Month: July 2026

  • sorry starsempires razedto pure nightfor you to shine intake timeI like any lightthat is several thousandyears behind its sourcereminds me of meI could standto be haunted by the ghostof what I wantthe soul must findits own soul to surviveanother definition of love–the world is what we forgetto pay attention tolately…

  • The oblong building with fat armsholding the girders up,the girders of the former country,looks at me. I say,no, you’re sleepy,recline, great oval.And it reclines. Blindlythe stained glass gazesin the direction the planners planned for it.This is the second timethey have conceived that direction.The eye duplicates itselfin its green and yellow…

  • — from Jewel Box–published by Essay Press Buy it here — By Toby Altman 👍

  • — from Selected Poems: Lorca and JimĂ©nez, Chosen and Translated by Robert Bly–published by The Seventies Press (1973) Buy it online somewhere? I got my copy for $7 — By Federico GarcĂ­a Lorca 👍 Tr. by Bly 👍

  • — from letters from a strange land–published by Carrion Bloom Buy it here — Ryan Bollenbach is the author of Letters from a Strange Land (Carrion Bloom 2026). He formerly served as the managing editor of Gulf Coast and the poetry editor of Black Warrior Review. His writing has appeared in DIAGRAM, Bennington Review, Quarterly West,…

  • — from Diario de una costurera proletaria / Diary of a Proletarian Seamstress–published by Cardboard House Buy it here — By Victoria Guerrero-Peirano 👍 Translated by Anastatia Spicer and Honora Spicer 👍

  • majoring in political sciencethat was quick lasagna for the food   celebrate celebrate celebrate mustbe a way to survive 70 years veryweird you’re busy not breakfast — from The Chicago Table–printed for the 2026 New Orleans Poetry Festival by Chameleon’s I am not sure you can buy this anywhere lol — By…

  • exciting opportunitya subdivisionthings I’ve hadburned off meor otherwisebeside a highwayimmaculate frontagesthis dewdrop worldtakes place insidean avocado universeso there’s thatthere’s a power plantan access roada service entrance(already planningthe next one)there are cloudsbehind the wiresthere’s an aislethru the forestrunning cablesdown a currentand there’s a webwhich is a netdrying outalong a beachthere’s a…

  • — A zine originally published on tsism.is Buy it here — By Noelle Payongayong and Dustin Lin 👍

  • — from IN THE BLIND–published by Creative Writing Department Buy it here — By Cole Beaune 👍