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FABEL MIJ
Sasja Janssen
ik herinner me het leven dat niet afkomt
ik herinner me de tochten door de lichtblauwe wijde
...
Sasja Janssen
ik herinner me het leven dat niet afkomt
ik herinner me de tochten door de lichtblauwe wijde
...
FABELS VAN HET HEILIG HART
Dirk van Bastelaere
1)
In die dagen werd er gefietst in de bergen. Er werd geklom-
men, gedaald. Er bestond
...
Dirk van Bastelaere
1)
In die dagen werd er gefietst in de bergen. Er werd geklom-
men, gedaald. Er bestond
...
FABLE OF THREE SURGEONS
Gregory O'Donoghue
One
from Saskatchewan
who knitted severed fingers
back on a
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Gregory O'Donoghue
One
from Saskatchewan
who knitted severed fingers
back on a
...
FÁBULA
Gustavo Adolfo Garcés
Es tiempo de lluvias
y la música del agua
me hace pensar
que el poema debería dar
...
Gustavo Adolfo Garcés
Es tiempo de lluvias
y la música del agua
me hace pensar
que el poema debería dar
...
FACE
Philip Hammial
If yours can be substituted for several
you’re in business, says my guardian (at my side...
Philip Hammial
If yours can be substituted for several
you’re in business, says my guardian (at my side
FACING THE PUBLIC
Martina Evans
My mother never asked like a normal person, it was
I’m asking you for the last time,
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Martina Evans
My mother never asked like a normal person, it was
I’m asking you for the last time,
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FACTURE BAROQUE
Paul van Ostaijen
Soms
— wanneer de boten van hun zinnen sloegen
aan de immer deinende rotswand
van een
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Paul van Ostaijen
Soms
— wanneer de boten van hun zinnen sloegen
aan de immer deinende rotswand
van een
...
FADO
J. Slauerhoff
Ben ik traag omdat ik droef ben,
Alles vergeefsch vind en veil,
Op aarde geen hoogre
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J. Slauerhoff
Ben ik traag omdat ik droef ben,
Alles vergeefsch vind en veil,
Op aarde geen hoogre
...
FADO MENOR
Manuel de Freitas
Habituou-se a caminhar
sob os plátanos, diluindo
ressacas e lembranças imperfeitas....
Manuel de Freitas
Habituou-se a caminhar
sob os plátanos, diluindo
ressacas e lembranças imperfeitas.
FAIRY RATH
Mary O'Donnell
Here lie the faggoted bones of babies –
stillborn, miscarried, or unbaptised,
returned
...
Mary O'Donnell
Here lie the faggoted bones of babies –
stillborn, miscarried, or unbaptised,
returned
...
FAIRY TALES
Musaemura Zimunya
In a fairy tale
the gods would snatch you out
through the navel or the thigh of your
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Musaemura Zimunya
In a fairy tale
the gods would snatch you out
through the navel or the thigh of your
...
FAIRY-TALE LOGIC
A.E. Stallings
Fairy tales are full of impossible tasks:
Gather the chin hairs of a man-eating goat,
Or
...
A.E. Stallings
Fairy tales are full of impossible tasks:
Gather the chin hairs of a man-eating goat,
Or
...
FAIS TON BAGAGE
Claude Esteban
Fais ton bagage, gentil vieux,
le jour tout neuf nous chasse
même les loups sont
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Claude Esteban
Fais ton bagage, gentil vieux,
le jour tout neuf nous chasse
même les loups sont
...
FAITH
Malika Booker
The museum is an empty house, a dead lifestyle.
In the living room, pictures of Jesus
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Malika Booker
The museum is an empty house, a dead lifestyle.
In the living room, pictures of Jesus
...
FALA DE MUSURUKUTU
Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
Rei me fizeram para governar a guerra
e do sangue da raça
me investi.
...
Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
Rei me fizeram para governar a guerra
e do sangue da raça
me investi.
FALA O TRACTOR
António Osório
Não gosto deste perfil de gafanhoto.
Constante sou, trepido, usam-me,
servo da gleba.
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António Osório
Não gosto deste perfil de gafanhoto.
Constante sou, trepido, usam-me,
servo da gleba.
...
FALL
Conor O'Callaghan
To unbalance. To keel over, accidentally, or submit to the pressures of gravity.
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Conor O'Callaghan
To unbalance. To keel over, accidentally, or submit to the pressures of gravity.
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FALLING FEELING
Finuala Dowling
I came to our first meeting
with a falling feeling,
feeling of falling and
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Finuala Dowling
I came to our first meeting
with a falling feeling,
feeling of falling and
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FALLING FIGURES
E.V. Ramakrishnan
You have to look beyond the pigment
of paint to a point where the familiar falls away....
E.V. Ramakrishnan
You have to look beyond the pigment
of paint to a point where the familiar falls away.
FALSE CITY
Julius Chingono
When he walks
he throws his legs out
with an abused energy
that is a liability...
Julius Chingono
When he walks
he throws his legs out
with an abused energy
that is a liability
FAMILY
Vona Groarke
My mother has gone and bought herself a piglet
because none of us comes to visit anymore....
Vona Groarke
My mother has gone and bought herself a piglet
because none of us comes to visit anymore.
FAMILY PORTRAIT
Safiya Sinclair
At our table we don’t say grace.
We sit silent in the face of our questions,
a
...
Safiya Sinclair
At our table we don’t say grace.
We sit silent in the face of our questions,
a
...
FANS
Matthew Sweeney
Seven horses climbed out of the Wannsee
and galloped, dripping, to Kleist’s grave.
They
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Matthew Sweeney
Seven horses climbed out of the Wannsee
and galloped, dripping, to Kleist’s grave.
They
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FANS AND FOOLS
Albert Nyathi
I see a sea of citizens milling,
Scattered, seated, standing, swaying
They are
...
Albert Nyathi
I see a sea of citizens milling,
Scattered, seated, standing, swaying
They are
...
FANTASMAS
Luz Helena Cordero
Los fantasmas nacen desnudos, como sus dueños,
pero luego se visten con ropas color atardecer
...
Luz Helena Cordero
Los fantasmas nacen desnudos, como sus dueños,
pero luego se visten con ropas color atardecer
...
FANTOOMSCHUDDER
Peer Wittenbols
Mist pink, mist ringvinger
draagt pistool van vlees.
Mijn neef Rini.
Kojboj van de
...
Peer Wittenbols
Mist pink, mist ringvinger
draagt pistool van vlees.
Mijn neef Rini.
Kojboj van de
...
FAOI CHABÁISTÍ IS RÍONACHA
Celia de Fréine
In ionad bláthanna a bhronnadh ar a bhean
agus é i mbun tochmhairc, d’fhrasaigh Risteard
...
Celia de Fréine
In ionad bláthanna a bhronnadh ar a bhean
agus é i mbun tochmhairc, d’fhrasaigh Risteard
...
