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Café Town
By Amy King – Mar 2010 | One Comment
Café Town

… I don’t mind the missing violin; /
I am sweetly imbibing a foreign /
fortitude: nothing terrible /
will happen this hour or the previous… /

On the Fifth of November On the Fifth of November

“Whoever devotes himself to decency and to virtue /
he beguiles with deceptions, corrupting their temptingly innocent hearts….”

Solitude (I) Solitude (I)

a poem by Tomas Tranströmer, translated by Robin Robertson

Guillotined Guillotined

A poem by Kristen Marie Kostick

Surely I’m Convinced
By John Williams – Nov 2009 | No Comment
Surely I’m Convinced

a poem by John Williams

2007
By William Coyle – Oct 2009 | No Comment
2007

You knew you were dead in my dream. You said drive me. The doctor. I’m so late. I said no there’s no more doctor you know that. I hugged …

from LA LA LA from LA LA LA

from LA LA LA, a poem by Sampson Starkweather

Prediction
By Mark Wallace – Aug 2009 | No Comment
Prediction

In the future, we’ll plan the future better.

In the future, you can just become your TV.

In the future, your sexual partners will meet all the qualities on your checklist.

And this anxiety you’re feeling now? In the future you won’t feel it.

The Cast Iron of the Years
By Tristan Tzara – Jul 2009 | No Comment
The Cast Iron of the Years

An excerpt from a poem by Tristan Tzara, translated by Heather Green

A Fiction
By Shafer Hall – Jun 2009 | No Comment
A Fiction

“It takes one to know one,” she said,
and I had knowingly taken several of them,
so when it came time to talk to the cops,
I took the initiative to tell them
where to find Franco (God rest …

from Moving Day
By Maureen Thorson – May 2009 | No Comment
from Moving Day

new poetry from Maureen Thorson

Liminal
By Christine Herzer – Apr 2009 | No Comment
Liminal

new poetry from Christine Herzer

The Inner Voice
By Charles Jodoin – Mar 2009 | No Comment
The Inner Voice

A poem by Charles Jodoin

Excess
By Paul Violi – Feb 2009 | No Comment
Excess

a poem by Paul Violi

3 poems by Max Jacob 3 poems by Max Jacob

translations by Elisa Gabbert and Kathleen Rooney

2 poems by Gaius Valerius Catullus
By Keith Newton – Jan 2009 | No Comment
2 poems by Gaius Valerius Catullus

I need, my sweet girl Ipsithilla,
your pleasures passing through my hands,
like honey dripping from the sun,
so call me to you for the long afternoon.

2 poems by Peretz Markish
By Amelia Glaser – Jan 2009 | No Comment
2 poems by Peretz Markish

2 poems by Peretz Markish
translated by Amelia Glaser

— — —

Hey, what do you deal in – sorrow?
What are you selling there – despair?
I’m a buyer and a dealer,
and I’m dealing and I’m wheeling
days and nights, …

Determinism
By Michael Trocchia – Dec 2008 | No Comment
Determinism

new poetry from Michael Trocchia

The two airheads you meet in heaven
By Kate Schapira – Nov 2008 | No Comment
The two airheads you meet in heaven

a poem by Kate Schapira

Epilogue, Notes for an Eclogue
By Andrea Zanzotto – Oct 2008 | No Comment
Epilogue, Notes for an Eclogue

A poem by Andrea Zanzotto, translated by Wayne Chambliss

Surgeries
By Caren Beilin – Sep 2008 | No Comment
Surgeries

Will you switch coronaries with me?

Green 1.5
By Adam Golaski – Sep 2008 | No Comment
Green 1.5

Contributing Editor Adam Golaski gives us his most recent installment of his gorgeous and heart-racing translation of one of English’s oldest poems Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Being Che
By Matthew Klane – Aug 2008 | No Comment
Being Che

A poem by Matthew Klane

The Goldfish Variations
By Peter Jay Shippy – Jul 2008 | No Comment
The Goldfish Variations

a poem by Peter Jay Shippy

East Riding
By Jesse Ball – Jun 2008 | No Comment
East Riding

A poem by Jesse Ball

Lunch with Herbert
By Clayton Eshleman – May 2008 | No Comment
Lunch with Herbert

A poem by Clayton Eshleman.

Green
By Adam Golaski – May 2008 | No Comment
Green

Open Letters continues its serialization of Adam Golaski’s innovative translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with this, the fourth installment.

Parable
By Kaethe Schwehn – Apr 2008 | No Comment
Parable

A poem by Kaethe Schwehn

Green
By Adam Golaski – Mar 2008 | No Comment
Green

Open Letters continues its serialization of Adam Golaski’s innovative translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with this, the third installment.

where sky meets earth where sky meets earth

A poem by Josely Vianna Baptista, translated by Chris Daniels, and featuring a drawing by Francisco Faria

Flat________
By Chad Reynolds – Feb 2008 | No Comment
Flat________

A poem by Chad Reynolds

Green
By Adam Golaski – Jan 2008 | No Comment
Green

Open Letters continues its serialization of Adam Golaski’s innovative translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with this, the second installment.

I Hope This Hasn’t Hurt You
By Samuel Wharton – Jan 2008 | No Comment
I Hope This Hasn’t Hurt You

A poem by Samuel Wharton

Green
By Adam Golaski – Dec 2007 | No Comment
Green

Open Letters presents the first of many installments of Adam Golaski’s innovative new translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a serialization.

Descent
By Clayton Eshleman – Dec 2007 | No Comment
Descent

A poem by Clayton Eshleman

Pawtucket
By Daniel Bouchard – Nov 2007 | No Comment
Pawtucket

A poem by Daniel Bouchard

The ‘ol Battle Ax
By Josh Lefkowitz – Oct 2007 | No Comment
The ‘ol Battle Ax

A poem by Josh Lefkowitz

Vermont Casting
By Ravi Shankar – Sep 2007 | No Comment
Vermont Casting

A poem by Ravi Shankar

Doppelganger
By Maggie Smith – Aug 2007 | No Comment
Doppelganger

A poem by Maggie Smith

Heat
By Sommer Browning – Jul 2007 | No Comment
Heat

A poem by Sommer Browning

IX from Trilce IX from Trilce

A transcontemporization of César Vallejo by Sampson Starkweather

Cabin
By Jennifer L. Knox – May 2007 | No Comment
Cabin

A poem by Jennifer L. Knox

Either Way, I’m Celebrating
By Sommer Browning – Apr 2007 | No Comment
Either Way, I’m Celebrating

A poem by Sommer Browning

The Institute of Nautical Archaeology
By Shafer Hall – Mar 2007 | No Comment
The Institute of Nautical Archaeology

A poem by Shafer Hall