Lorine Niedecker, “Linnaeus in Lapland”
Linnaeus, not yet known as one who could categorize all life, is out there. He’s in Lapland, enduring the bitter cold in order to study lichens (which sus...
Category: poetry
Maureen N. McLane, “notational / sufficiency”
I’ll make a note of it, I tell myself, and I do that much. So I have built a journal filled with phrases meant to remind me of experiences I had, but thos...
Chase Twichell, “Makeshifts”
Knowledge is power, the saying goes. I confess I have not appreciated this enough. I’ll rant about the news. Try too hard to show I understand exactly why...
Sappho, “I took my lyre and said”
I took my lyre—Sappho at once pronounces herself bold, empowered, and vulnerable. Uttering a musical phrase invites others to be lost in note after note. Is the...
Sappho, “I confess / I love that which caresses me”
Love should have warmth, Sappho says guiltily. I confess / I love that which caresses me. Why voice any regret? Basic relationship advice, advice any one of us ...