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POETRY

Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published poetry gathered from each quarterly issue.

SUMMONED TO PERFORM AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT by Holaday Mason

September 22, 2024

WAG by Magda Andrews-Hoke

September 22, 2024

APOLOGY & NEW CAREER IN FLOWERS by Jane Feinsod

September 22, 2024

BEDSIDE by Victoria Korth

June 24, 2024

BODY DOUBLE by Autumn H. Thomas

June 24, 2024

WHAT USED TO BE MCCARRAN AIRPORT, LAS VEGAS by J.D. Isip

June 24, 2024

TWO POEMS by Brooke Harries

June 24, 2024

WHERE HAS AMELIA GONE WHERE HAS SHE BEEN by Kindall Fredricks

June 24, 2024

FAIRY SHRIMP by Richard Parisio

March 25, 2024

LIGERTOWN: HERALDIC ATTITUDE by Susan Goslee

March 25, 2024

AQUACULTURE QUARTET by Jess Yuan

March 25, 2024

THEY ARE CALLING YOU AND THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING by Michael Grinthal

March 25, 2024

SOMETIMES WE SPEAK TO OURSELVES by Peter Grandbois

March 25, 2024

QUESTION 1: HOW WILL YOU BECOME YOUR MOTHER by Sofia Sears

March 25, 2024

HOSPICE INTAKE by Luke Koesters

March 25, 2024

ANNIVERSARY POEM II by Matt Thomas

December 26, 2023

I MISSED ANOTHER DEADLINE BUT IT’S OKAY IT’S REALLY OKAY by Erin Mizrahi

December 26, 2023

EVERYWHERE THE WORLD IS GREEN AND DYING by Todd Robinson

December 26, 2023

MANGER, EMPTIED by Michelle Bitting

December 26, 2023

GERMANTOWN AVENUE SPEAKS by Yolanda Wisher

December 26, 2023

DRINK, ANYWAY, THE LIGHT by Ginger Ayla

December 26, 2023

TRANSNESS AS PERPETUAL PAPERBOY by Gideon Huan-Lang

December 26, 2023

IMMUNOTHERAPY by Eileen Toomey

September 28, 2023

LOCKDOWN, a pantoum by Penny Johnson

September 28, 2023

MUSIC TO DROWN BY, a shape poem by Maya Salameh

September 28, 2023

OCD SONNET #3 by Zachariah Claypole White

September 28, 2023

PARTHENOGENESIS by Clara Bush Vadala

September 28, 2023

grindr villanelle by Matt Broomfield

September 28, 2023

ENGAGEMENT CORONA by Jeff Pearson

September 28, 2023

FIVE STRETCHED SAPPHICS by Weijia Pan

September 28, 2023

GORGON SON by Geoffrey Billetter

September 28, 2023

CONTAINMENT FAILURE by Ky Lohrenz

CONTAINMENT FAILURE by Ky Lohrenz

June 29, 2023

IT NEVER SEEMED WRONG TO LOVE YOU, IT'S JUST THAT WE WERE HERONS by Lynn Finger

IT NEVER SEEMED WRONG TO LOVE YOU, IT’S JUST THAT WE WERE HERONS by Lynn Finger

June 28, 2023

COLLOQUY OF YOUNG MOTHERS ON VENANGO STREET by Leonard Kress

COLLOQUY OF YOUNG MOTHERS ON VENANGO STREET by Leonard Kress

June 28, 2023

AMONG THE WRECKAGE by Laura Ruby

June 28, 2023

JUNIPER POPLAR by Grayson Thompson

JUNIPER POPLAR by Grayson Thompson

June 28, 2023

MESENTERIC PANNICULITIS AT NINE MONTHS by Robin Kinzer

March 29, 2023

PISSER CLAM by Yujia Li

March 29, 2023

CREATION MYTH WITH CHORUS OF WORMS IN MY BRAIN by Jordan Ranft

March 29, 2023

TWO POEMS by Nathan Lipps

TWO POEMS by Nathan Lipps

March 29, 2023

THE SHAPE OF A FOG by Kevin Eguizabal

March 29, 2023

FOR PHIL by Michelle Bitting

September 26, 2022

O by Varun Shetty

September 26, 2022

SHOOTING BUCK by Lydia Downey

September 26, 2022

THAW by John Schneider

THAW by John Schneider

September 26, 2022

A LETTER FROM MY FATHER TO ME by Mimi Yang

June 24, 2022

POP SONG by Matt Thomas

POP SONG by Matt Thomas

June 24, 2022

TWO POEMS by Sadie Shorr-Parks

TWO POEMS by Sadie Shorr-Parks

June 24, 2022

TWO POEMS by Mitchell Untch

June 24, 2022

MEMORY REMAINS AS SKELETON by Mateo Perez Lara

June 24, 2022

a rust chewed pipe by Alex Wells Shapiro

June 24, 2022

A POEM WHEREIN I TRY, AND FAIL, TO IDENTIFY MY TUESDAY GENDER by Quinn Rennerfeldt

