Poetry

“Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.” – Carl Sandburg

My Avarice is

By Sarah Wetzel | Published: November 20, 2013
Sarah Wetzel

for your cadaverous jaw and thin lips, for your meticulous fingers lighting cigarette after cigarette, for your body bone sleek and for speed

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On Being Late in Advance

By A. Molotkov | Published: October 24, 2013
backwards clock

Every question I ask
is answered in another life.

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Two Poems by Matthew Landrum

By Matthew Landrum | Published: October 8, 2013
Mango Tree

What does it mean to be a voice
when what I say will be said
again or rather is being said
even now by another?

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Snippets of Advice From an Old Southern Man

By Thomas F. Henley | Published: September 25, 2013
Old Southern Man

Bein’ shallow is good
if you’re talkin’ about water,
and bad if you’re talkin’ about people.

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Dream of Spring

By Anne Britting Oleson | Published: September 18, 2013
Ice on Glass

Close your eyes against
brilliant nothingness
that slices like
a dull knife.

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On Auden’s Face

By Sean Mahoney | Published: September 6, 2013
W.H. Auden's face

Each line of your face
a dismissed metaphor.
You the timid champion
of time with men and art.

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Drive-By

By Julia Wendell | Published: August 11, 2013
Wisteria

Wisteria hangs in great dollops
from the treetops,
the faint purple drapery
escorting me to Aiken and Camden

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Two Poems by Timothy Liu

By Timothy Liu | Published: July 28, 2013
Classical music notes

On the day my mother died, I unplugged
the stereo at a time when record clubs
still sent out their selections of the month

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My Father’s Amputation on Tuesday

By David Stone | Published: July 16, 2013
amputation

How long can a foot
last when it’s been
short
two sizes from the start?

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Idols Out Of Sand

By A.J. Huffman | Published: May 29, 2013
Figure in White Sand

Sparkle.
Dripping nowhere
(important)
across a rise of white.

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Three Poems by Angela Jackson-Brown

By Angela Jackson-Brown | Published: April 23, 2013
Pan statue

The god Pan overtakes me
In a scarily erotic
Dance.

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Two Poems by Donavon Davidson

By Donavon Davidson | Published: April 16, 2013
Smoke

Every night new holes appear,
yet the world feels a little less hollow.

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National Poetry Month 2013 Open Thread

By Identity Theory Staff | Published: April 1, 2013
Open Mic poetry and music reading

A wide open space to show off your original poetry, your favorite copyright-free poem, or any thoughts that you wish to share about poetry.

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National Poetry Month 2012 Open Thread

By Identity Theory Staff | Published: April 9, 2012

Put your poetry here, poetic people.

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Occupation: A Poem

By Elizabeth Pavlov | Published: June 19, 2009

When they came, they took the house. They let me and my sisters live in the basement. My father died of hunger. (Sasha, 1942)

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