FAR FROM THE SHATT-AL-ARAB
J.S. Harry
Peter wonders if pigs could fly
& thinks, yes, they could, pink & squealing,
if someone put
...
J.S. Harry
Peter wonders if pigs could fly
& thinks, yes, they could, pink & squealing,
if someone put
...
FAREWELL TO THE EARTH
Christopher James
We buried him with a potato in each hand
on New Year’s Day when the ground was hard as
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Christopher James
We buried him with a potato in each hand
on New Year’s Day when the ground was hard as
...
FATHER AND SON
Patrick McGuinness
In the wings there is one who waits to go on,
and another, his scene run, who waits to go....
Patrick McGuinness
In the wings there is one who waits to go on,
and another, his scene run, who waits to go.
FATHER, IN DRAWER
Lucie Brock-Broido
Mouthful of earth, hair half a century silvering, who buried him. With what. Make a fist
...
Lucie Brock-Broido
Mouthful of earth, hair half a century silvering, who buried him. With what. Make a fist
...
FEAR
Philip Hammial
No way to account for the erratic behaviour
of your erstwhile twin unless you accept that the
...
Philip Hammial
No way to account for the erratic behaviour
of your erstwhile twin unless you accept that the
...
FEAR OF HAPPINESS
A.E. Stallings
Looking back, it’s something I’ve always had:
As a kid, it was a glass-floored elevator
I
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A.E. Stallings
Looking back, it’s something I’ve always had:
As a kid, it was a glass-floored elevator
I
...
FEBRUARY
IN ST MICHAELS
Frances Presley
the sound of the hoover:
(burrs catches on skin
furs throat lining
sounds
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IN ST MICHAELS
Frances Presley
the sound of the hoover:
(burrs catches on skin
furs throat lining
sounds
...
FEBRUARY NIGHT SONG
Martin Harrison
You, the world, the house,
but tonight you’re not happy.
No-one can sleep this month....
Martin Harrison
You, the world, the house,
but tonight you’re not happy.
No-one can sleep this month.
FEDERATION STILL LIED
Lionel Fogarty
We have been seen like this before
Clumsy flint to make powers by our
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Lionel Fogarty
We have been seen like this before
Clumsy flint to make powers by our
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FEELING THE DRAFT
Bob Hicok
We were young and it was an accomplishment
to have a body. No one said this. No one
said
...
Bob Hicok
We were young and it was an accomplishment
to have a body. No one said this. No one
said
...
FÉERIE
Serge Delaive
Sept femmes nues
Avec pour toute parure
Un torque autour du cou
Avancent vers moi
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Serge Delaive
Sept femmes nues
Avec pour toute parure
Un torque autour du cou
Avancent vers moi
...
FÉILE CHORP CHRÍOST
Liam Ó Muirthile
Is in aeráid éigin eile
a ceapadh an pharáid seo
Corp Chríost a thabhairt ar
...
Liam Ó Muirthile
Is in aeráid éigin eile
a ceapadh an pharáid seo
Corp Chríost a thabhairt ar
...
FELONIES AND ARIAS OF THE HEART
Frank Lima
I need more time, a simple day in Paris hotels and window shopping.
The croissants will not
...
Frank Lima
I need more time, a simple day in Paris hotels and window shopping.
The croissants will not
...
FEM ALLEGORISKE SKISSER
Rune Christiansen
Rulletrappene ned til undergrunnen leder skyggene tvetydig hjem. I mangel av andre guder tar vi
...
Rune Christiansen
Rulletrappene ned til undergrunnen leder skyggene tvetydig hjem. I mangel av andre guder tar vi
...
FENDING OFF THE CONSERVATISM IN ADORNO
Ken Babstock
At the festering corner of Boston and Queen
The Tasty Chicken House clings through May...
Ken Babstock
At the festering corner of Boston and Queen
The Tasty Chicken House clings through May
FERTILITY
Mohammed Abu-Talib
My land to the tillers
My home to the killers
My wealth to the gangsters
My flesh to the
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Mohammed Abu-Talib
My land to the tillers
My home to the killers
My wealth to the gangsters
My flesh to the
...
FESLEĞEN
Salih Bolat
şimdi orda buzlar eriyordur
yürümek istiyordur donmuş sular
sen bir odun atıyorsundur
...
Salih Bolat
şimdi orda buzlar eriyordur
yürümek istiyordur donmuş sular
sen bir odun atıyorsundur
...
FETCH
Philip Hammial
Had me a word up. One. Through water
it went by some way
I could not follow. In
the
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Philip Hammial
Had me a word up. One. Through water
it went by some way
I could not follow. In
the
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FETCH
Philip Hammial
After six months with the Sisters of Shame
I returned home to find that the supposedly
...
Philip Hammial
After six months with the Sisters of Shame
I returned home to find that the supposedly
...
FEVER
Amy Beeder
Blame yourself when you wake shaking the bed:
melancholic, wet & menaced by chairs;...
Amy Beeder
Blame yourself when you wake shaking the bed:
melancholic, wet & menaced by chairs;
FIDELITY
Amanda Hammar
Late night city traffic stills at last.
My bare feet press into the worn rug
that holds
...
Amanda Hammar
Late night city traffic stills at last.
My bare feet press into the worn rug
that holds
...
FIELDS
Mark Roper
At dusk I’m drawn to the back lane
to watch the new foal. It floats and folds
around
...
Mark Roper
At dusk I’m drawn to the back lane
to watch the new foal. It floats and folds
around
...
FIFTH ELEGY
Michael Palmer
Oh, body, where are you going,
body of the earth, lost
double, lost copy of the body...
Michael Palmer
Oh, body, where are you going,
body of the earth, lost
double, lost copy of the body
FIGURE STUDY
Ian Pindar
Naked on a bed, the sex in shadow,
not caring if man or woman.
Something of the
...
Ian Pindar
Naked on a bed, the sex in shadow,
not caring if man or woman.
Something of the
...
FIGURES IN A PADDOCK
John Kinsella
In their wake the furrows,
partings in long grass,
burrs hell-darning their socks...
John Kinsella
In their wake the furrows,
partings in long grass,
burrs hell-darning their socks
FILIACIÓN DESCONOCIDA
Eugenia Sánchez Nieto
Me perdí en el piso trece de un edificio de Manhattan
mujeres sin rostro dan la bienvenida
...
Eugenia Sánchez Nieto
Me perdí en el piso trece de un edificio de Manhattan
mujeres sin rostro dan la bienvenida
...
FILLEADH AR AN GCATHAIR
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
Anocht ag filleadh dom
blaisim allas na cathrach faram.
Deas liom a taiseacht....
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
Anocht ag filleadh dom
blaisim allas na cathrach faram.
Deas liom a taiseacht.
