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Poem: the earth is a living thing

the earth is a liv­ing thing –Lucille Clifton From Col­lect­ed Poems of Lucille Clifton is a black sham­bling bear ruf­fling its wild back and toss­ing moun­tains into the sea is a black hawk cir­cling the bury­ing ground cir­cling the bones picked clean and discarded…

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Poem: Good Grief

Good Grief –KB Brookins after the 2021 Texas Win­ter Storm I’ll admit that I’ve nev­er thought about frost­bite. Trau­ma of the blood, a thing to be avoid­ed when heat goes out for an entire state. I don’t know where to place…

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Poem: They Sit Together on the Porch

They Sit Togeth­er on the Porch by Wen­dell Berry From A Tim­bered Choir They sit togeth­er on the porch, the dark Almost fall­en, the house behind them dark. Their sup­per done with, they have washed and dried The dishes–only two plates now, two glass­es, Two knives,…

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Poem: The Problem

The Prob­lem –Tay­lor Mali From What Learn­ing Leaves You’re the this that some­body ought to do some­thing about.       — Jef­frey McDaniel The guy in front of me try­ing to get on the sub­way who is block­ing my way onto the…

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Poem: Canary

Canary –Rita Dove From Grace Notes Bil­lie Hol­i­day’s burned voice had as many shad­ows as lights, a mourn­ful can­de­labra against a sleep piano, the gar­de­nia her sig­na­ture under that ruined face. (Now you’re cook­ing, drum­mer to bass, mag­ic spoon, mag­ic nee­dle. Take all day…

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Poem: To Hold

To Hold –Li-Young Lee From Behind My Eyes So we’re dust. In the mean­time, my wife and I make the bed. Hold­ing oppo­site edges of the sheet, we raise it, bil­low­ing, then pull it tight, mea­sur­ing by eye as it falls into align­ment between us.…

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