Poems

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  • Two poems by Sandra Moussempès, translated from French by Carrie Chappell and Amanda Murphy

    A house stands out from the rest of the forest, emptied of its occupants for centuries
  • LIKE

    No other sound like it.
  • Photographs, 1949 | Retiree

    In one, they pose, grinning straight at the Kodak,
  • THE COURTING

    In every dark jazz club, in each smoky corner
  • The City translated by Kaveh Bassiri

    I dream the city is flying in an airplane
  • I Became Friends | When I Was Fifteen | I Can Recall

    I became friends with a girl who was in the institution with me, also fifteen, also getting shock treatment, a girl who
  • To a New Chair | Bounty

    To a New Chair
  • A MORAL VICTORY IS STILL A DEFEAT

    It was late in the year and late in the day,
  • Wraith

    I never walk past that gate I don’t recall a rifle butt, two sharp yelps,
  • Kennedy

    Based on the private messages I receive
  • The Deposition

    I get to school early, take down the crucifix.
  • Trás-Os-Montes

    Tiny and bent over