National Poetry Month: HEBREW LESSON: LICHBOSH by Marcela Sulak
Hebrew Lesson: Lichbosh by Marcela Sulak To conquer, occupy, preserve Before bowls and jugs existed there were clay walls around Jericho—its name means fragment, and sometimes, it means moon. How to enter it is crucial. Wise to have spies when you’re...
National Poetry Month: Am I going to get raped in the park where I read my mother’s poem by Anne Marie Rooney
Am I going to get raped in the park where I read my mother’s poem by Anne Marie Rooney Is that why they keep the gate locked so I can know not to enter I am every girl on a bicycle and my hair feels good I want to say salty but river beside me oils a...
National Poetry Month: ANATOMY (II) by Rachel Mennies
Anatomy (II) by Rachel Mennies Today I let a man touch me whose hands had been inside the dead. We make a habit of this: touching after anatomy lecture, after convocation with the cadavers, the basement of fumes and rubbery cold muscle. Together we reclaim the twin...
National Poetry Month: [ANNA] by Julie Carr
[Anna] by Julie Carr Finds a bird’s nest in a pile of leaves. Tightly wound scraps of the news. Carries it into the house and sets it on the table. After a while, she goes back out to play. The game she’s playing is called “Anna.” It’s a game in which...