Olentangy River, 2019
“god bless, then, the poisonous / carp these fishermen toss // back into the river,”
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Stevie Wonder boulevard
By Tamar Ashdot
“music spills out of a storefront across the street. / the space is filled with sienna subway tiled walls and sugars / in glass jars”
This Little Piggy Went to the Market
“This little piggy listens to murder podcasts while she paints her nails. // This little piggy listens to BTS and makes vegan enchiladas from scratch. // This little piggy also has nightmares about wolves.”
2024 Rising Poet Prize: Winners & Finalists
Please join us in congratulating these remarkable poets. Winners were selected by Morgan Parker.
Prayers of a Young Immigrant
By Zia Wang
“4:45 am, one more prayer before going back to sleep, thirty-three / amber tasbih beads warm between my fingers”
Entry / Exit / The Aesthetics of Ins and Outs
Most of us might not have considered entries and exit in a poetic context, but one way or the other, if we’re writing poetry, we’ve used them.
The entry: opening line or sentence of the poem.
The exit: closing line or sentence of the poem.
These two lines might feel simple or obvious, but they hold as much importance in a poem as a door holds in the purpose of a house.
Coyote Poem #2
“balance the worker’s wailing mother / against the motorist’s (coyote // howling in the distance)”
LOVERS ON FIRE IN A BOAT
“the many varieties of violence, platters of soft // and blue violence, vintage violence.”
Mom Wants Things
By Binh Tang
“untamed, and dusk engulfed in their eyes, / like fireworks, like burning choppers in the sky”