rockport— with Rockport—
  • Three Ghazals

    When I woke in the night, I walked to the center of the dream.
  • The Silver Bullet

    When I wasn’t washing my hands, I remembered
  • The Sailor’s Love Song and Irish Whiskey

    When I was young I burned to be
  • Two poems by Krystyna Lenkowska translated from Polish by Cecilia Woloch

    When I was young
  • God’s Man

    When I was twelve I found it