Algorithm

Algorithm by Gemma Gorga | Translated from the Catalan by Sharon Dolin Who wants such a big bed when sleep is so small? What is the capacity of a single verse? Precision subversion stupefaction. If we multiply longitude by altitude we only get certainty. And certainty...

Hustle

Hustle by Jericho Brown They lie like stones and dare not shift. Even asleep, everyone hears in prison. Dwayne Betts deserves more than this dry ink for his teenage years in prison.  In the film we keep watching, Nina takes Darius to a steppers ball. Lovers hustle,...

Erratic Equinox

Erratic Equinox Wallace Stevens argues that poetry begins in the illogical and the irrational—originating from the unconscious, untethered rather than from plans or outlines. We agree: poetry emerges from the depths of the human mind, shifting with us as the seasons...

The Abduction

The Abduction by Maram Al-Masri | Translated by Hélène Cardona Reviewed by Sam Yaziji On its surface, Maram Al-Masri’s The Abduction laments the deceptive, predatory grip of geopolitics over familial bonds. It expresses how the geopolitical specter can possess...

Seasons at the Patch

Seasons at the Patch by Kerry Shawn Keys Reviewed by Paul Jaskunas There are villages, or call them settlements, that cannot be found on maps of the land known to us as Lithuania. Forests, low hills, or the settlements’ own seeming insignificance somehow blind...

Earth

Earth by Earth by Katie Ford https://poetryinternationalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Earth-by-KFord-for-PI.m4a If you respect the deadand recall where they diedby this time tomorrowthere will be nowhere to walk. Katie Ford is the author of If You Have to...