by Bryce Becker | May 20, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry 2020
Terrene That dirty smellthat rises off my skinas the hotwaterhitsis a smell I quietlyrejoicein.That smell that saysI’ve spent the dayouttherein the sun,its warmth flirting withenticingmy sweat.That smell that says that flirtingworked.That smell ofdirt andsweat andsun...
by Publab Alumni | May 20, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry 2020
on fish he is my father’s son —my father, in the name of tall horses snake killermy father, in the name of lavender doves opossum killer his son —the young salmondrowning upriverand my father, resourceful angleryearning to fish himfrom muddy watersthe only way...
by Bassam Sidiki | May 20, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry 2020
Christchurch CHRISTCHURCH, MARCH 15th 2019 I. “Hello, Brother. Welcome,” Daud Nabi greeted the refugeesfrom far-flung places in the Middle Eastwho landed in Christchurch,but that salutationalso graced the gleaming barrel of thegun, embossed with the namesof the...
by Jessie Stoolman | May 20, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry 2020
Psalm 137: Reimagined Lucía Pizarro is the founding Spiritual Director at the Jewish Liberation Theology Institute in Hamilton, Ontario. She is the first Mexican woman ordained as a rabbi in the Conservative movement. She completed an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Philosophy at...
by Lillian Lu | May 20, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry 2020
An Account of These Two Years you see, I wouldn’t call myself a poetas I have not thought poetically in some timelike a flower is petals, stem, and powderall flowers falling under the shade of wordsworth’s daffodils but I think now I can return toseeing a flower as a...
by shah noor | May 20, 2025 | Poetry, Poetry 2020
Inquiry in Verse (or) the Magic of Writing introduction: on the academy and it’s desires How do I write all that I want to write while reading all that I must read while simultaneously attempting to make sense of it all? How do I adequately give weight and honor to...
