
God of Decay by
The Link by
Dream VII by
in my head this afternoon it rained by
why write a love poem by Nate Marshall

From The Homan Square Project by
To wring out a trilllike the robed girls by Tommye Blount
Verge by
A Photograph of a Grain of Salt by
Bakandamiya XVI by Saddiq Dzukogi
Land of the Morning Calm by Diana Keren Lee
Needle by Sappho Stanley
Styx by Randall James Tyrone泭
Visitation by

Obituary by
January by Andy Eaton
I wasnt trying to steal her boyfriend, by
Sundown by Maja Lukic
The Whenwolf by
The Visitors by D.A. Powell

Offering by Chee Brossy
On the Soul by Jennifer Chang
The Secret by
But, Please, Not Too Soon... by
September by
The Federal Bureau of Missed Connections by Lucas Jorgensen
Apology for the Time between Letters by
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Matthew Tuckner

Its Important I Remember That the Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself by
Reading Zadie Smith at Twenty-Four by Dante Di Stefano
What Will You Miss about These Hard Years? by
Olly Olly Oxen Free by
How My Grandmother Exited the Last Harbor by
O: An Elegy by
I Live in the Future, My Body Lives in the Past by
To an Old Lover泭by
Mollusk泭by Toma鱉 alamun (translated from Slovenian by Brian Henry)
Diagnosis泭by
My Fathers Comb by

[And, having been considered only locally a sinner] by
Root Canal by
Dear O by
The Cat's Odyssey and Editorial Efforts by
Last Night I Had Such Good Dreams by
All Day Weve Been Speaking in the Dark by
Honeymooning by

The Beautiful and Glorious by 泭
Numb Aubade with Bloodhound by
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Ayokunle Falomo
Who Plays... by
錘梗措梗梭硃喧勳棗紳 by
ode to the luna moth & my psychiatrist, who warns me lithium will shorten my lifespan by泭Anthony Thomas Lombardi
My People by

El Chacal by泭Jose Hernandez Diaz
Ode to Damage by泭
A Ghazal for Black Boys by泭Rosalind Guy
Reading 'What a Waste' to College Boys by泭
Touch Cave by泭
Family with Dreams Cut Out by泭
Everything Is on Fire by泭
The Groomsman by泭Alexa Patrick
Portrait of My Sister About to Shoplift by泭Chelsea Wagenaar

Night thinks its crying again & When Everything Is Too Much, I Praise What Didnt Break泭by泭
How to Conquer by泭
Autobiography via Screaming by泭
Light Home by泭
Next to the Gas Station That Sells Chicken Wings by泭泭&泭
Mercury in Cancer by泭
How to Let Go, or, I Smudged Lost Loves Away into the Ocean by泭
Wife for Scale by泭
Final Poem for the Bullet by泭Phillip B. Williams

Boundless, or On Human Complexity & Major Depressive Disorder (Recurrent)泭by泭
Birth Ritual泭by泭
At Crescent Park泭by泭
The Sun and Moon Began with a Mother Working泭by泭
Poem for Tucker Carlson's Face泭by泭Paul Guest
A Villanelle for Jodie Foster泭by泭
Because There Will Always Be People You Dont Get Along With泭by泭
Small Fry泭by泭
梯娶勳鳥梗娶泭by泭

Book of Mild Regrets by泭
& the white girl tells me i need to marry a Latino man so that my kids can be the world by泭Em Dial
Immigrant Elegy for vila by泭
all the girls standing in the line for the bathroom by泭
Masculine Sonnet by泭
salat during deportation proceedings by
hearsay by泭

Honey by泭Allison Adair
An Accommodation泭by泭Sandra Beasley
God Letter泭by泭CM Burroughs
Marigolds of Fire泭by泭Ama Codjoe
Buying Back-to-School Supplies by泭Matthew Guenette
Professor Marva Stewarts Funeral Service at Gilbert-Lambuth Chapel, Paine College by泭Kamilah Aisha Moon
Gather by泭Jess Smith
The Most Important Word in This Language by泭Analicia Sotelo

Upon Meeting My Father for the First Time, My Mother Thinks by泭Bailey Cohen
Motel, Oregon by泭
Something Quiet by泭
Casida of the Branches by泭C. C. Reid
For the Doctor's Records泭by泭Clint Smith

Aubade in the Old Apartment by泭
Get Out of the Goddamn Car, by泭Benjam穩n Naka-Hasebe Kingsley
On the Haunted Hayride with Audrey by泭
white girl interrogates her recurring dreams by泭
The Earth Is Rude, Silent, Incomprehensible by泭
December at Faribault Prison by泭

Crack泭by泭
Sunken Place Sestina泭by泭
White Earth by泭
Fawn泭by泭
In Praise of the Names of Things泭by泭Chelsea Wagenaar
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Ruth Awad is a Lebanese-American poet, a 2021 NEA Poetry fellow, and the author of Outside the Joy (Third Man Books, 2024) and Set to Music a Wildfire, winner of the 2016 Michael Waters Poetry Prize and the 2018 Ohioana Book Award for Poetry. Alongside Rachel Mennies, she is the co-editor of The Familiar Wild: On Dogs and Poetry. She is the recipient of a 2020 and 2016 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, and she won the 2013 and 2012 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize and the 2011 Copper Nickel Poetry Contest. Her work appears in The Atlantic, AGNI, Poetry, Poem-a-Day, The Believer, The New Republic, Pleiades, The Missouri Review, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She has an MFA in poetry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and she lives and writes in Columbus, Ohio. |