March 25, 2022

LEAVE NO TRACE by Robin Neidorf

March 25, 2022

DON’T KICK THE DOG by Philip Schaefer

DON’T KICK THE DOG by Philip Schaefer

March 25, 2022

EVEN THE DOGS by Ronda Broatch

EVEN THE DOGS by Ronda Broatch

March 25, 2022

BREAKFAST SOLILOQUY by William Erickson

March 25, 2022

From KENNINGS, Visual Erasures by Katrina Roberts

December 20, 2021

REGENERATION by Brenda Taulbee

REGENERATION by Brenda Taulbee

December 20, 2021

SHOW TUNES by Julie Benesh

December 20, 2021

I AM LOSING MY HANDS. by Kelley White

I AM LOSING MY HANDS. by Kelley White

December 20, 2021

TEENAGE ASTRONOMY by Karin Wraley Barbee

December 20, 2021

BEND AND TOUCH THE GRASS by Peter Grandbois

BEND AND TOUCH THE GRASS by Peter Grandbois

December 20, 2021

THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW by Maddie Baxter

December 20, 2021

MONOCULAR by Tingyu Liu

MONOCULAR by Tingyu Liu

September 23, 2021

SILVER FALLS by Melody Wilson

SILVER FALLS by Melody Wilson

September 23, 2021

BIOLUMINESCENCE by Sara Mae

BIOLUMINESCENCE by Sara Mae

September 23, 2021

SURVIVOR GUILT by Melody Wilson

SURVIVOR GUILT by Melody Wilson

September 23, 2021

FLOUNDER by Tom Laichas

FLOUNDER by Tom Laichas

September 23, 2021

flats by Danny Cooper

flats by Danny Cooper

September 23, 2021

manic / depressive by Savannah Slone

June 29, 2021

NITS by Marsha Blitzer

NITS by Marsha Blitzer

June 29, 2021

Shelter by Esther Ra

June 29, 2021

SMALL CONSOLATION by Diana Rickard

June 29, 2021

PAPER MACHE ON THE DRAIN by Soheon Rhee

June 29, 2021

AT A CAFÉ IN VICTORIA, BC TWO GREY-HAIRED MEN TALK ABOUT LOVE by Kate Peterson

AT A CAFÉ IN VICTORIA, BC TWO GREY-HAIRED MEN TALK ABOUT LOVE by Kate Peterson

March 29, 2021

LAST GESTURE by James Miller

March 29, 2021

LITTLE GRIEF SONG, JULY 2020 by Laura Tanenbaum

March 29, 2021

I AM THAT GROUP OF PICTURES OF SPIDERWEBS MADE BY SPIDERS ON DIFFERENT DRUGS by Valerie Loveland

I AM THAT GROUP OF PICTURES OF SPIDERWEBS MADE BY SPIDERS ON DIFFERENT DRUGS by Valerie Loveland

March 29, 2021

AMMONITES by Ann de Forest

AMMONITES by Ann de Forest

March 29, 2021

Anthony Aguero

BEING WHOLE AFTER A DIAGNOSIS by Anthony Aguero

December 17, 2020

THE SECOND STEP by Meggie Royer

December 17, 2020

AS TRANSPARENT AS IT GETS by Heikki Huotari

December 17, 2020

DISSECTION by Amy Beth Sisson

December 17, 2020

HAVANA, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 2020 by Peter Wear

December 17, 2020

travis tate author photo

WHERE I WAIT FOR YOU By travis tate

December 17, 2020

A sunflower at dusk in front of blue morning glory vines

SPEAKING OF SUNFLOWERS by Evan Anders

September 29, 2020

A forest in foggy light

MY LOVER STARTS SEEING by Chi Siegel

September 29, 2020

red liquid with bubbles, close up

THE PRICE OF HANDS by Brian Ellis

September 29, 2020

THE ESPERANZA PROJECT: A Collaboration of Sound and Words by Richard Casimir & Herman Beavers

