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My earth which is mine will always make more of itself

^{The New Jerusalem will be no consolation for the one we lost.}
^—^{Etel Adnan}

I float to the end of paradise.

Wail, huile, seaside afterlife.

Even silence says Palestine.

Paradise is no consolation

for the one we lost.

Find me a breeze to carry a name.

A bus ticket to cruise a free coast
through sky center cerulean.

Long bereave lady fortune on whose dime none survived.

Leaf by leaf, alive. Carriage for the hallowed sky. Upright in song.

No tree of mine but earth.

No mind for none but movement.

Rush to arrive at the end of longing where meets us all

remembrance. Shake down this future from my limb.

I carry finite harvest.

For you who weave me.

I seed and seed.

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Poems

4 poems

Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty

is up The Met’s stone steps,
so many that I have trouble collecting
my girthy tourist’s breaths

and my palms, all sweaty,
smeared with ink
from his crinkled face,

wrinkled in the brochure, and
to think I’m too underdressed
for a pocket square,

Tommye Blount

2025

I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowboy My Intentions

I’m writing
a love poem
even with
an American
boot to
my throat.

I lick the croony
sole and picture
you in a fresh white
wife pleaser.

C. Russell Price

2025

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At the end

of the story,

we exchanged

hair. Two tiny

Ziploc bags,

little plastic

windows.

I sheared off

the tip

of my braid,

candlewick

Yalie Saweda Kamara

2025

Night was done. We rose and after
Washing, dressing,—kissed with laughter,—
After all, the sweet night knows.
Lilac breakfast cups were clinking
While we sat like brothers drinking
Tea,—and kept our dominoes.

Mikhail Kuzmin

1921

Poets

5 poets

Langston Hughes

A poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright, Langston Hughes is known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties and was important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Terrance Hayes

The 2010 winner of the National Book Award in poetry, Terrance Hayes is the author of seven poetry collections. He currently serves on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets.

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Danez Smith

Danez Smith is the author of Don’t Call Us Dead (Graywolf Press, 2017) and [insert] boy (YesYes Books, 2014).

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Jackie Wang

Jackie Wang is the author of the poetry collection The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void (Nightboat, 2021), which was longlisted for the National Book Award.

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Janice Mirikitani

Janice Mirikitani was born on February 4, 1941, in Stockton, California.

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Poem-a-day

My earth which is mine will always make more of itself

Kamelya Omayma Youssef

Poems

Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty

I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowboy My Intentions

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Night Was Done