passing the hospital—the world was drenched, wet gold with sun. Everywhere, hazards. Unprecedented flooding. The air […]
Marlee Gaffey
Who could say for sure? You see it as you pass by: eyes sinking into a […]
The Bend by Fina García Marruz, translated by Katherine M. ...
No neat bales tally the end of winter’s ledger. Instead, my father’s dog, an arabesque in […]
Winter Solstice by Jennifer Key
So about your clothes: take them off. Gods in drag sing unabashedly inside each familiar, splitting […]
The Tao that can be Named is not the Tao ...
In the sky left by clouds two birds quarrel with vastness farther away the night curls […]
in the sky left by clouds by Georges Rose, translated ...
Wang Wei Empty mountain. No one in sight Only the echo of voices in the air […]
Deer Enclosure by Wang Wei and Pei Di, translated by ...
Eat freely of these when the orchards are heavy with seckels. Each time the bitter comes […]
Every Green Thing I Have Given by Sarah Bloom
Sometimes it hurts down here, worse than stepping on a snake, more than the trail of […]
Red Orpheus by Michelle Bitting
Wang Wei Side path in the shade of scholar trees Secluded shadows heaped with thick green […]
Scholar Tree Path by Wang Wei and Pei Di, translated ...
there is nothing left of your body except ashes in an urn on a mantel not […]
Invocation by Steve Bellin-Oka
Snow and silence thrill me, open sky shaking salt on its fierce meat: the savage trees, […]
Nearer by Michelle Bitting
Not crows but the land they glean come fall and me in that place, wearing another […]