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Crack

Rebecca Foust New Letters
Rebecca Foust’s poem “Crack” speaks to vulnerability—"just a nick/to break the skin”—that encapsulates the era of pandemic.

And for a Time we Lived

Rebecca Foust New Letters
California poet Rebecca Foust addresses an accustomed high standard of living that we know is precarious, evanescent.

Protestation

B.L.P. Simmons
Costa Rica poet Simmons protests the legacy of “colonization” that confuses crime and justice.

Big Mouth of Words

Hilary Cruz Mejia migozine
Hilary Cruz Mejia, a young Latinx poet from Guatemala, protests the genocidal history of her homeland, while seeking to preserve its indigenous roots.

Under Corporate Skies

Al Young AfroPoets
“Where profit ignites,” writes the late poet Al Young, “lives go out.”

My name [Inaudible.]

Patricia Mona Eng Rattle
Responding to the shootings in Atlanta’s Gold Spa, poet Patricia Mona Eng uses online quotes of the shooter against the 911 recordings of the Asian woman calling for help.

Death Rides the Elevator in Brooklyn

Martín Espada Floaters
Martín Espada’s newest collection, Floaters, takes its title from the term used by some Border Patrol police to describe migrants drowned in the Rio Grande.

An Improver

Lesbia Harford The Guardian
There’s a strong feminist working-class voice in the poetry of Australian writer Lesbia Harford 1891-1927.

Earth Shovel

Dan Albergotti Cincinnati Review
“The thing about the universe,” writes poet Dan Albergotti, “is that it seems infinite, but really it’s only a ceaseless series of extinctions.”

Thief

Lee Sharkey AGNI
The late poet Lee Sharkey illuminates varieties of theft—“The CEO,” “The tyrant,” “the thief of memory.”