Translating Desire: The Erotic-Macabre Poetry of Joyce Mansour
…women’s writing has often been deemed too dark, too sultry, too frigid, too hysterical.
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Posts Tagged: poems
Presence: The Heartspeak of Indigenous Poets: Clarissa Mendiola
Tanaya Winder curates exclusive poetry to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
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Beyond the Manicured Surfaces: Talking with Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith discusses his new poetry collection, THE BOOK OF DANIEL.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Chelsea Dingman
Hopelessness is a marriage of light / & dark.
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ENOUGH: This Tongue Knows Survival
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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How Patterns Break: Talking with Linda Bierds
Poet Linda Bierds discusses her newest collection, THE HARDY TREE.
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Presence: The Heartspeak of Indigenous Poets: Killa Ch’aska
Tanaya Winder curates exclusive poetry to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Quenton Baker
i write the field open / while buried beneath it
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Otherwordly: Talking with Rosebud Ben-Oni
Rosebud Ben-Oni discusses her new collection, TURN AROUND, BRXGHT XYXS.
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Presence: The Heartspeak of Indigenous Poets: Roanna Shebala
Tanaya Winder curates exclusive poetry to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
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Presence: The Heartspeak of Indigenous Poets: Byron F. Aspaas
Tanaya Winder curates exclusive poetry to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Shira Erlichman
Shira Erlichman discusses her debut poetry collection, ODES TO LITHIUM.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Natalie Wee
As if // it wasn’t enough that the body is a cage.
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Knowing-Not-Knowing: A Conversation with Hannah Ensor
Hannah Ensor discusses her debut poetry collection, LOVE DREAM WITH TELEVISION.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Michael Dhyne
Mother, what was I before this?
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Emilia Phillips
A thumb makes a perfect / bruise, don’t you think?
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Uma Menon
instead you make aliens out of people // on your own world
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ENOUGH: Rape Girl
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by H. Melt
forgive me and I’ll forgive you / for forcing me into a skirt
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Noor Hindi
I stopped trying / to feed anything but myself.
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Art, Action, and Redaction: A Conversation with Isobel O’Hare
Isobel O’Hare discusses her debut full-length collection, ALL THIS CAN BE YOURS.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Marlin M. Jenkins
let the echo pulse until the sound can’t hold these crooked scared hands
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Shadows and Story: Talking with Jake Skeets
Jake Skeets discusses his debut poetry collection, EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Catherine Chen
Wanting is passé. Airplanes fulfill me enough these days.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Kemi Alabi
She tells me Paris / is mostly glitter and ash this time of year.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Madeleine Wattenberg
I split my voice into a chorus to drive you / from your ship’s wood hull.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Esteban Rodríguez
I think / of the ink as armor, a badge, as a medal
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Aria Aber
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
is there only such a silence / as the grave?
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by sam sax
how many men have / passed through this room, through my lips?
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