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Dangerous Moonlight by Edward Baranosky

This poem is part of the special section, New Poems of U.S. History, reflecting on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence selected...

American Blues by Abbie Mulvihill

This poem is part of the special section, New Poems of U.S. History, reflecting on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence selected...

The Midwest of the Mind by Lynn Gilbert

These poems are part of the special section, New Poems of U.S. History, reflecting on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence selected...

Two Poems by Anne Bucey

These poems are part of the special section, New Poems of U.S. History, reflecting on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence selected...

Three Poems by Jacqueline Jules

These poems are part of the special section, New Poems of U.S. History, reflecting on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence selected...

2026 Milton Community Voices Poems

Including poems by Samantha Bender, Talya Levisohn, Nava Cohen, Margalit Feinberg, Kate Schwartz, and Sophie Weinberger. These poems are published within a partnership between...

Two Poems by Elena Okon

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs. Elena Okon was a participant in the...

Two Poems by Elijah Smith

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs. Elijah Smith was a participant in the...

Two Poems by Taia Robinson

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs. Taia Robinson was a participant in the...

Three Poems by Ruchel Limbos

These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs. Ruchel Limbos was a participant in Day...

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Two Poems by Jack Giaour

art opening   instead of a gun you use a camera   amputees are your subject    /these poor people/ you say   the walls of the gallery are dark prints pinned neatly under spotlight   //life...

Two Poems by Emily Webb

LACUNA Another sun unfurlsover chewing gumcanyons, long gnawedby your foothold. A corpus colossus,hippocamping: you couchin fault lines, hammockedwhite matter. Stroke mewith each toss-turn —a neuron-starved bender. Hypoxia will...

One Poem by Charlotte Van Schaack

Writing On The Wall   Even with the fear of haunted place, everyone is trying to become a ghost.          As in the paid...