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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Jai Dulani

  • Jai Dulani
  • October 28, 2021
there came a night I thanked god // for reincarnation.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Zefyr Lisowski

  • Zefyr Lisowski
  • October 21, 2021
He wasn’t my father but someday would be someone’s.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jessica Le

  • Jessica Le
  • October 14, 2021
The steam wallows out of the kettle and your book’s pages / turn themselves.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Bryan Byrdlong

  • Bryan Byrdlong
  • October 7, 2021
We / not a boat people / rather / water // undammed / a waiting hurricane
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Serrina Zou

  • Serrina Zou
  • September 30, 2021
One day, I will cheat death & wake up // in the afterlife after dusk, breathing.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Maya Salameh

  • Maya Salameh
  • September 23, 2021
the doctors - never warn you about the poem / between your legs.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by KB Kinkel

  • KB Kinkel
  • September 16, 2021
You’ve done this before, you know. In so many bodies.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Adela Najarro

  • Adela Najarro
  • September 9, 2021
My mother’s words / explode volcanic vowels.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Jenny Shi

  • Jenny Shi
  • August 26, 2021
Barrier becomes a name // for guarding ourselves.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Alysse McCanna

  • Alysse Kathleen McCanna
  • August 19, 2021
I am a swell that breaks / against the rigging, teeth that tear the tide
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Julie Phillips Brown

  • Julie Phillips Brown
  • August 5, 2021
I keep my distance. / I know it is a place for animals.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Jewel C. Cao

  • Jewel C. Cao
  • July 29, 2021
This is the site / of an infinite swallowing.
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