You need nerve to spread your life out on the floor: mother’s handwriting, tombstones, mammoth bones, […] In Bad Weather by Beth MarzoniNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Beth Marzoni by Wendy Chen
Only one way. The house. The body. What hisses, what gnaws—how to see what I’m meant […] Arbor Vitae by Gary McDowellNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Gary McDowell by Wendy Chen
The moon cracks itself over this city and probes the streets. I want to steal its […] July Nocturne by Kathryn HaemmerleNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Kathryn Haemmerle by Wendy Chen
I gathered shirtfuls of shells, pleated circle skirts of red plastic & copper, spent casings, the […] Before the Sound Began to Vanish by torrin a. greathouseNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged torrin a. greathouse by Wendy Chen
Blessed are the stargazers, for I will multiply their light {as the krill in the sea […] God the Mother Speaks of Cosmolatry by Dayna PattersonNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Dayna Patterson by Wendy Chen
Tie the body. In knots. Against itself. How to undress the horizon-line, the glint of after-fog […] How to Settle by Gary McDowellNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Gary McDowell by Wendy Chen
Sawnie Morris’ collection Her, Infinite was winner of the 2016 New Issues Press Poetry Award […] Held by Water by Sawnie MorrisNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Sawnie Morris by Wendy Chen
Do you remember time-outs in your room for flapping your trap, the copy of How to […] Breaking the ring by Megan MerchantNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Megan Merchant by Wendy Chen
I give you what I don’t have. Strawberries in the mouths of birds. Unopened pomegranate […] In the Tradition of Women Who’ve Blessed Me to Transfer ...November 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Asa Drake by Wendy Chen
A tall man wipes ashes from his lips. “I’ll pay you,” he says. “If you’re […] Meditation on the Worth of Anything by Cynthia Dewi OkaNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Cynthia Dewi Oka by Wendy Chen
for my fellow Tulsa Artist Fellows Because a […] A Noble Parting Gift: Rose Rock by Clemonce HeardNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Clemonce Heard by Wendy Chen
I. I tried to repair the fractured vase with a hairline of glue, but my […] Learning My Lesson by Megan MerchantNovember 14, 2019 in TQ19 Poetry Prize tagged Megan Merchant by Wendy Chen