September 29, 2020

A hand holding a coin

FIELD NOTES FOR THE MAGICIAN: SLEIGHT OF HAND by Rosemary Kitchen

September 29, 2020

A pair of sneakers with a mysterious shadow, in the rain

EIDOLON by Nicole Greaves

September 29, 2020

TWO POEMS by Jaewon Chang

June 29, 2020

SOULS FALLING INTO HELL LIKE SNOWFLAKES by Roy Bentley

June 29, 2020

THE WOMAN IN THE DREAM by Mirande Bissell

June 29, 2020

WALKING THROUGH THE UNDERWORLD by Stella Hayes

June 29, 2020

Blue gate with two locks

TWO POEMS by Juheon Rhee

March 29, 2020

a white wall with shadows and sunlight

BLESSING ONE: BLESS ME by Sherine Elise Gilmour

March 29, 2020

Windows with curtains, exterior view, night time

AUTUMN’S RECKONING by John Middlebrook

March 29, 2020

keys, lighter, pocket watch, watch, pen on a desktop in dim light

SORRY TO BE LATE by Marc Harshman

March 29, 2020

abstract image of cracked phone screen in black, purple, and magenta

AUTO CORRECTED by Jackie Craven

March 29, 2020

starry night above a large city

STARRY NIGHT CREDIT CARD by J Pascutazz

March 29, 2020

birds flying overhead

IN SOME ALIEN PRAIRIE by Alice Hall

December 29, 2019

TWO POEMS by Jeremy Radin

December 29, 2019

image of a field at sunrise

FIELD WORK by Nathan Lipps

December 29, 2019

black and white image of a girl on the beach

AMOR FATI by Tina Barr

September 16, 2019

Close up of a toad's face

WESTERN SPADEFOOT by Michael Rerick

September 16, 2019

dark image of lilac flowers

LAST SUMMER AT SUMMERLAND by Dana Fang

September 16, 2019

17th c tulip painting

SILO by Meggie Royer

September 16, 2019

Houses in Aarhus, Denmark

DEAR CITY by Poul Lynggaard Damgaard

September 16, 2019

green door, doorbell

PSYCHOLOGY OF THE UNEXPECTED, WITH FRIENDS by Peter Leight

September 16, 2019

blue water

AQUIFER by Thomas Cook

September 16, 2019

white car, aerial view

HOW IT IS by Alison Hicks

September 16, 2019

a hand holding a biscuit

BISCUIT POEM by Sophia Friis

September 16, 2019

BW image of two figures with shadows

BESIDES YOURSELF by Jean-Mark Sens

September 16, 2019

yellow umbrella hovering over a lake

TWO POEMS by Andrew Hamilton

September 16, 2019

sunset colors

SONNET FOR ALEXANDRIA by Benjamin Renne

September 16, 2019

FORCE: 2nd GRADE by Jessica Cuello

June 3, 2019

Close-up of a black ant on a leaf before a blue background

THE ANT LIEUTENANT TELLS ME OF HIS RETURN by David Callan

June 3, 2019

silhouette of a man smoking

I MET MY LONG LOST BROTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR. by Dyllan Moran

June 3, 2019

Blurry out-of-focus snow

ORIGINATING WORLDS by Robert Lietz

June 3, 2019

Image of strawberries from Luther Burbank

DELTA 29: EVERY LEVEL A LINE, EVERY LINE A FISHERMAN’S NET BAG OF NO LONGERS. by David Koehn

June 3, 2019

a grey pigeon against a black background

ON THE MYSTERIOUS NOISE OUT OF VIEW OF THE BEDROOM WINDOW by Anne Price

June 3, 2019

A female human hand holding a chameleon lizard

A CHAMELEON IS A LIZARD IS A CONSTELLATION IS AN INCONSTANT PERSON by Lauren Jacquish

June 3, 2019

Dandelion puffball against black background

VALENTINE’S (EMILY II) by Sophie Herron

June 3, 2019

a heavy gray chain against a black background

MASTER by Simon Shieh

June 3, 2019

Close up of a dragonfly

BAYOU by Kathryn V. Jacopi

June 3, 2019

Two Cane Corso dogs sitting on a log

TWO POEMS by Michelle Dominique Burk

June 3, 2019

rose flower in greytones

ROSE by Anne Garwig

June 3, 2019

CORPORATE CLIFF by Lauren Bender

March 27, 2019

Black and white image of a broken eggshell

THE DAMAGE IS THE TRUTH by Roy White

March 27, 2019

THE ORDINARY IS WORTH INVESTIGATION by Catherine Chen

March 27, 2019

Two Poems by Will Stanier

March 27, 2019

Man's arm upraised against a dark background

TWO POEMS by Simon Perchik

March 27, 2019

FRESCO by Joan Larkin

March 27, 2019

CHAPTER ONE: METHODS OF THE INNOCENT by Phoebe Reeves

March 27, 2019

ZOË by Brigit Andersson

March 27, 2019

GAMELAN by Allison Hummel

March 27, 2019

INSTEAD by Glenn Ingersoll

March 27, 2019

heat wave by mud howard

March 27, 2019

TWO POEMS by Barbara Daniels

March 27, 2019

LINES ON THE WAY TO A MARCH by Dan Kraines

March 27, 2019

PAX ROMANA by Christopher Blackman

December 4, 2018

LIBERTY/LIBERTY by Leia Darwish

December 4, 2018

STONEHENGE by Erik Fuhrer

December 4, 2018

the juvenile connection by Kathleen Hellen

December 4, 2018

THREE POEMS by James Grinwis

December 4, 2018

TERMS AND CONDITIONS by Heather Holmes

December 4, 2018

THE TOWER IN OUR CITY by Peter Leight

December 4, 2018

CYANOTYPE by Michelle Matthees

December 4, 2018

WITH EACH PASSING DAY, THE MORE by D.R. Shipp

December 4, 2018

THE GRAVE YOUR AMBITION DIGS FOR ITSELF by Gabriel Welsch

December 4, 2018

PLURISY by Joseph Harms

September 5, 2018

THE REST by Kimberly Grabowski Strayer

September 5, 2018

CARTE BLANCHE by Maya Owen

September 5, 2018

IN NEED OF A SHOWER by Thomas Osatchoff

September 5, 2018

REMEDY by Jen Rouse

September 5, 2018

THREE POEMS by Darren C. Demaree

September 5, 2018

AUTOMATON AUBADE by Cynthia Atkins

September 5, 2018

VIDEO ALTARPIECE (3) by Judson Evans

September 5, 2018

QUESTIONS OF CURRENT ATMOSPHERE by Caroline J. Davidson

September 5, 2018

PERPETUAL WONDERMENT by Alexis Petri

September 5, 2018

THE FEMMINIELLO by Joy Belonger

September 5, 2018

GIANT POSSUM DRAWS CROWD IN NICETOWN by Khaleel Gheba

September 5, 2018

NOVEMBER, THE REALIST by James McKee

September 5, 2018

variation 32 by Doug Bolling

September 5, 2018

where we come from by Patricia Hartland

September 5, 2018

PENIS ENVY by Susan Celia Greenfield

September 5, 2018

ANATOMY OF A MONARCA by Antonio Lopez

August 8, 2018

CHORUS by Mary Lou Buschi

June 6, 2018

[A BLOCKED VALVE FACILITATES PRAYER. A BLOCKED AIRWAY INSPIRES A] by Levi Andalou

June 6, 2018

THOSE STRIKING SHADES I :: THE MAGICIAN. by Cait Weiss Orcutt

June 6, 2018

THE HIGH ROAD TO TIFFIN by Jake Montgomery

June 6, 2018

THE SECOND MOTION by Elaine Cannell

June 6, 2018

TO EACH HER OWN by Natalie Kawam

June 6, 2018

LATE NIGHT THOUGHTS by Jonathan Louis Duckworth

June 6, 2018

EXECUTION by Hussain Ahmed

June 6, 2018

[IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BANJO –THIS CHAIR] by Simon Perchik