FILLING IN THE GAPS
Blessing Musariri
I am eating summer fruit yoghurt and avoiding the fruit. Sometimes it pays to be wilful, wishful, a
...
Blessing Musariri
I am eating summer fruit yoghurt and avoiding the fruit. Sometimes it pays to be wilful, wishful, a
...
FILLING STATION
Elizabeth Bishop
Oh, but it is dirty!
—this little filling station,
oil-soaked, oil-permeated...
Elizabeth Bishop
Oh, but it is dirty!
—this little filling station,
oil-soaked, oil-permeated
FILTER JUGOSLAVIJA
Predrag Lucić
Na crvenoj kutiji Filter Jugoslavije
Tutunskog kombinata Prilep
Istim slovima novo ime
...
Predrag Lucić
Na crvenoj kutiji Filter Jugoslavije
Tutunskog kombinata Prilep
Istim slovima novo ime
...
FIN DESIERTO (FRAGMENTO N° 2)
Mario Montalbetti
(cada línea es un río una calle un color imaginario
un número irracional
...
Mario Montalbetti
(cada línea es un río una calle un color imaginario
un número irracional
...
FINAL WARNING
Lisa Bellear
Our Elders, Olders, respected warriors
have thought and fought for generations.
They have
...
Lisa Bellear
Our Elders, Olders, respected warriors
have thought and fought for generations.
They have
...
FINALE
Gerrit Komrij
Mijn lichaam schuift tegen het hare aan.
Buik tegen buik. De modder sluit rondom.
Het
...
Gerrit Komrij
Mijn lichaam schuift tegen het hare aan.
Buik tegen buik. De modder sluit rondom.
Het
...
FINALLY
Kate Lilley
quarto doesn’t last a weak crush lingers
like a festival of moss
the clerk of all passports
...
Kate Lilley
quarto doesn’t last a weak crush lingers
like a festival of moss
the clerk of all passports
...
FIRE
Samuel Wagan Watson
Fire-engine flash of fox pelt
And a plume of tail
Fluffy . . . like some oil-well ablaze
...
Samuel Wagan Watson
Fire-engine flash of fox pelt
And a plume of tail
Fluffy . . . like some oil-well ablaze
...
FIRE SAFETY
Joshua Mehigan
Aluminum tank indifferent in its place
behind a glass door in the passageway,...
Joshua Mehigan
Aluminum tank indifferent in its place
behind a glass door in the passageway,
FIREWORKS
Nancy Campbell
It was Guy Fawkes’ night, but they were for you,
the sparklers, rockets, golden
...
Nancy Campbell
It was Guy Fawkes’ night, but they were for you,
the sparklers, rockets, golden
...
FIRMAN KE-12
Goenawan Mohamad
Aku tak tahu apa yang disebut dalam firman ke-12.
“Mungkin tentang angin dan muara,” katamu.
...
Goenawan Mohamad
Aku tak tahu apa yang disebut dalam firman ke-12.
“Mungkin tentang angin dan muara,” katamu.
...
FIRST GLANCE AT A WALKING PARTY, BARRINGTON TOPS, C.1895
Martin Harrison
As in a photograph by a small town artist
regional, unknown, whose sepia wandering work...
Martin Harrison
As in a photograph by a small town artist
regional, unknown, whose sepia wandering work
FIRST LESSON IN ALCHEMY
Pat Boran
Rabbit, swan, deer, butterfly . . .
Out of nowhere, and with empty hands,
my father
...
Pat Boran
Rabbit, swan, deer, butterfly . . .
Out of nowhere, and with empty hands,
my father
...
FIRST PERSON SHOOTER
Jaya Savige
Veteran marksmen speak of the ballet,
each victim’s unique fouetté,
the
...
Jaya Savige
Veteran marksmen speak of the ballet,
each victim’s unique fouetté,
the
...
FIRST TIME (I MET MY GRANDMOTHER)
Ali Cobby Eckermann
Sit down in the dirt and brush away the flies
Sit down in the dirt and avoid the many eyes...
Ali Cobby Eckermann
Sit down in the dirt and brush away the flies
Sit down in the dirt and avoid the many eyes
FIRSTS
Jennifer Matthews
Thin and tall as a long wicked flame,
he is white hot—white everything,
trainers to
...
Jennifer Matthews
Thin and tall as a long wicked flame,
he is white hot—white everything,
trainers to
...
FISH
Keki Daruwalla
The sea came in with her and her curved snout
and her tin coloured barnacles
and long
...
Keki Daruwalla
The sea came in with her and her curved snout
and her tin coloured barnacles
and long
...
FISHING
A.E. Stallings
The two of them stood in the middle water,
The current slipping away, quick and cold,
The
...
A.E. Stallings
The two of them stood in the middle water,
The current slipping away, quick and cold,
The
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FIST
Hannah Lowe
When my brother put his fist through a window
on New Year’s Eve, no one noticed until a
...
Hannah Lowe
When my brother put his fist through a window
on New Year’s Eve, no one noticed until a
...
FIVE UNEASY PIECES
Rukmini Bhaya Nair
I. Advice
Let the wind blow through
Let the light in, you say
But this I cannot
...
Rukmini Bhaya Nair
I. Advice
Let the wind blow through
Let the light in, you say
But this I cannot
...
FJELLET HELD ANDEN
Jon Fosse
anden vart trekt djupt
og så stod fjellet der
så stod fjella der
og slik står fjella
...
Jon Fosse
anden vart trekt djupt
og så stod fjellet der
så stod fjella der
og slik står fjella
...
FLAG AND FUTURE
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo
They declared black the colour of my people,
the Luo and the Taita and every shade within,...
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo
They declared black the colour of my people,
the Luo and the Taita and every shade within,
FLAGS AND CANDLES
Glyn Maxwell
Flags line up an hour before they’re chosen,
wave back along the row at others like them....
Glyn Maxwell
Flags line up an hour before they’re chosen,
wave back along the row at others like them.
FLASKEPOST TIL ROBBEN ISLAND
Jan Erik Vold
Jeg tar en tusjpenn
og tegner
en
indianer
på himmelens
duk. Det
...
Jan Erik Vold
Jeg tar en tusjpenn
og tegner
en
indianer
på himmelens
duk. Det
...
FLEETING
Jane Gibian
Disturbing the bee in the centre
of a quivering flower, its irritated buzz
is a reminder
...
Jane Gibian
Disturbing the bee in the centre
of a quivering flower, its irritated buzz
is a reminder
...
FLIGHT PATHS
Fungisayi Sasa
Does Sir David Attenborough know that african blue-wing butterflies migrate?
My heart is the
...
Fungisayi Sasa
Does Sir David Attenborough know that african blue-wing butterflies migrate?
My heart is the
...
FLIRT
Jacob Groot
Om 10 uur meldde ik me bij de poort
van het beloofde land. Om 12 uur doofde
het licht. Om
...
