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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Aria Aber

  • Aria Aber
  • August 8, 2019
One hears everything here, where the landscape / is a clean knife, slicing the mute—
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Maya Phillips

  • Maya Phillips
  • July 25, 2019
is there only such a silence / as the grave?
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by M. Soledad Caballero

  • M. Soledad Caballero
  • July 11, 2019
It is deep growing. Your body the culprit. It spreads.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Esther Ra

  • Esther Ra
  • July 2, 2019
home became a fistful of objects / pounding its dirge on my back
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Faylita Hicks

  • Faylita Hicks
  • June 20, 2019
a pastor. green.a pen like a pink tooth. i wish you ink that bleeds.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Raena Shirali

  • Raena Shirali
  • May 23, 2019
The air is writ of ash and sand, though this is no memorial.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Kate Gaskin

  • Kate Gaskin
  • May 9, 2019
Love, forgive / my shallows. My endless need.
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National Poetry Month Day 30: sam sax

  • sam sax
  • April 30, 2019
The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month with new poems daily from poets we admire, illustrating a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 29: Taylor Johnson

  • Taylor Johnson
  • April 29, 2019
The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month with new poems daily from poets we admire, illustrating a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 28: Joseph Rios

  • Joseph Rios
  • April 28, 2019
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National Poetry Month Day 27: Tommy Pico

  • Tommy Pico
  • April 27, 2019
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National Poetry Month Day 26: Cameron Awkward-Rich

  • Cameron Awkward-Rich
  • April 26, 2019
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