Three Poems by Lori Rottenberg

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor's Office of Community Affairs. Lori Rottenberg was a participant in the 2026 Jewish Poets retreat supported by the...

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As the funeral procession passed the red brick home on the way to the Salem Cemetery, the child, standing and watching from the porch,...

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Two Poems by Patrick Dennis Riley

just disappear hostile negative replyto unwanted brash actionsbrought on valid reactionsand refusal to comply. just disappear,she cares for you much too much. dangerous dark avenuesthrough her ultra...

Five poems by Ishanee Chanda

These poems were commissioned by Day Eight within a project funded by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Office of AAPI Affairs, directed by Regie Cabico. first...

Two Poems by Mary Stone

These poems are published as part of the Amplifying Disabled Voices special section, selected by editors Christopher Heuer, Marlena Chertock, and Gregory Luce.  Wry-Necked DiptychWring,...

Two Poems by Faith Cotter

Beat An amniotic lake within meand you, floating then the deafening silence,static nothingness where I expected sound. For a week I am a shipwrecknot split open on rocky...

Two Poems by Chris Biles

Dead End Life’s routine is like a straightaway on a country roadOn and on, beyond our sight, it continuesand sometimes looking down that road makes...

Three Poems By Susan Mockler

These poems are published connected to the partnership between the Mid-Atlantic Review and Howard University and a recent event for the Howard community.  Imaginefor Natalie...

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