Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Brionne Janae
in high school when they ask what I want to do when I grow up / I say not starve and mean it
...morein high school when they ask what I want to do when I grow up / I say not starve and mean it
...moreBecka Mara McKay discusses her new poetry collection, THE LITTLE BOOK OF NO CONSOLATION.
...moreStaying stagnates, we find. Still.
...moreRoberto Carlos Garcia discusses his third poetry collection, [ELEGIES].
...moreCalling on spirits is a communal act, multiple hands on the planchette.
...morejamie hood discusses her debut book, HOW TO BE A GOOD GIRL.
...moreNothing about your bones adds up, set against royal taxonomy.
...moreShin Yu Pai discusses her new book, ENSŌ.
...moreWhen I sleep poorest, / I’m reminded of him.
...moreErin Belieu discusses her new collection, COME-HITHER HONEYCOMB.
...moreWhat we’re reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
...moreKathryn Smith discusses her new poetry collection, SELF-PORTRAIT WITH CEPHALOPOD.
...more“The difference with memorializing my story is that I have invited others to live it, for a moment.”
...moreWhat does it mean to live like this, // expressing nothing that eats the mind?
...moreGrief begs to be analogized, not to be tamed exactly, but somehow made approachable.
...moreChloe Yelena Miller discusses her debut full-length poetry collection, VIABLE.
...moreNearby / a bucket to drown infested memory banks.
...moreCortney Lamar Charleston discusses his new poetry collection, DOPPELGANGBANGER.
...morewhat can stretch from the dead to living as an unbroken line break?
...more“I felt like I wanted to do it and not explain it.”
...moreThey command and you obey. / You hope for a way in.
...moreBut look at this poet-speaker speaking the unspeakable!
...more“I always knew I wanted to write a queer saint holy book.”
...moretorrin a. greathouse discusses her debut collection, WOUND FROM THE MOUTH OF A WOUND.
...moreAnd if you ask of her to come to you, her answer is refusal.
...moreJameson Fitzpatrick discusses their debut full-length poetry collection, PRICKS IN THE TAPESTRY.
...moreIt’s tricky to apologize for certain things.
...moreViolence can be turned around, turned into pleasure, or an act of freedom, or an act of defiance.
...moreI listen, until all the sunflowers have been put to bed.
...moreIn its imagery and mood, the collection feels distinctly April.
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