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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: CAROLE BERNSTEIN

Posted on December 29, 2018 by

By Carole Bernstein: PASTORAL Sunny with the intensity of dream. Huge balloony graffiti covered the stone wall at the end of Avenue M, where Iris Bloom took me to smoke a joint and we cut Orchestra, second period. Avenue M—was … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: RHIANNON CONLEY

Posted on July 28, 2018 by

MURMUR by Rhiannon Conley “Did You Know? You can swim through the aorta of a blue whale.” I watched as two children swam, their soft hands like fins pushing themselves out of the open chamber of the imagined whale’s red … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: LAURA READ

Posted on June 2, 2018 by

RIP, LAURA’S VAGINA By Laura Read Your vagina is beginning to devitalize, the doctor explained, when I asked him why I had had so many urinary tract infections lately. The first thing I thought was that I should say No, … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: RACHEL HEIMOWITZ

Posted on March 24, 2018 by

REFRESH By Rachel Heimowitz We raise them in lemons, in buttercream, in cornmeal, we cut the crust off every loaf and serve blueberries to those who can’t abide the crumbs. We let them ride our arms like cowboys, and when … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MALAK

Posted on December 2, 2017 by

From MALAK By Jenny Sadre-Orafai: LAST READING There is a pregnant bird in the cup. Malak looks at me like she has never looked at that in a cup before. My father looks at me like there are things I’m … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: GILI HAIMOVICH

Posted on March 11, 2017 by

AND THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT SOFTNESS By Gili Haimovich People are still flirting with trying to look younger, to make each other laugh. Their existence is softened by the luxuries of having some time, some needs, met. People are still eager, … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MANISHA SHARMA

Posted on November 5, 2016 by

Millions of girls continue to vanish pre-birth in India simply because they are girls. The following poems imagine these vanished girls. DEAR DAUGHTER In my mind I cradled you in my arms             I didn’t cage you you latched onto my … Continue reading →

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