Jacob Groot
Om 10 uur meldde ik me bij de poort
van het beloofde land. Om 12 uur doofde
het licht. Om
...
FLOATING ISLAND
Mamang Dai
The sloping mountain is trying to reach me
stretching down into the water.
Dear one,
...
Mamang Dai
The sloping mountain is trying to reach me
stretching down into the water.
Dear one,
...
FLODENS HEMMELIGHED
Henrik Nordbrandt
Dette landskab ligner en hemmelighed
fordi floden ikke ses
fra det sted, hvor jeg
...
Henrik Nordbrandt
Dette landskab ligner en hemmelighed
fordi floden ikke ses
fra det sted, hvor jeg
...
FLOM ODER MATT
Marion Poschmann
Tiere langweilen sich. Riesige Hunde vor ihren Hütten
bewachen Bauschutt und
...
Marion Poschmann
Tiere langweilen sich. Riesige Hunde vor ihren Hütten
bewachen Bauschutt und
...
FLORĂREASA
Ruxandra Cesereanu
cred că eşti moartea ce va veni în formă de bărbat
pentru că moartea nu poate fi
...
Ruxandra Cesereanu
cred că eşti moartea ce va veni în formă de bărbat
pentru că moartea nu poate fi
...
FLORES DE URANIO
Armando Romero
Llegaron los tres al mismo sitio
Pidieron espumeantes bebidas
Saludaron a la amable
...
Armando Romero
Llegaron los tres al mismo sitio
Pidieron espumeantes bebidas
Saludaron a la amable
...
FLORES E OUTRAS ESPÉCIES SEM NOME
Luís Quintais
Nada na natureza tem nome.
Como se de um jardim botânico
sem indicações precisas – em
...
Luís Quintais
Nada na natureza tem nome.
Como se de um jardim botânico
sem indicações precisas – em
...
FLOWER INSTRUCTIONS
Maw Shein Win
i.
Blanket streets with plum blossoms.
Rest body against warm concrete.
Find rose
...
Maw Shein Win
i.
Blanket streets with plum blossoms.
Rest body against warm concrete.
Find rose
...
FLOWERS IN WINTER
Tsotso magazine
Even in the frost there is life . . .
Warm and loving
Flowers will bloom in the summer
...
Tsotso magazine
Even in the frost there is life . . .
Warm and loving
Flowers will bloom in the summer
...
FLYING FOXES
Peter Skrzynecki
With the hot summer rains they came
out of the forest, crying like lost souls
against a
...
Peter Skrzynecki
With the hot summer rains they came
out of the forest, crying like lost souls
against a
...
FOCAL COSANTA
Aifric Mac Aodha
Leagtaí blaoscanna each
Faoi chúinní halla an damhsa tráth,
Go mbainfí macalla as boinn
...
Aifric Mac Aodha
Leagtaí blaoscanna each
Faoi chúinní halla an damhsa tráth,
Go mbainfí macalla as boinn
...
FOCHISTUL NEGRU
Nicolae Coande
Ştii, oamenii sînt Moscove ruinate de votcă şi de nepăsare
vîndute pe sub
...
Nicolae Coande
Ştii, oamenii sînt Moscove ruinate de votcă şi de nepăsare
vîndute pe sub
...
FÓD AN IMRIS: ARD OIFIG AN PHOIST 1986
Máire Mhac an tSaoi
Anso, an ea, ’athair, a thosnaigh sé?
Gur dhein strainséirí
...
Máire Mhac an tSaoi
Anso, an ea, ’athair, a thosnaigh sé?
Gur dhein strainséirí
...
FOLLOWING FRIDA
Mary O'Donnell
That mono-brow wouldn’t work today.
Girls wax the in-betweens, the ups and
downs,
...
Mary O'Donnell
That mono-brow wouldn’t work today.
Girls wax the in-betweens, the ups and
downs,
...
FONTE
Herberto Helder
II
No sorriso louco das mães batem as leves
gotas de chuva. Nas amadas
caras loucas batem
...
Herberto Helder
II
No sorriso louco das mães batem as leves
gotas de chuva. Nas amadas
caras loucas batem
...
FOR A TRAVELER
Jessica Greenbaum
I only have a moment so let me tell you the shortest story,
about arriving at a long loved
...
Jessica Greenbaum
I only have a moment so let me tell you the shortest story,
about arriving at a long loved
...
FOR BLUTHORPE ANOTHER DAY
Noel Rowe
For Bluthorpe another day
has begun badly. The morning news
includes the story of another
...
Noel Rowe
For Bluthorpe another day
has begun badly. The morning news
includes the story of another
...
FOR GRAND AUNT, CHARUSHILA
Gayatri Majumdar
With great pride they tell me
about your triumphs in love and work,
Charushila Dutt. You
...
Gayatri Majumdar
With great pride they tell me
about your triumphs in love and work,
Charushila Dutt. You
...
FOR I WILL CONSIDER MY CAT EILEEN MURPHY
Martina Evans
For I am annoyed with her.
For she doesn’t kiss My Cat Alice in kindness.
...
Martina Evans
For I am annoyed with her.
For she doesn’t kiss My Cat Alice in kindness.
FOR JULIEN AT SIX WEEKS
Katherine Gallagher
Already
you have taken the world
by your fingertips
small hands closing on...
Katherine Gallagher
Already
you have taken the world
by your fingertips
small hands closing on
FOR MY GRANDMOTHER, BRIDGET HALPIN
Michael Hartnett
Maybe morning lightens over
the coldest time in all the day,
but not for you. A bird’s
...
Michael Hartnett
Maybe morning lightens over
the coldest time in all the day,
but not for you. A bird’s
...
FOR REBECCA, BORN AT MIDWINTER
Patrick Cullinan
Cockcrow at midwinter dark, air moving,
and then a slow
incantation from each tree,
as
...
Patrick Cullinan
Cockcrow at midwinter dark, air moving,
and then a slow
incantation from each tree,
as
...
FOR S WHO WONDERS IF I GET MUCH JOY OUT OF LIFE
Eunice de Souza
As a matter of fact I do.
I contemplate, with a certain
grim satisfaction,
dynamic
...
Eunice de Souza
As a matter of fact I do.
I contemplate, with a certain
grim satisfaction,
dynamic
...
FOR ST JEROME
Paul Farley
Guardian of the date-stamp and card catalogue,
keeper of knowledge, and a staff notice-board
...
Paul Farley
Guardian of the date-stamp and card catalogue,
keeper of knowledge, and a staff notice-board
...
FOR ST KILDA ROAD
Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng
A city cut out of paper
country of dysfunctional seagulls
eyes, all eyes, from the
...
Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng
A city cut out of paper
country of dysfunctional seagulls
eyes, all eyes, from the
...
FOR SUZANNA
Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya
For Suzanna
A lady who never came back home but was always around.
Her body and
...
Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya
For Suzanna
A lady who never came back home but was always around.
Her body and
...
FOR THE DISAPPEARED
John Eppel
For those who burn or float face down, what tears;
what family protests smashed by rifle
...
John Eppel
For those who burn or float face down, what tears;
what family protests smashed by rifle
...
FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FALLEN
Tom Sleigh
The little boy crying out Weenie Weenie in self-panicking delight, waving his little
...
Tom Sleigh
The little boy crying out Weenie Weenie in self-panicking delight, waving his little
...
FOR THE RECORD
C. P. Surendran
A hunt for the royal pun
Took him around the room
Which was not unlike a notebook...
C. P. Surendran
A hunt for the royal pun
Took him around the room
Which was not unlike a notebook
FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA
Gert Vlok Nel
and for the lovely young taken to the sea for the first time
and for the unlovely unyoung
...
Gert Vlok Nel
and for the lovely young taken to the sea for the first time
and for the unlovely unyoung
...
FOR THOSE OF US WHO MAKE MUSIC
Mongane Wally Serote
we walked in the early morning when the dogs were tired of barking
our footsteps,
lost in
...
Mongane Wally Serote
we walked in the early morning when the dogs were tired of barking
our footsteps,
lost in
...
FOR THREE WHOSE REFLEX WAS YES
Bob Hicok
Nobody I know is a god. A mother and son
fall into the river’s million hands, the river’s
...
Bob Hicok
Nobody I know is a god. A mother and son
fall into the river’s million hands, the river’s
...
FOR YOU TODAY
Jessica Greenbaum
Of course there is a jackhammer. And a view, like Hopper,
but happier. Of course there is the
...
Jessica Greenbaum
Of course there is a jackhammer. And a view, like Hopper,
but happier. Of course there is the
...
FORBIDDEN POEM
Tony Mitton
This poem is not for children.
Keep Out!
There is a big oak door
in front
...
Tony Mitton
This poem is not for children.
Keep Out!
There is a big oak door
in front
...
FOREIGN EMBASSIES
Full-FACE
the wiry militant arm of a doorman
a white middle-eastern man, like a snowball...
Full-FACE
the wiry militant arm of a doorman
a white middle-eastern man, like a snowball
FOREVER
Dennis O’Driscoll
Forever some customer happy to sing along with the supermarket muzak, no matter how hackneyed or
...
Dennis O’Driscoll
Forever some customer happy to sing along with the supermarket muzak, no matter how hackneyed or
...
FORGETTING TAKES PLACE
Jan Lauwereyns
1
What a bitter day it is, having been,
the wind rustling
in the back of
...
Jan Lauwereyns
1
What a bitter day it is, having been,
the wind rustling
in the back of
...
FORGOTTEN FIELD
Remco Campert
Of ik wel goed voor mezelf zorg
is haar vraag in het café
waar ik traag te drinken zit...
Remco Campert
Of ik wel goed voor mezelf zorg
is haar vraag in het café
waar ik traag te drinken zit
FORT DADA
Jaya Savige
Once off the ship from sector blah blah
she checks into a spa in Baden Baden,
wet air
...
Jaya Savige
Once off the ship from sector blah blah
she checks into a spa in Baden Baden,
wet air
...
FORTALEZA
Gustavo Adolfo Garcés
Para impedirte el paso
tendría que levantar
el puente levadizo
siempre...
Gustavo Adolfo Garcés
Para impedirte el paso
tendría que levantar
el puente levadizo
siempre
FORTY-FIVE
Martina Evans
My head eventually grew
over the top
of the biscuit and white
formica table in
...
Martina Evans
My head eventually grew
over the top
of the biscuit and white
formica table in
...
FOTO
Anna Enquist
Geef het maar toe. Wat je schrijft
heeft geen zin. Gevoelig gezwatel,
een meisje dat
...
Anna Enquist
Geef het maar toe. Wat je schrijft
heeft geen zin. Gevoelig gezwatel,
een meisje dat
...
FOTO NA DE AANSLAG
Remco Campert
Lijken lijken zorgvuldig aangebracht
in alle tinten van zwart-wit
de vorm brengt ze
...
Remco Campert
Lijken lijken zorgvuldig aangebracht
in alle tinten van zwart-wit
de vorm brengt ze
...
FOTOĞRAF VE SAAT
Roni Margulies
Yıllardan bindokuzyüzaltmış,
bir elimden dedem tutmuş, birinde balon....
Roni Margulies
Yıllardan bindokuzyüzaltmış,
bir elimden dedem tutmuş, birinde balon.
FOUND POEMS
Shazea Quraishi
Introduction
The source material for a found poem can be
any piece of writing
...
Shazea Quraishi
Introduction
The source material for a found poem can be
any piece of writing
...
FOUR HEADS & HOW TO DO THEM
John Forbes
The Classical Head
Nature in her wisdom has formed the human head
so it stands at
...
John Forbes
The Classical Head
Nature in her wisdom has formed the human head
so it stands at
...
FOUR ROADS
Tariro Ndoro
Your winters bite me like an ugly scar –
sheets of drizzle and confused
weather
...
Tariro Ndoro
Your winters bite me like an ugly scar –
sheets of drizzle and confused
weather
...
FOUR SONNETS FROM CRYING IN EARLY INFANCY
John Tranter
The cave exists only to be found, and the dark
waits as it has always waited. Chequered
...
28. BARNSTORM
John Tranter
The cave exists only to be found, and the dark
waits as it has always waited. Chequered
...
FOUR SONNETS FROM CRYING IN EARLY INFANCY
John Tranter
It is heavy with the breath of bad images
it is more than you deserve it is easy
like a news
...
3. YOUR LUCKY DOUBLE
John Tranter
It is heavy with the breath of bad images
it is more than you deserve it is easy
like a news
...
FOUR SONNETS FROM CRYING IN EARLY INFANCY
John Tranter
If we laugh and photograph ourselves
which is difficult but not impossible
we create a system
...
40. THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION
John Tranter
If we laugh and photograph ourselves
which is difficult but not impossible
we create a system
...
FOUR SONNETS FROM CRYING IN EARLY INFANCY
John Tranter
The Chicago Manual of Style is really neat
when your composure cracks and ghosts
of silly
...
71. THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE
John Tranter
The Chicago Manual of Style is really neat
when your composure cracks and ghosts
of silly
...
FOUR VOICES FOR A CENTURY
Peter Boyle
1. Rilke in Paris (1902)
I am learning to see:
long dark streets, a certain wall,
...
Peter Boyle
1. Rilke in Paris (1902)
I am learning to see:
long dark streets, a certain wall,
...
FOURTH CHILD
Megan Hall
1
To my grandmother
On the 49th day, God was kind, and made me your fourth child....
Megan Hall
1
To my grandmother
On the 49th day, God was kind, and made me your fourth child.
