Any person who is diseased, maimed, mutilated, or in any way deformed, so as to be an unsightly […] American Ugly by heidi andrea restrepo rhodesAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged heidi andrea restrepo rhodes by Wendy Chen
Don’t let the tiny man fool you. Godless, he was godless in rehearsals. One time he locked all […] Prince’s Trombone Player Coughs up a Cat by Oak MorseAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged Oak Morse by Wendy Chen
a grammar like sand:particulates erodinglike skin from a hand. See how the hills keepgetting looser, lower. The language […] This Land Has by Angelo MaoAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged Angelo Mao by Wendy Chen
The hour that all the other hourshave waited, in a hurry, for. It’s toolate to call them back […] Evening Aubade by Grace LiAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged Grace Li by Wendy Chen
“California” is a force—its minimalism enthralls in a time when clean lines everywhere are marred by grief and, […] Judge’s Citation by CM BurroughsAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged Alfredo Aguilar / CM Burroughs by Wendy Chen
I don’t watch myself, others watch then draw. You drawme with your lens— it asks where my skin […] Film Studies III by Tawanda MulaluAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged Tawanda Mulalu by Wendy Chen
Van Gogh’s ear is lying now without Zyrtec in a field abstracted here into this concerto for a […] Ear by Tawanda MulaluAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged Tawanda Mulalu by Wendy Chen
Begin as always with a voice. How long can a frog in a well last? The well is […] Symphony by Tawanda MulaluAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged Tawanda Mulalu by Wendy Chen
after Jostein Gaarder This morning the kitchen is problematic. Every burner on the stove is a capitalist.I […] The World by Tawanda MulaluAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged Tawanda Mulalu by Wendy Chen
Tawanda Mulalu was born in Gaborone, Botswana. He is the author of the chapbook Nearness, forthcoming from The […] Elegy by Tawanda MulaluAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged Tawanda Mulalu by Wendy Chen
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes is a queer, disabled, brown/Colombian poet, scholar, and cultural worker. Her collection The Inheritance […] inherit the kingdom by heidi andrea restrepo rhodesAugust 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged heidi andrea restrepo rhodes by Wendy Chen
(after Tarfia Faizullah; for the Disappeared) Rice? That is what we are expected to sing about, and […] Quantum Subversion Ghazal Beginning with the Violence of Rice and ...August 14, 2021 in TQ24 Poetry Prize tagged heidi andrea restrepo rhodes by Wendy Chen