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The Hunter in the Snow by William Carlos Williams

The Hunter in the Snow by William Carlos Williams The over-all picture is winter icy mountains in the background the return from the...

Ode to the Tiniest Dessert Spoon in All Creation by Karen An-Hwei Lee

Ode to the Tiniest Dessert Spoon in All Creation by Karen An-Hwei Lee In a new translator’s version of Genesis, there’s no Adam. No...

Dusting by Rita Dove

Dusting by Rita Dove Every day a wilderness—no shade in sight. Beulah patient among knicknacks, the solarium a rage of light, a...

God moves in mysterious ways. by Michelle Lizet Flores

I knelt for my mother at the altar. I was not greedy, never asked for a miracle. I just wanted God to give her strength and rest. Four...

Ode to the Pollo Asado Burritos from Alberto’s Tacos by Jose Hernandez Diaz

Ode to the Pollo Asado Burritos from Alberto’s Tacos by Jose Hernandez Diaz I am faithful to you. Faithful, like the sun and moon. I...

Maintaining the Species by Deborah Burnham

Maintaining the Species by Deborah Burnham In the zoo's glass room, two dozen warblers from New Guinea hop and preen. They're ten...

Maintaining the Species by Deborah Burnham

Maintaining the Species by Deborah Burnham In the zoo's glass room, two dozen warblers from New Guinea hop and preen. They're ten...

And Now, Some Good News by Tristan Tuttle

And Now, Some Good News by Tristan Tuttle a cardinal lands in the trumpet vine — he whistles / a dog wearing goggles sits atop a...

Portrait of Girl with Comic Book by Phyllis McGinley

Portrait of Girl with Comic Book by Phyllis McGinley Thirteen’s no age at all. Thirteen is nothing. It is not wit, or powder on the...

Anxieties by Donna Masini

Anxieties by Donna Masini It’s like ants and more ants. West, east their little axes hack and tease. Your sins. Your back taxes. This is...