June 6, 2018

THE RELIC ROOM by William Wells

June 6, 2018

THE DAY AFTER BRAHMA OPENED ONE EYE by Nicole Burney

March 22, 2018

SUNSPOTS by Julia Leverone

March 22, 2018

PATCHES from Variable Cycles by Robert Lietz

March 22, 2018

TRAIN FOR GLORY by Roy Bentley

March 22, 2018

THE CHILDREN by John Sibley Williams

March 22, 2018

MORALITY PLAY by Nandini Dhar

March 22, 2018

SUDDENLY by Mary Crow

March 22, 2018

WHAT MATTERS IS OUR HANDS by Mars Hu

March 22, 2018

gravy strain by Davy Knittle

March 22, 2018

THE MORNING AFTER ANOTHER COMING-OF-AGE FILM by Daryl Sznyter

March 22, 2018

UNDERSONG by Martha Zweig

March 22, 2018

COLONIZING THE WORLD by Cliff Saunders

March 22, 2018

1968 by Matt Muth

March 22, 2018

TWO POEMS by Lee Sennish

March 22, 2018

MIXED MEDIUM ART by Stuti Pachisia

March 22, 2018

CAMPAIGN PROMISES, a poem by Ann Babson, featured on Life As Activism

January 15, 2018

FOUR POEMS by Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, featured on Life As Activism

FOUR POEMS by Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, featured on Life As Activism

January 8, 2018

PERFUSIONIST by Kelsey Ann Kerr

December 15, 2017

NAMING NAMES by Jennifer MacBain-Stephens

December 15, 2017

GABRIEL by Paul Siegell

December 15, 2017

KEVLAR ON OUR BACKS by Matthew Schmidt

December 15, 2017

TWO POEMS by Maura Way

December 15, 2017

TOCK TANK by Tina Barr

December 15, 2017

TWO POEMS by Brendan Lorber

December 15, 2017

SEOUL IN OCTOBER by Soleil David

December 15, 2017

RESISTORS by Amy Miller

December 15, 2017

THE RATION OF INDEPENDENCE by Michael T. Young

December 15, 2017

STEREOCARDS: Doubles by Kyra Simone

December 15, 2017

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL by Michelle Brooks

December 15, 2017

TWO POEMS by C. John Graham

December 15, 2017

BEASTLY by Erin Slaughter

December 15, 2017

TOUCAN by Mag Gabbert

December 15, 2017

STILL LIFE WITH GIN, FALCON, SECRET by Ed Taylor

September 15, 2017

ABOUT NOW by Bruce McRae

September 15, 2017

[THE COYOTES ARE JUDGING ME] by Nina Murray

September 15, 2017

TWO POEMS by Jaimie Gusman

September 15, 2017

MONDAY MORNING by Babo Kamel

September 15, 2017

ALL THE DOORS ARE HUMMING by Lucy Anderton

September 15, 2017

A BLACK OPUS by Penney Knightly

September 15, 2017

BrOkEn GhAzAl fOr AfRiKa by Bola Opaleke

September 15, 2017

COUNTRY FUNERAL by D. G. Geis

September 15, 2017

MY CHILDREN BUILD “EVERYBODY’S DREAM LAND” (“Anybody Would Like to Live Here”) by Maya Jewell Zeller

September 15, 2017

PUGET’S CHILDREN by Jenny Montgomery

September 15, 2017

THE SUBMERGED MIND (Report by Turkish Naval Intelligence: Primitive Twentieth Century Code) by Michael Dennison

September 15, 2017

BULLY NOTES by Jack Israel

September 15, 2017

REMAINS by Callista Buchen

September 15, 2017

AFTER by Alexandra Smyth

September 15, 2017

THE PIETA, a poem by Samuel Son, Featured on Life As Activism

July 6, 2017

YOUNG WARRIOR ON HORSEBACK, a poem by Kaitlin LaMoine Martin, featured on Life As Activism

