Poems of Today

Michael Davidson (2004) Suddenly all is / loathing —John Ashbery and there's plenty to be unhappy about if I can just get the reception ...

Barry Gifford (2009) Your sickness made me a little sick, it's true—I still feel it Mayakovsky got down on his knees and declared his lo...

Oni Buchanon (2004) The woman came toward me through the woods with a hatchet. She was coming through the woods with a shotgun. The trees be...

Kim Addonizio (2004) Why did she cross the road? She should have stayed in her little cage, shat upon by her sisters above her, shitting on ...

Danielle Pafunda (2004) Don't invite me to your pity party. Don't call me up on your pity party line and invite me over for punch an...

Thomas Lux Boil it down: feet, skin, gristle, bones, vertebrae, heart muscle, boil it down, skim, and boil again, dreams, history...

Thomas Lux Your baby grows a tooth, then two, and four, and five, then she wants some meat directly from the bone. It's all over: she...