A crocus, impertinent in the March cold: and I’ve found her, winking.
Poetry
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“Americans detained when overheard speaking Spanish”
and I wonder out loud,¿Qué es esto?Since when did bilingualism become a crime?My bones tremble in Spanish, qué miedoand I stuffmy double r’s and my ñ’s in betweenmy cheeks.I hold them hostage.I’d rather them be detained than I. Pero I think of my daughterand I put my immigrant fears aside.I spit out my chewed-up Spanish […]
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Poem removed
Editors’ note, April 13, 2026: America has become aware that this poem was submitted with false information about its authorship. Accordingly, we have removed the text and the author’s profile.
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T. S. Eliot can be intimidating. You should still read his poem ‘Marina.’
Whenever I teach a seminar on T. S. Eliot’s work, I spend the first day of class on ‘Marina.’
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The Half-Life of Longing
Scientists haven’t studied the isotopes of heartache
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Catalog of Cures in Ordinary Time
Like little sunsets, like a song
of ascents, I wish to remember my father.
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The 2025 Foley poetry contest: Lyric questions about grief
These are poems that grip your heart, stretch your mind and startle your soul awake.