University Kiss in a Time of War
By Melissa TuckeyTwo slight young women--
the smaller one
reaches for hands
Calling poets to a greater role in public life and fostering a national network of socially engaged poets.
By Melissa TuckeyTwo slight young women--
the smaller one
reaches for hands
By Mark DotyBetween the bridge and the river
he falls through
a huge portion of night
By Francisco AragónDespite the absent head (whose eyes
were the green of apples)
By Natalie IllumThe first time I saw these activists turned
acrobats, I was immobilized as they arched
through hoops, twisting like DNA.
By Richard McCannWhat I could not accept was how much space
his body was taking with it: for instance, the space where
I was standing, the dazed fluorescence of his hospital room