FOURTH ELEGY
Michael Palmer
At last the perfect weather is unending
even as the ice storms prove unending
even as
...
Michael Palmer
At last the perfect weather is unending
even as the ice storms prove unending
even as
...
FOX IN A MAN SUIT
Michael Symmons Roberts
Masked, gloved, brush tucked flat
against her back, faint with heat
this vixen is
...
Michael Symmons Roberts
Masked, gloved, brush tucked flat
against her back, faint with heat
this vixen is
...
FRACTAL
Esther Jansma
In al haar onderdelen is een roos
roos, in ieder blad is zij volledig
zoals de omtrek van
...
Esther Jansma
In al haar onderdelen is een roos
roos, in ieder blad is zij volledig
zoals de omtrek van
...
FRAGMENTED DUALITY
Karinna Alves Gulias
– Benevolence of the winner
The lady’s thigh as long as the surface it
...
Karinna Alves Gulias
– Benevolence of the winner
The lady’s thigh as long as the surface it
...
FRAME, AN EPISTLE
Claudia Emerson
Most of the things you made for me – blanket- chest, lapdesk, the armless rocker
...
Claudia Emerson
Most of the things you made for me – blanket- chest, lapdesk, the armless rocker
...
FRANTUMANDO
Gabriele Frasca
dal letto al muro un passo all'altro casca
viene la primavera in vecchi in nuovi...
Gabriele Frasca
dal letto al muro un passo all'altro casca
viene la primavera in vecchi in nuovi
FREEDOM
Cosmas Mairosi
I saw freedom written on terrestrial walls
freedom written in children’s blood
freedom
...
Cosmas Mairosi
I saw freedom written on terrestrial walls
freedom written in children’s blood
freedom
...
FRESIAS
José Tolentino Mendonça
Frésias são flores com cheiro a chá
e ela, aos trinta e sete anos, preferia-as
às
...
José Tolentino Mendonça
Frésias são flores com cheiro a chá
e ela, aos trinta e sete anos, preferia-as
às
...
FRIENDSHIP
Aidan Murphy
You know the painting I mean –
two naked men stretched between
heaven and earth’s
...
Aidan Murphy
You know the painting I mean –
two naked men stretched between
heaven and earth’s
...
FRISKY PUNNET
Chris McCabe
Nothing uplifts more than a dwarf inheriting a railway station
I was thinking, as the
...
Chris McCabe
Nothing uplifts more than a dwarf inheriting a railway station
I was thinking, as the
...
FROG!...
Umar Bin Hassan
Abstract in nature, yet so very important to it. He is the warning sign,
the innervision to
...
Umar Bin Hassan
Abstract in nature, yet so very important to it. He is the warning sign,
the innervision to
...
FROM ‘BRAND NEW ANCIENTS’
Kate Tempest
See – all that we have here is all that we’ve always had.
We have
...
Kate Tempest
See – all that we have here is all that we’ve always had.
We have
...
FROM ‘ELEGANT’
Ania Walwicz
she is sitting down sitting down little legs come round i lift
them ten the my legs come
...
Ania Walwicz
she is sitting down sitting down little legs come round i lift
them ten the my legs come
...
FROM ‘INHERITANCE’
Kwame Dawes
I
In the shade of the sea grape trees the air is tart
with the sweet and
...
Kwame Dawes
I
In the shade of the sea grape trees the air is tart
with the sweet and
...
FROM ‘INHERITANCE’
Kwame Dawes
VII
I carry the weight of your shadow always,
while I pick through your
...
Kwame Dawes
VII
I carry the weight of your shadow always,
while I pick through your
...
FROM ‘KNIGHT’
John McAuliffe
Sword
He marches into the yard and calls all comers
in a flurry of blue and
...
John McAuliffe
Sword
He marches into the yard and calls all comers
in a flurry of blue and
...
FROM ‘REVELATOR’
Ron Silliman
Words torn, unseen, unseemly, scene
some far suburb’s mall lot
Summer’s
...
Ron Silliman
Words torn, unseen, unseemly, scene
some far suburb’s mall lot
Summer’s
...
FROM “SUMMER, SOMEWHERE”
Danez Smith
somewhere, a sun. below, boys brown
as rye play the dozens & ball, jump
in
...
Danez Smith
somewhere, a sun. below, boys brown
as rye play the dozens & ball, jump
in
...
FROM A BALCONY
Sarah Howe
The sun is an orange from the Peloponnese
staining clouds and stuccoed walls,
...
Sarah Howe
The sun is an orange from the Peloponnese
staining clouds and stuccoed walls,
FROM A FAREWELL TO ENGLISH
Michael Hartnett
1
Her eyes were coins of porter and her West
Limerick voice talked velvet in the
...
Michael Hartnett
1
Her eyes were coins of porter and her West
Limerick voice talked velvet in the
...
FROM A PLAGUE YEAR
David Malouf
A sign first in the sky, then other tokens,
but plainer, on the flesh. June’s thirty suns...
David Malouf
A sign first in the sky, then other tokens,
but plainer, on the flesh. June’s thirty suns
FROM A SOFIA NOTEBOOK
Gregory O'Donoghue
Always you surprise me but never more
than when you announced “Your number is nine.”...
Gregory O'Donoghue
Always you surprise me but never more
than when you announced “Your number is nine.”
FROM BIRDS OF THE SHERBORNE MISSAL
Elisabeth Bletsoe
I.
Unnamed, Identified as Goldfinch (Carduelis Carduelis)
Days of brief
...
Elisabeth Bletsoe
I.
Unnamed, Identified as Goldfinch (Carduelis Carduelis)
Days of brief
...
FROM BOMBAY CENTRAL
Gieve Patel
The Saurashtra Express waits to start
Chained patiently to the platform,
Good pet, while
...
Gieve Patel
The Saurashtra Express waits to start
Chained patiently to the platform,
Good pet, while
...
FROM CHAPTER A
Christian Bök
Awkward grammar appals a craftsman. A Dada bard
as daft as Tzara damns stagnant art and
...
Christian Bök
Awkward grammar appals a craftsman. A Dada bard
as daft as Tzara damns stagnant art and
...
FROM CHAPTER E
Christian Bök
Enfettered, these sentences repress free speech. The
text deletes selected letters. We see
...
Christian Bök
Enfettered, these sentences repress free speech. The
text deletes selected letters. We see
...
FROM CHAPTER I
Christian Bök
Writing is inhibiting. Sighing, I sit, scribbling in ink
this pidgin script. I sing with
...
Christian Bök
Writing is inhibiting. Sighing, I sit, scribbling in ink
this pidgin script. I sing with
...
FROM CHAPTER O
Christian Bök
Loops on bold fonts now form lots of words for books.
Books form cocoons of comfort –
...
Christian Bök
Loops on bold fonts now form lots of words for books.
Books form cocoons of comfort –
...
