In honor of National Poetry Month, our staff put together a list of 12 poems, stunning, mighty, & nourishing.
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- Camille Rankine, “Aubade” in The Academy of American Poets
- Franny Choi, “Introduction to Quantum Theory” in The Adroit Journal
- Meg Day, “Hymn to a Landlocked God” in Drunken Boat
- Christopher Soto (Loma), “All The Dead Boys Look Like Me” in Literary Hub
- Zeina Hashem Beck, “Naming Things” in The Rialto
- Natalie Diaz, “The Facts of Art” at Poetry Foundation
- Travis Lau, “Fuinjutsu,” “Imago,” & “Arisen” in The Deaf Poets Society
- Saeed Jones, “Boy In Stolen Evening Gown” in The Academy of American Poets
- Aracelis Girmay, “from prayer & letter to the dead” & “from to the sea” in Poets & Writers
- Oliver Baez Bendorf, “I Promised Her My Hands Wouldn’t Get Any Larger” from Ninth Letter
- Lisa Summe, “Elegy” in Waxwing Literary Journal
- Dana Levin, “Banana Palace” in Poetry Magazine
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