Buddhist Pine

Chen Yuhong (translated from the Chinese by George O'Connell & Diana Shi)
A form so classical withstands weather and the flickered shadow of a passing butterfly.
from the journal Asymptote

In our series Other Arts, we’ve invited poets to write about their experiences with other art forms and how those experiences have resulted in the making of poetry.

Mathias Svalina on "Thank You Terror"
Photo: Mathias Svalina
Mathias Svalina
We thank the world  by living. We pray    in rust & suture
Brittany Rogers
I ordered the Fenty months before the last birth, after the miscarriage drug grief by its mangy neck and left the remains—
Friederike Mayröcker (translated from the German by Alexander Booth)
                it tasted / good to me, last night a lukewarm potato                 with skin, a lot, the tears, namely, the tears the pearl                 necklace of tears,
Gabriel Palacios
I buckle my baby go decorate my best friend's grave
Patricio Ferrari
brain upon brain check, strapped leather, locked

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