FROM CHAPTER U
Christian Bök
Kultur spurns Ubu – thus Ubu pulls stunts. Ubu shuns
Skulptur: Uruk urns (plus busts),
...
Christian Bök
Kultur spurns Ubu – thus Ubu pulls stunts. Ubu shuns
Skulptur: Uruk urns (plus busts),
...
FROM DEAF REPUBLIC
Ilya Kaminsky
1.
Such is the story made of stubbornness and a little air,
a story sung by those
...
Ilya Kaminsky
1.
Such is the story made of stubbornness and a little air,
a story sung by those
...
FROM EVA SOUNNESS: 1929
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
1s 11d for a yard of rayon —
Eva stares at the pinks and greens
in the draper’s
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
1s 11d for a yard of rayon —
Eva stares at the pinks and greens
in the draper’s
...
FROM EVA SOUNNESS: DON'T CALL ME GRANDMA
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
“Don’t call me Grandma
when I’m in here
call me old witch Eva”—...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
“Don’t call me Grandma
when I’m in here
call me old witch Eva”—
FROM EVA SOUNNESS: FARMGIRL MARRIES
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
BRIGHT-EYED SUSIE DROPS BOMBSHELL.
There, at the dining room table, she lets it fall,...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
BRIGHT-EYED SUSIE DROPS BOMBSHELL.
There, at the dining room table, she lets it fall,
FROM EVA SOUNNESS: KEEPING HER MOUTH SHUT
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
It is an act
Eva becomes practiced in—
pressing her lips together,
clamping her
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
It is an act
Eva becomes practiced in—
pressing her lips together,
clamping her
...
FROM EVA SOUNNESS: LEAVING THE GOLDFIELDS
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Eva sits on the train. She is watching the crowd
at the station, the precise
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Eva sits on the train. She is watching the crowd
at the station, the precise
...
FROM EVA SOUNNESS: SATURDAY NIGHT DANCES
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
There is a type of man at the Saturday dances
who generally stands in the corner discussing
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
There is a type of man at the Saturday dances
who generally stands in the corner discussing
...
FROM EVA SOUNNESS: THE WAR COMES HOME
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
When the war begins
Eva is feeding her first daughter, Robin, oat porridge
boiled soft
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
When the war begins
Eva is feeding her first daughter, Robin, oat porridge
boiled soft
...
FROM INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THE ROYAL EXAMINERS IN THE STATE OF CHI
Peter Boyle
Examine the candidate’s state of mind
as he inscribed the answers to all of the above
and
...
Peter Boyle
Examine the candidate’s state of mind
as he inscribed the answers to all of the above
and
...
FROM LIANG YUE XIAN: RUN
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Sometimes life
narrows down
to this
a path
cut shoulder-wide
into grass...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Sometimes life
narrows down
to this
a path
cut shoulder-wide
into grass
FROM LIANG YUE XIAN: THE LETTER
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
How it sits in his hands.
“Who’s it from?”
Her son looks away.
“Susan.”...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
How it sits in his hands.
“Who’s it from?”
Her son looks away.
“Susan.”
FROM LIANG YUE XIAN: THE PRICE OF A MARRIAGE
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
“A softness of the head!”
she must have thought on the nights
when he didn’t come
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
“A softness of the head!”
she must have thought on the nights
when he didn’t come
...
FROM LIANG YUE XIAN: TRUCE
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
It was as if someone said stop. Just like that. Stop.
Stop. And it did. And they all walked
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
It was as if someone said stop. Just like that. Stop.
Stop. And it did. And they all walked
...
FROM LINES FOR ÁLVARO DE CAMPOS
Peter Sirr
All night I have dreamt of tobacco,
of a world filled with smoke
and governed by
...
Peter Sirr
All night I have dreamt of tobacco,
of a world filled with smoke
and governed by
...
FROM METALS WITH A MEMORY TO BRILLIANT LIGHT-EMITTING SOLIDS
David Harsent
Before daybreak and we were in among rocks,
rocks and sandy earth, very dry, carrying bags and
...
David Harsent
Before daybreak and we were in among rocks,
rocks and sandy earth, very dry, carrying bags and
...
FROM MOYVIEW
Michelle O'Sullivan
Shadows graze the small island
and the small heads of horses
bending into the grassy
...
Michelle O'Sullivan
Shadows graze the small island
and the small heads of horses
bending into the grassy
...
FROM MY FOREHEAD
Alice Notley
He seems to be in front helping me look out
of my foreheaded self. Listen to me:
...
Alice Notley
He seems to be in front helping me look out
of my foreheaded self. Listen to me:
FROM NORTHERN SOUL
Ron Silliman
Up Quay St
to Deansgate
then over
to Victoria Station,
Northern Rail...
Ron Silliman
Up Quay St
to Deansgate
then over
to Victoria Station,
Northern Rail
FROM PHARMACOPOEIA
Elisabeth Bletsoe
Stinking Iris (Iris Foetidissima)
Kilve
sea-cliffs &
a green confluence of
...
Elisabeth Bletsoe
Stinking Iris (Iris Foetidissima)
Kilve
sea-cliffs &
a green confluence of
...
FROM RICHMOND HILL
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Home from hospital, you doze in my arm, milk-drunk,
all eyelashes, cheeks and raw umbilical,
...
Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Home from hospital, you doze in my arm, milk-drunk,
all eyelashes, cheeks and raw umbilical,
...
FROM SECOND SETT
Peter Riley
I
Heaps of fruit piled up against the houses
grandfathers piled up in the ground...
Peter Riley
I
Heaps of fruit piled up against the houses
grandfathers piled up in the ground
FROM SEVEN STRANGELY EXCITING LIES
Denise Riley
vii Disintegrate me
There was such brilliance lifting off the sea, its aquamarine
...
Denise Riley
vii Disintegrate me
There was such brilliance lifting off the sea, its aquamarine
...
FROM SHHH
Peter Sirr
The counter intelligence community registers its disquiet
too many of us now, too much
...
Peter Sirr
The counter intelligence community registers its disquiet
too many of us now, too much
...
FROM SUMMER, SOMEWHERE
Danez Smith
somewhere, a sun. below, boys brown
as rye play the dozens & ball, jump
in
...
Danez Smith
somewhere, a sun. below, boys brown
as rye play the dozens & ball, jump
in
...
FROM TELEPHONE
Ailbhe Darcy
3
What’s given by the blast
is deep rain, an orgy of worms. Trees
shake
...
Ailbhe Darcy
3
What’s given by the blast
is deep rain, an orgy of worms. Trees
shake
...
FROM THE BOOK OF AFTERNOON SLEEPS, BY LIVIU CAMPANU
Patrick McGuinness
That dream again: I’m hooked up to a transparent drip
full of hours, to replace the
...
Patrick McGuinness
That dream again: I’m hooked up to a transparent drip
full of hours, to replace the
...
