Poems

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  • Mari Küla and Mari Meli

    Manuela Colipe Benavente breathes in the sun so that she can sleep.
  • Sidewinder

    You say I rudely cut her off, that you had to apologize,
  • Judith Beheading Holofernes

    No one ever read the Book of Judith to a slave—
  • Leopard Goes Through Hell Villanelle

    When I am sober my brain calls me names. 

  • Tails | On the Other Side

    When our tails fell off, we had nothing to wag or wave behind us, nothing to curl up or
  • Monk’s Eye, #20

    Of all rhythms he found day and night
  • Using these questions, would you please write a brief description of yourself?

    My favorite creature is the tree porcupine.
  • Three Poems

    I dropped a sprig of laurel into your grave
  • Back to Brooklyn Bridge | Second Skin

    tears are intuition
  • The Path of Non-Attachment

    Andrew totaled my car, leveled the house,
  • Fish Belly Poem and a poem by Wang Yuyang translated by Arthur Sze

    Dr. Xia Kejun said today:
  • The Night Dancers

    Praise the shadows that slither up candlelit walls