The Arc of a Rocket is Louder
“the lover licks the lover’s silver tooth like a seafarer / pointing to the south we are alpha centauri”
A SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS WITH ■ AS PROXY
“■² opens me up to dine w/ wolves, ■³ is a phlebotomist ■⁴ a carnivorous flower / any further ■’s are ≥ gods”
by the pond
By Thomas Guo
“our names pierced through the pond’s surface tension / now fortified by the backs of algae.”
The Angel Runs for Office
“the angel spends / his afternoons, ears pressed to the dirt, cataloging their theologies.”
Featured Poetry
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2025 Palette Poetry Prize: Winners & Finalists
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Ribcage and Ribbon
“But isn’t it beautiful how I corral / the rifts with / metaphors? How I language / worry with wreaths”
Florilegium #1
By Sara Dudo
“Florilegium” is an explorative column by nature enthusiast, poet, adjunct instructor, and Palette’s associate editor Sara Dudo. With one foot in the literary world and the other in the horticultural, Sara will examine writing and poetry through the lens of collection, both of literary gathering and literal gathering of flowers, plants, maps, insects, and more.