Poetry
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Two Poems
Slim hope that the brown paper plus plastic doggy bag will keep the fries from seeping their blood into my car seat.
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Found Poem: South Carolina Instructional Materials Uniform Parent Complaint Form
On May 6, 2025, the South Carolina Board of Education voted to remove 10 books from all public schools for all grade levels. This brings the total to 22 books removed or restricted statewide in South Carolina public schools.
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On Arriving at My Partner’s Place to Meet His Mother
a mother calls to me and asks if i am her son’s partner. in her house, my laughter is careless and unpoised.
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Two Poems
Once I walked deep into the woods of my body where a cow was softly lowing and the sun was setting over a lake filled with swans.
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Given Limits Exist, Streets, Oblivion
I don’t want to be at peace. Outside, the buffalograss rails at the houses. Terracotta storms the bougainvillea. Each street in any direction is directionless. I’m beginning
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Aldrin Badiola
in the bathroom with eight fingers. Another shirtless man, this time in tight pants, asks if you want a piercing.
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Imprecision
I don’t mind imprecision anymore and even seek it. How else are you supposed to convince your students you love each and every one of them, instead of loving just a few and only liking the rest very very much?
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Jordan Hamel
The number one cause of memory loss is memory. Gave up lying to anyone who isn’t me. The secret is ignoring the camera & staring at your mirrored self, so everything
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Varun U. Shetty
At the pet store, I look for a toy that doesn’t resemble an animal
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Gabriela Mayes
Gabriela Mayes is a Brazilian writer whose work spans poetry, nonfiction, and cultural criticism. Her recent writing appears or is forthcoming in The Westchester Review, Shelf Magazine, and Chiricú Journal. She directs graduate initiatives that bridge the academic and public…
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Annie Kantar
Annie Kantar is the author of Means to Be Lucky (Poets & Traitors Press), and translator of the Book of Job, commissioned by Koren Publishers, and of Leah Goldberg’s collection of poems, With This Night (University of Texas Press), which…
