From the Archive: Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Raymond Antrobus
On screen, I’m peering up a faintly lit staircase and all goes grainy.
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We Are More: Two Poems by Noor Khashe Brody
Ghazal: A Letter Of eight children, Mamani named you after sunlight. Since I changed my name, you try harder to tread light. Two decades ago you were Mama. But now […]
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Alex Jane Cope
To speak of the shame is to speak of him / and his bed of lichen and his green / ribbon fastened around my throat.
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ENOUGH: Witch That She Is
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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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: Three Poems by lukas ray hall
you wake up early / & do me no good.
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We Are More: Two Poems by Tina Ehsanipour
No human attempt / to erase [pain] is successful
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Learning the Hard Way: A Conversation with Kate Baer
Kate Baer discusses her new poetry collection, HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Cynthia Dewi Oka
Cynthia Dewi Oka discusses her new collection, FIRE IS NOT A COUNTRY.
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ENOUGH: Loud as Clouds
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Lisa Ampleman
I miss space, when I’m not / reading about it
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Apples, Sonnet Crowns, and Other Containers of Trauma: Talking with Jeri Frederickson
Jeri Frederickson discusses her debut collection, YOU ARE NOT LOST.
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Metaphor by Any Means Necessary: Destiny O. Birdsong’s Negotiations
Metaphor can make life more bearable, meaningful, or simply comprehensible.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Nefertiti Asanti
“…each month I embrace a kind of death within my womb that offers me a life I can live with.”
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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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Under the Influence of Jane Wong: A Recipe-Qua-Review of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything
Combine multiple ingredients in a single stanza-bowl.
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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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Singing Creatures on a Land That Sings: A Conversation with Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma discusses his forthcoming translation of THE KURAL.
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Our Recognizable, Difficult, Earthly Kingdom: Such Color by Tracy K. Smith
Composition here becomes a process of discernment rather than pure creation.
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Why We Chose Jennifer Huang’s Return Flight for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
What we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jennifer Loyd
Sculpture—a body tearing into a body.
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Filling in the Missing Patchwork: A Conversation with Steven Reigns
Steven Reigns discusses his newest poetry collection, A QUILT FOR DAVID.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Amanda Moore
Amanda Moore discusses her debut collection, REQUEENING.
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Woven Fibers and Broken Threads: Katherine Agyemaa Agard’s of colour
To be imbricated in hundreds of years of colonial violence is to be entangled in colorist logics and stories of loss and belonging that are rarely linear or singular.
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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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Awake to the World: Talking with Tyler Barton
Tyler Barton discusses his new story collection, ETERNAL NIGHT AT THE NATURE MUSEUM.
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Opening Survival Doors Through Language: A Conversation with Stacey Waite
Stacey Waite talks about her poetry collections BUTCH GEOGRAPHY and THE LAKE HAS NO SAINT.
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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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ENOUGH: Sorry I’m Fine No Thank You
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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