Poems
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Alexa Patrick
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
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
it’s dark there, and wet, and time is closing in
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Janiru Liyanage
The story thrummed its bruise open and never stopped
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jireh Deng
The ancient sapien instinct: love is an approximation to danger.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Àkpà Árinzèchukwu
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
So, earthquake as a god, // creatures as determined judges.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Charity E. Yoro
suffered the elements / habitable // space / deteriorating in the absence
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Jai Dulani
there came a night I thanked god // for reincarnation.
