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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Sarah Fathima Mohammed

  • Sarah Fathima Mohammed
  • February 3, 2022
Moons empty in the whisper / of space between us. / Mother’s ankles roll into / my calf, brimming with silver, / with sleep. The night is made / of photographs. We sleep over / the prayer rug, woven from / all the daughters that have / pressed their lips to it / and swallowed.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Alexa Patrick

  • Alexa Patrick
  • January 27, 2022
The first boy to call me beautiful / had hair like a waving fist, walked / down the hallway, radius of curl  / beckoning white hands that he’d / allow, though, I’d watch a little / light in him dim to tar.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Kate Hao

  • Kate Hao
  • January 20, 2022
I thought / you had grown angry with me but turns out / you were just lazy.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Leah Claire Kaminski

  • Leah Claire Kaminski
  • January 13, 2022
it’s dark there, and wet, and time is closing in
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by lukas ray hall

  • lukas ray hall
  • January 6, 2022
you wake up early / & do me no good.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Lisa Ampleman

  • Lisa Ampleman
  • December 21, 2021
I miss space, when I’m not / reading about it
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Janiru Liyanage

  • Janiru Liyanage
  • December 16, 2021
The story thrummed its bruise open and never stopped
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jireh Deng

  • Jireh Deng
  • December 9, 2021
The ancient sapien instinct: love is an approximation to danger.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jennifer Loyd

  • Jennifer Loyd
  • December 2, 2021
Sculpture—a body tearing into a body.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Àkpà Árinzèchukwu

  • Àkpà Árinzèchukwu
  • November 23, 2021
I guess we’ll never know // if God is for or against us.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Yvanna Vien Tica

  • Yvanna Vien Tica
  • November 18, 2021
So, earthquake as a god, // creatures as determined judges.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Charity E. Yoro

  • Charity E. Yoro
  • November 4, 2021
suffered the elements / habitable // space / deteriorating in the absence 
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