A poem about (sub)urban youth, political carelessness, contradictions and the criminal justice system. (From Rex Butters)

The crust peels back and all-women are looking into a burning pit of rage…

In an age where all our movements and words are tracked, and in which internet call-out culture and aggressive trolls make it difficult for any would-be dissident to express viewpoints that fall outside of party lines, it seems timely to be reminded of the poetry of Al-Andalus and in particular that of arguably its most saucey knave

We are never alone.And the darkness is not outside of us. Solitude is a gift only found in the endless soul of the ocean.

A poem from Twm Gwynne

A praise poem in the bardic tradition, in honor of a fallen warrior.

A poem from Hunter Hall

Mythic poetry from Ramon Elani

A poem from T. Thorn Coyle

the unbecoming
can be
as great
as the
Becoming.

A poem from Hunter Hall

A meditation at the end of the world…

From Lia Hunter, a ghazal poem inspired by the Navajo Night Chant.

I've discovered a thick bell inside of me
that elegiac poetry rings
a terribly deep booming
knell