“The Last Animal to Arrive in the Kingdom” by Gabrielle Grace Hogan
title taken from Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem I walked like a rage into the body of my life, which...
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Category: Samples
“Plátano Purchasing Theory” by Malcolm Friend
On the occasion of a Giant Eagle employee double-checking to make sureI rang the right item up at...
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“First Image of a Black Hole” by Jason Gray
What exists in the shadow of a thingThat casts no light? I wonder if it’s GodOn the other side...
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“Pleco” by Louise Ling Edwards
A field with a lonely baseis a fish. If you want to betraditional, start a fire. My grandfather...
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“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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“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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