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The Simple
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The Simple

“The women cluster at the cathedral,/ hair in careful bouffant helmets/ armored and elegant, poised to herd/ purposefully/ into Mystery.” A poem by a contemporary American poet.
Cynthia Hogue
An Introduction to Cynthia Hogue’s “The Simple”
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An Introduction to Cynthia Hogue’s “The Simple”

Cynthia Hogue’s poem “The Simple” is a rejection of the temptation of absolutes.
Julia Fiedorczuk
Day at the Anatomy Museum
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Day at the Anatomy Museum

“gorgeous guys don’t go about in massive jars— / a thought the Anatomy Museum refutes.” A poem by a contemporary Polish poet.
Tomasz Pietrzak
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
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De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

“I was eight or nine when knowledge’s two sides, / both ends of the telescope, resolved in my heart.” A poem by an award-winning Polish poet, novelist and translator.
Jacek Dehnel
climate psalm
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climate psalm

“in a former life / I crammed ripe blueberries into my mouth.” A poem by a contemporary Polish poet.
Ida Dzik
Two Romanian Poems
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Two Romanian Poems

“I am a Hawaiian swimmer. Fisherman / drawn to stories, angel fish, currents.” Two poems by Romanian writer Ștefan Manasia.
Ștefan Manasia
Magnet
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Magnet

“They didn’t live together, which meant / they had two fridges for their growing collection / of magnets.” A poem by a contemporary Polish poet.
Krystyna Dąbrowska
Two Poems
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Two Poems

“You impregnated me and I gave birth to pearls. / Authentic. Look.” Two poems by Anna Świrszczyńska (Anna Swir) about an older woman’s Eros.
Anna Świrszczyńska
An Introduction to Anna Świrszczyńska’s Two Poems
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An Introduction to Anna Świrszczyńska’s Two Poems

The poetry of Anna Świrszczyńska – who practiced her art in communist Poland – is all the more remarkable for its unabashed and serious representation of femininity.
Julia Fiedorczuk
in this light
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in this light

“...a painter provides a season, / a setting, and an oil-thick frame of mind.” A poem by an American great.
Evie Shockley