Read three poems by Alexandra Burack, our third biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about “To Know Blue From the Color of Snow at Dusk.”
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November ’25: New Staff, Issue Archive & Donations
Read a note from Editor Aiden Hunt about our new Poetry Readers, the additions of an Issue Archive and a Contributor Fund, Fall poetry submissions, and Gaza.
Chapbook Poem: Two egrets at the edge of a tidal marsh by Rebekah Wolman
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for November 2025, “Two egrets at the edge of a tidal marsh” from What the Hollow Held, along with a few words from the poet.
Book Excerpt: Rondo by Yamini Pathak
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for November 2025, “Rondo” from Her Mouth a Palace of Lamps by Yamini Pathak, along with a few words from the poet.
Two Poems by Gerald Yelle
Read two poems by Gerald Yelle, our second biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about “No Breaks.”
Bodies in Transition: Sacred & Perishable by Carissa Natalia Baconguis
“There is a muscular intimacy to the ecosystem of these poems, each one of them creating as vivid a world individually as exists in the collection as a whole.” Read Gray Davidson Carroll’s full review.
Three Poems by Bryana Fern
Read three poems by Bryana Fern, our first biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about “Women on the Wall.”
Chapbook Poem: When I Was Straight by Dustin Brookshire
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for October 2025, “When I Was Straight” from Repeat As Needed, along with a few words from the poet.
Book Excerpt: American Girl: Fort Hood, 2023 by Thea Matthews
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for October 2025, “American Girl: Fort Hood: 2023” from GRIME by Thea Matthews, along with a few words from the poet.
Three Poems by Makena Metz
Read three poems by Makena Metz, our seventh and final biweekly poet of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about “Charlatan.”