June 14, 2017

TWO POEMS by Leonard Gontarek, featured on Life As Activism

June 12, 2017

THE DAY A LITTLE GLOOMY, SKY by J.C. Todd

June 7, 2017

YOU’RE ALWAYS IN MY HAIR by E. Kristin Anderson

June 7, 2017

THE SPECTRUM by Merridawn Duckler

June 7, 2017

BLACK CHAMELEON, ORANGE DOG, YELLOW LIGHTNING by Max Sheppard

June 7, 2017

CLEARING by mud howard

June 7, 2017

MARE TRANQUILLITATIS by Walter Bargen

June 7, 2017

BEGINNING by Shinjini Bhattacharjee

June 7, 2017

GREEN by Tina Barr

June 7, 2017

AS IF IT ACTUALLY LOOKED THAT BLUE. by Gary Lundy

June 7, 2017

ALOHA by Sean Flood

June 7, 2017

[ITS SHADOW IS HELPLESS HERE] by Simon Perchik

June 7, 2017

JEROME IN THE WILDERNESS by Martha McCollough

June 7, 2017

BOTTOM FEEDER by Dylan Krieger

June 7, 2017

NOVEMBER NIGHTMARE by Valerie Fox

June 7, 2017

TWO POEMS by Aaron Simm, Featured on Life As Activism

May 23, 2017

Ask June Cleaver

ASK JUNE: Dating the Milk Man and June’s Top 10 Poems

April 30, 2017

TWO POEMS by Marcia Roberts

March 22, 2017

LETTER TO A POET by Jeanne Murray Walker

March 22, 2017

HYDROQUINONE by Sean Flood

March 22, 2017

AUGUST VIII by Katy Kim

March 22, 2017

ON HOLD: by Elizabeth Morton

March 22, 2017

DESCRIBE TO ME YOUR INITIAL REACTION WHEN YOU GOT HERE by Kristen Brida

March 22, 2017

APRIL, TAYLOR HOLLOW by Brenda Butka

March 22, 2017

TIGER-BOY by C. Wade Bentley

March 22, 2017

FLORIDA MAN by Tyler Gillespie

March 22, 2017

UNFINISHED by Peter Grandbois

March 22, 2017

FUTURE ECOLOGIES by Madeleine Wattenbarger

March 22, 2017

DARK, DARKER by Jeevika Verma

March 22, 2017

ESSAY ON TAKING TOO MUCH ADVIL P.M. by Preston Eagan

March 22, 2017

WOOD LOT IN APRIL by Michele Leavitt

March 22, 2017

TWO POEMS by Flower Conroy

March 22, 2017

NOVEMBER 2016, a poem by Lynn Levin, Featured on Life As Activism

NOVEMBER 2016, a poem by Lynn Levin, Featured on Life As Activism

March 20, 2017

WINDOW SEAT, a poem by Molly McGinnis, Featured on Life As Activism

March 18, 2017

TWO POEMS by Gemelle John, featured on Life As Activism

January 31, 2017

VOTE TRUMP CHALKED ON A WALL IN MY RUSTBELT CITY, a poem by Freesia McKee, featured on Life As Activism

January 23, 2017

AND SOMEHOW THE MAN ON CNN IS ASKING IF JEWS ARE PEOPLE, a poem by A.K., featured on Life As Activism

January 20, 2017

TWO POEMS by Jeanne Obbard, featured on Life As Activism

January 20, 2017

FACT CHECK, a poem by Laura Yan, featured on Life As Activism

January 19, 2017

F M K, a poem by Sybil Kollappallil, featured on Life As Activism

January 17, 2017

THE DAY AMERICA DIED, AGAIN… by Joel L. Daniels Featured on Life As Activism

January 16, 2017

SIEG HEIL/Their Shoes, a poem by Howard Debs, featured on Life As Activism

January 6, 2017

NIGHT IS LONGER, a poem by Leonard Gontarek, featured on Life As Activism

January 4, 2017

TWO POEMS by Leonard Gontarek featured on Life As Activism

January 2, 2017

FOR JOSEPH, AT THE BIRTH OF HIS GRANDSON by Cris Harris

December 28, 2016

STILL LIFE IN A SHIVERING TOWN by Matthew Gellman

December 28, 2016

AFFIRMATION by Ben Nardolilli

December 28, 2016

CONDITIONAL [FALL 2009] by Nicholas Fuenzalida

December 28, 2016

DECEMBER by Matthew Burns

December 28, 2016

CHAMELEON and CAMERA MAN by Justin Jannise

December 28, 2016

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, 2015 by Kimberly Ann Southwick

December 28, 2016

SHEEPSCOT WELLSPRING CEMETERY by Michele Leavitt

December 28, 2016

PUSHING THINGS by Matthew Mogavero

December 28, 2016

DON’T TOUCH by Elisabeth Lloyd Burkhalter

December 28, 2016

III, from SHE WALKED NEXT DOOR & HER HOUSE EXPLODED by Kathryn Ionata

December 28, 2016

THE UNBORN by Kika Dorsey

December 28, 2016

WINTER BEFORELIGHT by John Timpane

December 28, 2016

WAKING UP IN AN MGM MUSICAL by Roy Bentley

December 28, 2016

FROST-BITE by Erin McIntosh

December 28, 2016

MOUNTAIN GUIDE by Amy Miller

December 28, 2016

EDDIE AND DONALD, a poem by Wendy Marie Vergoz, featured on Life As Activism

December 16, 2016

WHAT IT IS, an experimental piece by Susan Fedynak, featured on Life As Activism

December 12, 2016

GOD IS MY ALIBI, a poem by Cynthia Atkins, featured on Life As Activism

December 7, 2016

SUPERMOON, NOVEMBER 14, 2016 and AUTUMNAL EQUINOX, WASHINGTON, D.C, two poems by Jackleen Holton Hookway, featured on Life As Activism

December 2, 2016

FATAL MOUTHS, a Life As Activism poem by Jennifer Martelli

November 30, 2016

OUTHOUSE BLUES: Three Poems by Herman Beavers, featured on Life As Activism

November 24, 2016

PANHANDLE, GULF by Cady Vishniac

September 21, 2016

I THINK OF MY GRANDFATHER by Lyn Lifshin

September 21, 2016

TWO DEATHS by Constance Campana

September 21, 2016

WHAT WAS TOLD by David Ishaya Osu

September 21, 2016

PARENTHESIS by Saddiq Dzukogi

September 21, 2016

WAITING FOR THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS by Mohineet Kaur Boparai

