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Richard Siken

B O D Y — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:24:28 +0000

the presence /of a certain something in the room. Three men, / two beds—how they sleep in shifts, / soundly but with, perhaps, a certain disregard for protocol.

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John McCullough

B O D Y — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:37:43 +0000

Watching them, my heart softens / like an old potato. Something crumples // the room’s emptiness and flings it away

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Patty Paine

B O D Y — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:02:26 +0000

The self, / each / morning, / rising / from its / own / failure.

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Books in Brief: Two poetry collections

B O D Y — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:26:12 +0000

Books in Brief: Reviews of new poetry collections by Medha Singh and Annie Brechin.

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Tereza Bínová

B O D Y — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:24:14 +0000

The tiny animal skeletons make sounds, / the sound of bone on bone, / chimes of hollow sound.

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Ewen Glass

B O D Y — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:52:15 +0000

No you didn't; you watched them grow and assigned plaudits to / yourself. I’m not going to give you garlands.

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Bethany Bruno

B O D Y — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:49:21 +0000

The weight of the moment pressed against me. I reached with the net. The pole bent. The body sagged hard, as if the water wanted to keep the dog a little longer. I hauled it up inch by inch until it hit the tile with a heavy sound. The smell curled inside my throat.

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Books in Brief: Three poetry collections

B O D Y — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:32:04 +0000

Books in Brief: Reviews of new poetry collections by Justin Lacour, Emily Bludworth de Barrios, and Siegfried Mortokowitz.

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Garth Martens

B O D Y — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Biffed it. // Boarded, in distress, a trans-Atlantic flight, / bleated from a phrasebook, that or this, / that or this. Overpacked a spliff.

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Sara Potocsny

editor — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:49:25 +0000

What’s the pillar meant to bear the weight of? / What terrible incarnations of the public will be invited to celebrate? / I don’t miss you. That’s the first sign I’m free.

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