Poem of the Day
The Phase After History
By Jorie Graham
Then two juncoes trapped in the house this morning.
The house like a head with nothing inside.
The voice says: come in.
Poetry: 2020s
from Sidetracks
By Bei Dao
the revolution needs a bigger space / so that the same tragedy cannot repeat itself
Lover of Cars
By Olivia Sokolowski
it was great to be a little sick with fear but / it’s better to be alive with a driver’s license
Noose soaked in orange blossom water
By Jolanda Insana
as long as we’re together and here / we’re poetrying
& Nothing Happens
By Katana Smith
sweetly going with death; away from / me; plastic bag extending into infinity
Aubade
By Yuki Tanaka
She helps her son detach the kneecap from the leg / and wash it in the stream.
Flip Side
By Mónica de la Torre
News / has it that late in the month the sun had an outburst
As for What the Rain Can Do
By D. A. Powell
play a little music on the rooftop / get a body good and wet
Rumor
By Nora Claire Miller
just go crazy, I say now to the flower
Cat in Portrait
By Mirta Rosenberg
One dreams / with cats / when one / is outside oneself.
Summer Letters
By Lewis Meyers
While I wrote, a butterfly, that critic, rode my wrist.