A Maritime VocabularyBy Zoë Skouldingwhat travessia/trip/travesia/trajet traverses the wreck/naufragio/naufragio/naufrageof language underwater...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesArts & SciencesLanguage & Linguistics
Watershed and Shield ReminiscenceBy Liz HowardAmid moonscape railingscognition drained its basinone brother was bornon land black from the mineall...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsAnxiety & Insecurity
The Haunted HouseBy Felicia Dorothea HemansSee’st thou yon gray gleaming hall,Where the deep elm-shadows fall?Voices that have left the earth Long...LivingDeathSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaMythology & FolkloreGhosts & the SupernaturalHalloweenStanza FormsRhymed StanzaGrief + 4 more
Social Skills TrainingBy Solmaz SharifStudies suggest How may I help you officer? is the single most disarming thing to say and not What's...Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsGrief
Against Heaven ["I used to pray to a man-faced god"]By Kemi AlabiI used to pray to a man-faced god.Kept his whip beneath my bed.Set alarms for daybreak lashings.Pressed...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityReligionFaith & DoubtLivingLife ChoicesSorrow & GrievingThe Mind
Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut GroveBy Rita Dovelate, in aqua and ermine, gardeniasscaling her left sleeve in a spasm of scent,her gloves white, her...Social CommentariesPopular CultureRace & EthnicityHistory & PoliticsRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesJobs & WorkingArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmTechniquesConsonance + 5 more
The City in Which I Love YouBy Li-Young LeeAnd when, in the city in which I love you,even my most excellent song goes unanswered,and I mount the...LoveDesire & PassionSocial CommentariesCities & Urban LifeRelationshipsMen & WomenTechniquesImageryMetaphorPassion + 3 more
Night MirrorBy Li-Young LeeLi-Young, don’t feel lonelywhen you look upinto great night and findyourself the far face peeringhugely...The MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaTime & Brevity
CarrotBy Leah Naomi GreenTake all summer,your ember from the sun,its walking meditation. Store it in smallvaults of light to ...NatureActivitiesGardeningOptimism
La hormona de la oscuridadBy Tilsa OttaUn club nocturno no hace un veranoMas creo en el perreoEterno recreoEn la agitación de la masa críticaInclin...History & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesOptimism
The Hormone of DarknessBy Tilsa OttaA nightclub doesn’t make a summerI believe more in perreoPlay everlastingIn the agitation of a critical...History & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesRelationshipsOptimism
“Daddy Yankee escribió”By Tilsa OttaDaddy Yankee escribió: “El chico sabe que esto es lo que hace el tiempo que separa los niños de los ...
“Daddy Yankee wrote”By Tilsa OttaDaddy Yankee wrote: “The boy knows this is what it does Time separates boys from men. The boy knows ...
River PiecesBy Don Domanski*clouds creak in the skyherons creak in the sky. *the dark approaches itselffrom all sides once againthe...NatureLandscapes & PastoralsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsMelancholy & Despair
Shallow EstuaryBy Stuart CookeClick the image above to access the JPG of this visual poem so you can zoom to read the text. A plain...
Stream LoggersBy Karen HouleOne man and one woman park the government Jeepon the gravel shoulder of the Grand River watershed.Paired...NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsMen & WomenArts & SciencesSciences
Disentangling a Gray WhaleBy Maya KhoslaWater minus air becomes wound.Her blowhole, bursts of breathing,trapped in an endless curtain of nettingand...NatureAnimalsSeas, Rivers, & StreamsHistory & Politics
The Wild Old Wicked ManBy William Butler Yeats'Because I am mad about women I am mad about the hills,' Said that wild old wicked man Who travels where...LoveDesire & PassionReligionLivingGrowing OldThe Body