“Surprise Visit” by Jalen Eutsey
Mangoes ripening in a wicker basket—tough and green, you could skin themand eat them with salt. In...
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Category: Samples
“Endling” by Fran Qi
Naming is an act of caring—Martha, Toughie,Celia the Pyrenean ibex who died twice.I take 齐 for...
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“Bombs and Stars by Leila Farjami
Winner of the 2024 Robert and Adele Schiff Award in poetry When I was a child,my fire burned black...
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“Coney Island Baby” by James Ciano
I didn’t play footballfor the coach.I played soccerthough my fathercoached football.He was a...
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“The Down-Low” by Lee Martin
The train curved around the mountains of West Virginia, and my father said to look out the window....
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“Your Inbox Is Too Much With Us—a correspondence” by Jaye Kranz
(To use the PDF embedder to see all pages of the poem, use the arrows on the bottom left-hand...
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“Paradise Is Ours” by Erika Gallion Velasquez
Winner of the 2024 Robert and Adele Schiff Award in literary nonfiction 1 Pears fall to the yard,...
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“Pigboy and His Artificial Jesus” by Patrick J. Zhou
Winner of the 2024 Robert and Adele Schiff Award in fiction At night I kept my Jesus folded small...
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“Extinction Studies” by Shane Joaquin Jimenez
In the days following the tragedy, after the funerals were over and even the local papers had...
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“Rest” by Cristi Donoso
Lydia did not vacuum the floors or dust the overloaded bookshelves when the men started returning...
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“Birdwatching” by CD Eskilson
Now I’m a person who can spot a nuthatch, point to grosbeaks, have taughtmyself the clowning chip...
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from “The Theft” by Rebecca Bernard
On the night of the break-in, I was upstairs painting my daughter’s bedroom. I hoped Erin would...
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