by Victoria Akopova | Apr 18, 2026 | Uncategorized, Frontpage-Dispatches
Does the Heart Really Burn? At the intersection of medicine and metaphor by Victoria Akopova For centuries, we have insisted that the heart burns with passion, breaks under grief, and grows heavy with sorrow. These expressions have shaped the emotional vocabulary of... by Shlagha Borah | Apr 18, 2026 | Frontpage-Interviews, Uncategorized
Talking to Nigerian Poet Adedayo Agarau On boyhood, music, faith, and his favorite poem in The Years of Blood The Years of Blood (Fordham University Press, 2025) is Nigerian poet and Stegner Fellow Adedayo Agarau’s debut collection, exploring the speaker’s memories... by Hayan Charara | Apr 11, 2026 | Alphabetical Order, Poetry, Uncategorized
Self-Portrait as Intrusive Thoughts by Hayan Charara https://poetryinternationalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Self-portrait-as-Intrusive-Thoughts.m4a Where I live I mistake a streetlamp glowing for the moon Where you live the view must be the kind... by Hayan Charara | Apr 11, 2026 | Alphabetical Order, Poetry, Uncategorized
What a Fucking Joke by Hayan Charara https://poetryinternationalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/What-a-Fucking-Joke.m4a All things come into existence from their opposite state Socrates said Or something like that For example love must have once been hate ... by George Szirtes | Apr 11, 2026 | Alphabetical Order, Poetry, Uncategorized
Spring by George Szirtes https://poetryinternationalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Spring.mp3 The names of green are several as shadesof leaf. Listen to them, Harlequin,Mantis, Mint. Where should we beginthe list? Do names start out where colour fadesto... by George Szirtes | Apr 11, 2026 | Alphabetical Order, Poetry, Uncategorized
NIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL: 10 CINQUAINS by George Szirtes https://poetryinternationalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Night-in-the-Hospital.mp3 1 Forms worktheir way through wordsin the night hospitalwhere language doesn’t fall apartbut holds. 2...