It was madeira, sixty bottles, Washington ordered for his friends their final evening in Philadelphia.
Two Poems by Jóanes Nielsen, Translated from Faroese
"Nightsong," and "A Song of Heath and Fire," two poems by Jóanes Nielsen translated from Faroese.
Trying to Liberate the Firefly
I have been trying to liberate the firefly. I have been trying to confirm my humanity.
Four Found Poems from the Central American Migrant Trail
Four found poems based on the author's time spent working with Central American migrants and asylum seekers in Mexico in 2017.
Where Now: An Interview with Laura Kasischke
The poet Laura Kasischke discusses David Lynch, transcendental meditation, and the future of the Internet.
EVOLVE 2018
4 Poems
Earthworm My mornings come fraught with bushwhackings and darkness. Speechless and blind, the rewards prove inadequate: the never-ending mouthfuls of filth. A pear-shaped brain. Fulllength...
EVOLVE 2018
Coda
Somnambulant towns sleep in/ rag-soft death,/ lunar hypotonic bounce,/ dollhead loll―
Aging:
Poetry by Kate Nitze
Aging I unstrangle. Dangle a little burnt bacon at the back door to see if a determined part of me floats up the stairs,...
Winter Contest:
Winners and Finalists
Columbia Journal is delighted to announce the winners and finalists of our 2017 Winter Contest. We received an overwhelming number of submissions, and were blown...
“A Canticle for Wild Dogs”
by Connor Yeck
note: Conor Yeck is a finalist in Columbia Journal’s 2017 Winter Contest. A Canticle for Wild Dogs cried pleasures of an animal night. I...
LOVE ISSUE2 Poems by Jed Myers
Enough —for A You couldn’t come sooner, I know. I couldn’t either—rough traffic, chance and history. That...
LOVE ISSUE3 Poems by Lindsay Illich
Mama Explains the Exteriority of Invention (The Talk) 1. When she told me what the body becomes in the hands of another body, I saw...