FROM THE DRESSING-ROOM
Medbh McGuckian
Left to itself, they say, every foetus
Would turn female, staving in, nature
Siding then
...
Medbh McGuckian
Left to itself, they say, every foetus
Would turn female, staving in, nature
Siding then
...
FROM THE FRONT
Laurie Duggan
Fixed ideas arrive on the beach;
as the storm falters
they disport themselves,
...
Laurie Duggan
Fixed ideas arrive on the beach;
as the storm falters
they disport themselves,
...
FROM THE LOVE MAKERS: CLIMBING UP THE LADDER OF LOVE
Alan Wearne
Time, the late 70s. The speaker is Sue Dobson, a young journalist in an affair with John McTaggart,
...
Alan Wearne
Time, the late 70s. The speaker is Sue Dobson, a young journalist in an affair with John McTaggart,
...
FROM THE LOVE MAKERS: LOVELIFE (V) ROGER OR OF LOVE AND ITS ANGER
Alan Wearne
23 ‘How Affairs Succeed’
...
Alan Wearne
23 ‘How Affairs Succeed’
...
FROM THE PEARL WORKS
Conor O'Callaghan
Little Yang Sing, Yuzu, Hunan, Wong Wong, Imperial Siam:
all those bright syllables cascading
...
Conor O'Callaghan
Little Yang Sing, Yuzu, Hunan, Wong Wong, Imperial Siam:
all those bright syllables cascading
...
FROM THE TOWER
Heather McHugh
Insanity is not a want of reason.
It is reason’s overgrowth, a calculating kudzu.
...
Heather McHugh
Insanity is not a want of reason.
It is reason’s overgrowth, a calculating kudzu.
FROM THE TOWER AT THE TOP OF THE WINDING STAIRS
Stephen Dunn
It seemed that the mountains of Vermont were hunchbacks
ringing their own silent bells, and
...
Stephen Dunn
It seemed that the mountains of Vermont were hunchbacks
ringing their own silent bells, and
...
FROM THEORY TO PULSE
Luke Davies
Because that force through green fuse drives all flowers
(which we would call the greater
...
Luke Davies
Because that force through green fuse drives all flowers
(which we would call the greater
...
FROM VOCABLE
Philip Gross
Ninety now, you’re adrift on the vowel-stream,
the crisp edge of all your five languages
...
Philip Gross
Ninety now, you’re adrift on the vowel-stream,
the crisp edge of all your five languages
...
FROM ‘AT THE TIME OF PARTITION’
Moniza Alvi
Part 4: Ever After
Ever after
she heard it as an echo
in her
...
Moniza Alvi
Part 4: Ever After
Ever after
she heard it as an echo
in her
...
FROSTBITE
Hailey Leithauser
Less a nip than gnaw, the way a goat,
tethered, will ruminate a rope; the way...
Hailey Leithauser
Less a nip than gnaw, the way a goat,
tethered, will ruminate a rope; the way
FRUIT IN SEASON 1: EATING LOQUATS IN THE SPRING RAIN
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Ripe at last. The spindly nondescript tree
at the front of the church has finally taken some
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Ripe at last. The spindly nondescript tree
at the front of the church has finally taken some
...
FRUIT IN SEASON 2: WHAT RHYMES WITH . . .
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
peaches? Beaches. A peach of a beach.
Gracetown in summer. A soft fur of heat
over
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
peaches? Beaches. A peach of a beach.
Gracetown in summer. A soft fur of heat
over
...
FRUIT IN SEASON 3: IN AUTUMN I TAKE UP MY KNIFE
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
The view from the kitchen sink takes in the garden,
the fence, the tall trees in the valley,
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
The view from the kitchen sink takes in the garden,
the fence, the tall trees in the valley,
...
FRUIT IN SEASON 4: PRAYER IN MID WINTER
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Just over the fence, the neighbour’s mandarin
lifts dark green branches to a low grey sky....
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Just over the fence, the neighbour’s mandarin
lifts dark green branches to a low grey sky.
FRUTOS
Eugénio de Andrade
Pêssegos, peras, laranjas,
morangos, cerejas, figos,
maçãs, melão, melancia,
ó música de
...
Eugénio de Andrade
Pêssegos, peras, laranjas,
morangos, cerejas, figos,
maçãs, melão, melancia,
ó música de
...
FUGIT AMOR
Catherine Phil MacCarthy
At the Musée Rodin I looked for us
among the lovers. We were never that
fierce,
...
Catherine Phil MacCarthy
At the Musée Rodin I looked for us
among the lovers. We were never that
fierce,
...
FULGET CRUCIS MYSTERIUM
Paulo Teixeira
Estas são as cartas de casa. Soltas as velas
que partem sobre o grande escudo das águas
a
...
Paulo Teixeira
Estas são as cartas de casa. Soltas as velas
que partem sobre o grande escudo das águas
a
...
FULL FLIGHT
Bob Hicok
I’m in a plane that will not be flown into a building.
It’s a SAAB 340, seats 40, has two
...
Bob Hicok
I’m in a plane that will not be flown into a building.
It’s a SAAB 340, seats 40, has two
...
FÚRIAS
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Escorraçadas do pecado e do sagrado
Habitam agora a mais íntima humildade
Do quotidiano.
...
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Escorraçadas do pecado e do sagrado
Habitam agora a mais íntima humildade
Do quotidiano.
...
FUTURO
Porfirio Barba Jacob
Decid cuando yo muera… (¡y el día esté lejano!):
Soberbio y desdeñoso, pródigo y turbulento,
...
Porfirio Barba Jacob
Decid cuando yo muera… (¡y el día esté lejano!):
Soberbio y desdeñoso, pródigo y turbulento,
...
FUŽINSKI TRGI
Peter Semolič
so oaze tihote, oaze miru,
ko noc na vzhodu bledi.
Fužinski trgi so bledi
...
Peter Semolič
so oaze tihote, oaze miru,
ko noc na vzhodu bledi.
Fužinski trgi so bledi
...
POET
Wayne Holloway-Smith
Emily Hasler Wayne Holloway-Smith’s poetry is curious in both senses. It is eccentric and …
POET
Mary Jean Chan
Emily Hasler Mary Jean Chan is a poet, editor and critic whose work is at once incisive and …
POET
Keith Jarrett
Emily Hasler Keith Jarrett is a poet, fiction writer and educator from London. His poetry …
POET
Anthony Anaxagorou
Emily Hasler Anthony Anaxagorou’s poetry tackles the personal and the political in a …
POET
Yumi Fuzuki
Jordan A. Y. Smith Yumi Fuzuki 文月悠光 (b. 1991) is one of the youngest recipients of the Gendai Shi Techō …
ARTICLE
Sheltered Garden: Women Poets in China
Ming Di Who remembers Wang Zhaojun (c52-15 BCE) as the first woman poet in China? She might …
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