The lesson here is one of living in or on one another
so as to build, maintain, and defend.
Juliana Spahr
from the book
Ars Poeticas /
Wesleyan
In our occasional series, Building Community, we spotlight connections between our work on the page and our work in the community. In each issue, we pair a poem and writing prompt from our featured poet with an interview that explores what poetry brings to our neighborhoods, cities, and the wider world — and what community makes possible for poetry itself.
- July 9, 2025
Ghinwa Jawhari
my mother waited on her
mother, then us, then whites
- July 8, 2025
Małgorzata Lebda (translated from the Polish by Mira Rosenthal)
It's the job of the senses to transition into words.
They tend to be those like: chestnut, cardamom, chalk,
- July 7, 2025
Kai Ihns
I was afraid to die because i wanted to see you again
suck out the middle and repeat it
- July 6, 2025
Hee-June Choi
House doors were left unlocked:
what thief would steal an empty bag of rice?
- July 5, 2025
Luca D’Anselmi
close doorways so old memories won't try
to whisper doubtful nothings down the halls
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