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Mothers

By Sylvie Baumgartel

March 2, 2020

Women used to wean their babies
By painting their breasts black.
Hurricane clouds are black.
The Earth is weaning us.

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Tonsure

By Kevin Young

March 2, 2020

Forever you find

              your father
in other faces—

a balding head
              or beard enough
to send you following

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Dog Star

By Kevin Young

March 2, 2020

 Take today. I want there

            to be less
of everything—wind

& worry, of leaves
            littering the ground
& love letters, addressee

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Boneyard

By Kevin Young

March 2, 2020

Like heat he seeks them,
            my son, thirsting 
to learn those

he don’t know
            are his dead—
some with his name

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Pegasus

By Joy Priest

March 2, 2020

Before I leave for good, I lift the pie server a final 
time, drop the receipt facedown next to the lemon 
blueberry slice, then my apron in the parking lot

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Poetry Poster #12: David Mason

By David Mason

April 15, 2013

This month's poster features a poem from David Mason. It appeared in our Spring 2013 issue on The Business of Literature. To download a high-resolution PDF of this image, click here.   [...]

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Poetry Poster #11: Victoria Chang

By Victoria Chang

February 22, 2013

This month's poster features a poem from Victoria Chang. It appeared in our Fall 2012 issue on The Female Conscience. To download a high-resolution PDF of this image, click here. [...]

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Poetry Poster #9: Kathryn Starbuck

By Kathryn Starbuck

August 24, 2012

This week’s poem is by Kathryn Starbuck: "The Bed Sleeps with No One." It appeared in our Summer 2012 issue on Burma. To download a high-resolution PDF of this image, click here. [...]

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Poetry Poster #8: William Logan

By William Logan

August 17, 2012

William Logan's "A Garret in Paris" appeared in our Summer 2012 issue on Burma. To download a high-resolution PDF of this image, click here. [...]

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Poetry Poster #7: David Caplan

By David Caplan

August 10, 2012

This week’s poem, “God Knows English” by David Caplan, is complemented by a photograph by Noah Rabinowitz. The poem and photo are part of a series by Caplan called “Observances,” which appeared in our Spring 2012 issue on the state of American Poetry.

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