i want/ to reply/ about it all/ when/ you message me/ at 3am/ about/ the grasshopper/ on/ your/ toothbrush.
Orlando: June 12, 2016
The helicopter browses over/ the city on the verge of waking, a waterfall/ of alarm./ Where is everything you try not to see?
Bone Suite
Staring at these bones/ in the utter rhythm of sun/ they seem inevitable,/ but only might have been.
Two Poems by Armando Caicedo Translated from Spanish
Look at the map, the clock and the calendar.
The Wanting
Put simply, the wanting was for one thing only:
Poems by Bijan Elahi Translated from Farsi
Before cocks crowed I believed your eyelids opened dawn’s book.
Apophenia
I’m a little confused.
Review: New Selected Poems by Thom Gunn
Thom Gunn's work evokes an oozing liminality that is addressed in an interest in the body and masculinity—ranging from cowboys to Elvis.
Review: Beneath the Sleepless Tossing of the Planets by Makoto Ooka
A new edition of selected poems by Makoto Ooka, translated by Janine Beichman, is a treasure chest for lovers of Japanese poetry.
I Don’t Think I’ll Be Here Much Longer
It’s the wrong exit, and I’m lost on my way/ to Malibu Beach. I might not hear the freeway/ if the car windows were up.
Wulf & Eadwacer Translated from Old English
The poems below have been excerpted from a longer work called Wulf & Eadwacer, an experimental translation by M.L. Martin.
Three Poems by Stella Díaz Varín Translated from Spanish
These poems by Chilean poet Stella Díaz Varín are from her collection, 'Time, Imaginary Measure,' and have been translated from Spanish by Rebecca Levi.