September 21, 2016

CAUSE by Matthew Gellman

September 21, 2016

TESTIMONY by Meggie Royer

September 21, 2016

ILLUMINATI DANCE by Nick Kolakowski

September 21, 2016

TOP HATS AND PUPPETS by Anita Olivia Koester

September 21, 2016

MY SHINING DEMON by Jennifer E. Brown

September 21, 2016

THE COLOR YELLOW, LOVE, THE FALL OF LEAVES IN AUTUMN by Roy Bentley

September 21, 2016

¡THAN CALL BRAD FOR HELP! by John Manuel Arias

September 21, 2016

ANGELS HAVE CORDONED OFF SECTIONS OF MOUNT SINAI by John Harvey

June 8, 2016

HOMUNCULUS by Lucian Mattison

June 8, 2016

GRADUATION DAY by Meggie Royer

June 8, 2016

INSULAR by Jon Riccio

June 8, 2016

ROAD TRIP 1957 by Constance Campana

June 8, 2016

HOW TO JUMP FROM A MOVING CAR by Ted Lardner

June 8, 2016

JUNE FAIRCHILD ISN’T DEAD by Alexis Rhone Fancher

June 8, 2016

QUASAR by Triin Paja

June 8, 2016

TRIP by Matthew Gellman

June 8, 2016

LEE THE BAPTIST by Ushshi Rahman

June 8, 2016

RIPPLES, 1978 by Kevin Casey

June 8, 2016

INHERITANCE by Jessica Morey-Collins

June 8, 2016

LIGHT POLLUTION and LETTERS I DON’T SEND #4 by Kenzie Allen

June 8, 2016

[A brother is a cistern and a bucket with a rope] by Harmony Button

June 8, 2016

A CRICKET IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK by John Timpane

June 8, 2016

AUBADE IN AFTERNOON by Christian Anton Gerard

June 8, 2016

RIVER RISING by Robert E. Heald

June 8, 2016

[THERE IS SKIN EVEN THE SKY] and [EXCEPT FOR THE NEW SUIT] by Simon Perchik

June 8, 2016

VASELINE SANDWICHES by Mark Schoenknecht

March 16, 2016

HEIRLOOM by Paul Tran

March 16, 2016

MISS DARLENE’S DANCING SCHOOL by Lynne Sharon Schwartz

March 16, 2016

THE GAS STATION by Edward Hopper by Michael Kern

March 16, 2016

GETHSEMANE by Aaron Graham

March 16, 2016

SUGAR by Meggie Royer

March 16, 2016

AUBADE: A Parallel Poem by Yuan Changming

March 16, 2016

SPRING FLIGHT by Larry Eby

March 16, 2016

MAY PROCESSION PRACTICE by Timothy Wenzell

March 16, 2016

PROPHET by Odelia Fried

March 16, 2016

POT OF GOLD by Tina Barr

March 16, 2016

COCKCROW by Tyler Kline

March 16, 2016

THE SCORPION by Erika Dane Kielsgard

March 16, 2016

from THE BEAUTY OF ADMISSION by Joe Nicholas

March 16, 2016

Notes on POEM FOR MY BROTHER by Eric E. Hyett

March 16, 2016

THE AFFAIR by Lyn Lifshin

March 16, 2016

ODE TO THE QUIET ROOM by Niyathi Chakrapani

March 16, 2016

STUDY by Andrew Taw

March 16, 2016

NEWS DELIVERY by Smriti Verma

March 16, 2016

ANGEL OF THE MERIDIAN by Samuel Hovda

December 10, 2015

EPISTLE TO THE COPS ON A WINTRY NIGHT by Cal Freeman

December 10, 2015

KENNETT SQUARE by Erin Jones

December 10, 2015

STONE FOOD by Alex Vidiani

December 10, 2015

SALLUIT by Sarah Marshall

December 10, 2015

5 a.m. by Carla Drysdale

December 10, 2015

TRICHOTILLOMANIA by Michelle Lin

December 10, 2015

A MIND OF WINTER by Dan Tessitore

December 10, 2015

DOMICILE by Franklin K. R. Cline

December 10, 2015

TO THE HAUGHTY VISUALIST by Teniola Tonade

December 10, 2015

AND BLOOD ON THE TRACKS IN THE TAPE PLAYER by Roy Bentley

December 10, 2015

TAXIDERMY FOR TROUBLED BOYS by Emily Anne Hopkins

December 10, 2015

SHADOWS by Eliza Callard

December 10, 2015

THUNDERSNOW by Larry Eby

December 10, 2015

Lynn Levin photo credit: Melina Meshako

POKEWEED by Lynn Levin

December 10, 2015

PINTO LOS FLORES PARA QUE NO MUEREN by Lena Popkin

December 10, 2015

MODALITIES by Robert Lietz

December 10, 2015

THE CURRENT WAS WEAK by Michael Kern

September 16, 2015

CAESAR IS DEAD, LONG LIVE CAESAR by Ross Losapio

September 16, 2015

ETERNAL CALM by Samuel Hovda

September 16, 2015

MY PERSONA by Cynthia Atkins

September 16, 2015

REV. DR. KING by henry 7. reneau, jr.

