Moonbeam
“Baby, / each limb is a ray / of moon, draped / in sequins, poshness, / grandeur”
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SURGERY, HAVE YOU BEEN ON HORMONE THERAPY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS?
“5/ Getting on implied that / testosterone had a seat for me to sit upon, / was a place to rest. / Was possibly a waiting equine / already saddled up— / her brown nose breaking my heart.”
First Contact
“We are not god’s first children / after all. They are skin to skin, / the field in flux, the aura of earth.”
Brisbane River Rowing
By Vuong Pham
“Two branches reach toward each other. Golden whistlers sing / as if it were the first day of creation.”
Featured Poetry
We are so grateful to every poet who shares their work with us—please enjoy perusing the stunning work in our poetry archive.
Strange Attractor
“As the sun sets, the bright motes haze the sweetgrass and timothy, / like unshelled souls crowding a lie”
2026 Nature Poetry Prize: Winners & Finalists
Please join us in celebrating these amazing nature poems! Winners were selected by Kimiko Hahn.
Kingdom Animalia
“Horses are known to sleep / while standing up, as if their whole life // is a probable war.”