by Yvonne Boustany | Mar 24, 2026 | Alphabetical Order, Poetry, Uncategorized
Single Poem Template by Roberto Bolaño | translated by B. H. Boston Hear me, my son: bombs were fallingover Mexico Citybut no one noticed. The air spread poison throughthe streets and open windows.You’d just finished breakfast and were watchingcartoons on TV.I was... by Poetry International | Mar 13, 2026 | In Real Time, Uncategorized
In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb In like a lion, out like a lamb is a proverb used to describe the month of March as it opens with the roar of winter winds and closes with the soft breath of spring. The poems in this curation represent this transition in their search... by Poetry International | Mar 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Letters from Iran Unspoken words for contemplating minds by Aria Fani Classical Persian poetry is characterized by its creative and highly cultivated language as well as strict regularities of rhyme and meter. Consequently, the Persian aesthetic tradition developed... by Poetry International | Mar 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Translating in Aleppo: An Essay Notes, journal entries, and poetry on the current events of Aleppo by Scott Minar It is 3:30 in the morning here, and the email chime on my phone rings. In Syria, it’s 10:30 a.m. Saleh Razzouk writes, “I am happy you are not on the... by Poetry International | Feb 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Of Swahili Poetry A letter from Kenya by Cynthia Abdallah Growing up in Kenya, in a literary tradition that stresses orality and community in poetic pieces, I came to be particularly attuned to rhythmic sounds and counterpoints. These stylistic features play a huge... by Poetry International | Feb 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Poetry And Plastics Art meets science in the Clean Seas Odyssey by Claire Cox THE STATISTICS are frightening. Some 8 million tons of plastic waste flow into our oceans every year. That’s five grocery bags of plastic rubbish for every foot of coastline around the...