He has already beaten my mother,
my brother, and for the first time
has punched my son, who is now twenty
but in the dream is only six,
José A. Alcántara
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Threepenny Review Winter 2025
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Between The Covers
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University of Arizona Poetry Center
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Poetry Northwest
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McSweeney’s
“In his introduction Armitage draws our attention to the poem’s rich modern resonance, including its frankness about sex workers, who play a key role in bringing Enkidu to Uruk, its ecological…”
The Guardian
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The Rumpus
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The Conversation
“We look at language and the law, navigating thorny questions of language as a tool and as a weapon when it comes to treaties, to Land Back, and Layli’s art and writing practice engaging with it…”
Between The Covers
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On The Seawall
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The Guardian
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Poetry Northwest
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- November 5, 2026
Francis Dylan Waguespack
When the grid failed during The Storm, I re-arranged bowls
across the floor, my archipelago of last chances, drip-drops
from the spigot marking time, each ping an echo of my stut-
stuttering heartbeat.
- November 4, 2026
Lorna Crozier
Take the thickest socks.
Wherever you're going
you'll have to walk.
- November 3, 2026
Bleah Patterson
because she taught me butter, saute all of the butter
add all of the sugar
stir in all of the heavy cream
- November 2, 2026
Ahmad Shamlou (translated from the Persian by Niloufar Talebi)
Your embrace,
a close shelter to live in,
a place to die in,
- November 1, 2026
James Brunton
When I was a girl,
girl meant nothing
to me for a while,
and later, a mystery...
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