September 16, 2015

SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THIS STREET by Zoe Stoller

September 16, 2015

NATURE POEM by Eliza Callard

September 16, 2015

GET BEHIND ME SATAN by Mica Evans

September 16, 2015

AN APOLOGY by Simon Mermelstein

September 16, 2015

NATURAL SELECTION by Alec Hershman

September 16, 2015

ALPHA ∞ OMEGA by Laurin DeChae

September 16, 2015

BIRDSHOT by Michal Leibowitz

September 16, 2015

Gregory-Djanikian

BEAUTY by Gregory Djanikian

September 16, 2015

MEDIEVAL PHOTOGRAPHER by Sarah J. Sloat

September 16, 2015

Gregory-Djanikian

WHAT I WAS THINKING OF DURING THE FUNERAL SERVICE, DOUGLAS, ARIZONA by Gregory Djanikian

June 10, 2015

PILLS by Eliza Callard

June 10, 2015

STAYING ON TRACK by Ori Fienberg

June 10, 2015

STEALING THE BOOK by Leonard Kress

June 10, 2015

ESTHER FRIEDMAN by Michelle Taransky

June 10, 2015

Kamden Hillard

THE ENERGIZER BUNNY LEADS A MARCH ON WASHINGTON by Kamden Hilliard

June 10, 2015

CONTROLLED BURN, WAKULLA SPRINGS, FLORIDA by Brenda Butka

June 10, 2015

Michael-Daley

DINNER, WITH ALIEN ABDUCTION by Michael Daley

June 10, 2015

Dylan-Weir

APHORISM by Dylan Weir

June 10, 2015

ARLES by Autumn McClintock

June 10, 2015

YEARS IN THE MAKING by Dan Tessitore

June 10, 2015

BUT INSTEAD HAS GONE INTO WOODS by Lyn Lifshin

June 10, 2015

TONIGHT THE STARS ARE STRUNG UP LIKE ELEGIES by Sally J. Johnson

March 18, 2015

THE DUCK LADY by Jeremy Freedman

March 18, 2015

POEM FOR TRENDING TRAGEDY by Kathryn Smith

March 18, 2015

BEFORE BEFORE BEFORE by Kallie Falandays

March 18, 2015

PEACH JUICE COATED THE LIPS SO THAT EACH SONG by Jerrod E. Bohn

March 18, 2015

ABC FOR THE CHILD WHO LIVED TWENTY-SIX DAYS by Deborah Burnham

March 18, 2015

SCALDING by Jessica Hudgins

March 18, 2015

ALLIGATOR TEETH by Taylor Rickett

March 18, 2015

OBSIDIAN BLUES # 36 by Herman Beavers

March 18, 2015

OUR LADY OF THE MARVELOUS WRISTS by Jennifer Moore

March 18, 2015

ATLANTICA by Ernest Hilbert

March 18, 2015

THE CROWS by Kathryn Hellerstein

March 18, 2015

AFTER VALLEJO (Theme and variations) by Conor Kelly

March 18, 2015

STUDY TO BE QUIET by Bruce Alford

March 18, 2015

PARADISE, ATTAINED BY TOUCH Excerpts by Robert Lunday

December 11, 2014

WHISPERS by John Middlebrook

December 11, 2014

VANISH by Samantha Barrow

December 11, 2014

VARIATIONS ON SECOND CHILDREN by Amanda Silberling

December 11, 2014

COMPOSURE by John Goodhue

December 11, 2014

THINGS THAT CANNOT DIE by Paige Riehl

December 11, 2014

NOTES ON CONSTANCY by Jesse Castaldi Keen

December 11, 2014

NATIVITY by Harmony Button

December 11, 2014

PERFECT DISCONTINUITY by F.J. Bergmann

December 11, 2014

APPLES ON THE CUTTING BOARD by Gabrielle Campagnano

December 11, 2014

APOLOGY TO LOS ANGELES by Julia Bloch

December 11, 2014

OFFICE SUPPLIES by Brian Clifton

September 10, 2014

FEIGN & CUT by Tony Tracy

September 10, 2014

Walter Bargen

BYE BYE OLDUVAI by Walter Bargen

September 10, 2014

WHEN I SLEEP, I DREAM OF TSUNAMIS by Luke Stromberg

September 10, 2014

J.-Scott-Bugher

THE BANK LET MY DAD GO by J. Scott Bugher

September 10, 2014

Glen Armstrong

THE LEMON POEM by Glen Armstrong

September 10, 2014

Merilyn Jackson

OYSTERS by Merilyn Jackson

September 10, 2014

LENITIVE MAN by Dan Encarnacion

September 10, 2014

MIKEY COMES HOME by Karla Cordero

September 10, 2014

Beth Seetch

MISS TORRES WOKE US EARLY by Beth Seetch

September 10, 2014

Darren-C.-Demaree

EMILY AS A GRAND ASSUMPTION & EMILY AS DART AND PIVOT by Darren C. Demaree

September 10, 2014

Deborah Purdy

LAB CHILD THEOREM by Deborah Purdy

September 10, 2014

Thomas Devaney

PHOTOBOOTH by Thomas Devaney

September 10, 2014

Carly Eathorne

MAKING EGGS by Carly Eathorne

September 10, 2014

TALKATIVENESS by Michael Earl Craig reviewed by Anthony Blake

July 30, 2014

THE MAGICIAN CONSIDERS HIS AUDIENCE by Grant Clauser

June 11, 2014

STORY OF THE MOON and SOLIS DIES by Kelle Groom

June 11, 2014

ONE OF THOSE WORLDS by Steve Klepetar

June 11, 2014

