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National Poetry Month: Sadie Dupuis
I did this. Took my own photo, / painted over my eyes, listened / closer.
National Poetry Month: Roger Reeves
Listen—the owl again in the branches above us / Giving up his position despite the war.
“A black sheet between present and ancestors”: Kiran Bath’s Instructions for Banno
It is as if we are falling backward, towards the sky, towards the structural silencing of bannos, and Bath’s words wrap around us like curled balloon string and lead us back toward the ground.
National Poetry Month: Naomi Shihab Nye
If someone says something ugly / we don’t have to say it too. We say No.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by V. B. Borjen
when we were young & unconcerned / swallowing headlines words & all
Voices on Addiction: What I Learned About Myself from Watching Intervention
At one point, I admired her. She acted how I wished I could.
Rumpus Original Fiction: For the Love of a Body
Conversation was playful; he was charming, I was witty. Our humor bounced off each other seamlessly, smiles and laughs came easy as breathing.
Women’s History Month Series Lineup
March is Women’s History Month, and streamers will deliver new, groundbreaking series centering women.
We Can and Should Go Home Again: Raye Hendrix’s What Good is Heaven
These poems feel grainy with rich texture, like sinking your hands into the soil, the way it stays between your fingers all day if you don’t scrub your hands clean.
Rumpus Original Fiction: We Tremble
I want them to say, wow look at Griselda now, thinking her shit doesn’t stink. And I’ll say back to them, it doesn’t 'cause I’m classy now!