VEHICLES by Leonard Gontarek

June 11, 2014

EARLY GIRL and QUEEN ANNE’S LACE by Megan Denton

June 11, 2014

Guest Poetry Editor’s Preface by Teresa Leo

June 11, 2014

THE INSIDES by Brooke Schifano

June 11, 2014

TO CATCH THE OCEAN IN YOUR BUCKET YOU HAVE TO POINT YOUR BUCKET TOWARD THE SHORE and HOLLOWS by Susan Charkes

June 11, 2014

SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED by Charlotte Boulay

June 11, 2014

A MAN AND A NAME and SELF PORTRAIT AS AUTISTIC SKY by Deirdre O’Connor

June 11, 2014

Patricia-Colleen-Murphy

THE BIRTH OF NO by Patricia Colleen Murphy

March 5, 2014

Zachary Lundgren

BRANDED by Zachary Lundgren

March 5, 2014

Nicole Callihan

IN THE MEWS by Nicole Callihan

March 5, 2014

Kathy-Lou-Schultz

JACKSON LISTENS TO THE BIRDS by Kathy Lou Schultz

March 5, 2014

ON THE ROMANCE OF PARKLAND by J.C. Todd

March 5, 2014

Kim-Suttell

SHACKLED by Kim Suttell

March 5, 2014

George Moore

PSYCHOGENIC FUGUE by George Moore

March 5, 2014

Lauren Hall

THE MISER & POSSUM by Lauren Hall

March 5, 2014

FLORIDA by Cullen Bailey Burns

December 13, 2013

TESTIMONY AFTER THE VARICOCELECTOMY by Peter LaBerge

December 13, 2013

from x y a && by Pattie McCarthy

December 13, 2013

blockage no. 8 by Marie Nunalee

December 13, 2013

MESOPOTAMIAN RUINS and WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE JUKE by Jesse Minkert

December 13, 2013

R IS FOR RESTLESS by Christine Hamm

December 13, 2013

Once Again, Different Now, and Moratorium by Jessica Morey-Collins

December 13, 2013

BIRTHDAY POEM by Monica Wendel

December 13, 2013

BLOODSUCKERS by Zach Fishel

December 13, 2013

“Miniature” and “Poem Ending with Six Words from a Women’s Room Stall” by Teresa Leo

December 13, 2013

PICASSO IN 10 LINES and SNOW by Jerrold Yam

September 3, 2013

NEW WORLDS ARE OLD NEWS by Matthew Harrison

September 3, 2013

STRING THEORIES by Jason Gordon

September 3, 2013

NAVIGATION BY SPOONLIGHT by David Poplar

September 3, 2013

CONVERSATIONS OVERHEARD IN A BOWLING ALLEY WHEN THERE IS A CITY WIDE POWER OUTAGE by Jennifer Faylor

September 3, 2013

IT’S NOT A CONTEST by William Winfield Wright

September 3, 2013

HIDE-AND-SEEK by Alex Schmidt

September 3, 2013

TWO POEMS by Paul Siegell

September 3, 2013

THIS by Chavisa Woods

September 3, 2013

ALL THIS by Stephanie Papa

September 3, 2013

SACK OF SCARABS and MOMENTS IN THE TREES by Nicole Greaves

September 3, 2013

PESANTE CON MOTO/ALLEGRO BARBARO by S. I. Adams

September 3, 2013

QUINTESSENCE by Lauren Guza Brown

September 3, 2013

I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO SPELL SPONDYLOLISTHESIS by Mike Harper

June 4, 2013

TWO POEMS by Nissa Lee

June 4, 2013

TWO POEMS by Bill Brown

June 4, 2013

Three Poems by Randi Ward

June 4, 2013

NIGHT SWEATS by Jen Karetnick

June 4, 2013

from APOSTROPHES by Anna Strong

June 4, 2013

CAREFULLY WRAPPED FESTIVAL OF DISCOVERY by Rich Ives

June 4, 2013

MEMORIAL DAY by Luke Stromberg

June 4, 2013

ON BEIGE by Prairie Markussen

June 4, 2013

THIS FILM OF MY LIFE IF I’D PAID MORE ATTENTION TO FRENCH CINEMA by Brian Baumgart

June 4, 2013

TWO POEMS by M. A. Schaffner

June 4, 2013

THE TAO OF WORDS by Timothy Kercher

June 4, 2013

MOODS by Rachel B. Glaser, reviewed by Kenna O’Rourke

May 17, 2013

POEMS FOR THE WRITING by Valerie Fox and Lynn Levin reviewed by Shinelle L. Espaillat

May 16, 2013

GONE by Miriam Sagan

March 4, 2013

IN HEAVEN by Rachel B. Glaser

March 4, 2013

BIRTHPLACE OF A NATION by Kevin Varrone

March 4, 2013

HEAT by Marybeth Rua Larsen

March 4, 2013

IN A DRY MONTH by John Timpane

March 4, 2013

from FLIGHT OF AUGUST by Lawrence Eby

March 4, 2013

ALBINO by Deborah Burnham

March 4, 2013

JAM by Kelly McQuain

March 4, 2013

INTERIORS by Frances Brent

February 1, 2013

SONATA FOR CLAVIER AND VIOLIN, K. 526 by Samuel Thompson

February 1, 2013

THE GAME’S LAST BREATH by John Grey

February 1, 2013

GIN A JUNIPER SLICK by Katherine Fallon

February 1, 2013

DEAR COUCH by Anna Strong

February 1, 2013