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John palpitating love notes
in a lost-found nation
within a nation
His music resounding discovery
signed Always
John Coltrane
—Jayne Cortez in the November issue of POETRY.
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CW: Strong language
Again, what’s wrong here is exactly right, and thus irritation is our gateway to poetry’s pleasure.
—Graham Foust in the November issue of POETRY.
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sie braucht sich nur fallen zu
lassen
Kirschen und Trauben
she just needs to let herself
fall
cherries and grapes
—Annette C. Boehm in the November issue of POETRY.
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Biliyorum benimle gelen gemi
Benimle gitmeyecek.
I know the ship I came on
Won’t leave with me.
—Rüştü Onur (trans. by @slyter90 and @huseyinalhas) in the November issue of POETRY. bit.ly/3Af6Qgs
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I failed to measure how many steps it took
to walk my heart’s wanting back to front,
though I paced it over and over.
—Jane Hirshfield in the November issue of POETRY.
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His poems are busted by history and fractured by time. The past doesn’t stay in the earth where it belongs, and when you dig up a piece, it holds anything but neat archaeological layers.
—Alexander Wells (@ajbwells) on the German poet Lutz Seiler. bit.ly/3AFjpS7
I’ve always admired poems that dare me not to be there, as if my being there was of no consequence; poems that fail to notice me; poems that even actively deride me.
—@randallmannpoet in the November issue of POETRY.
CW: Sexual content
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I wander
the streets, a stranger to my own
slowness. All the neighborhood
cats reel in
—Darius Atefat-Peckham in the November issue of POETRY.
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In honor of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, CPL is pleased to welcome the 23rd United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo as part of our Voices for Justice Series! Click here to learn more: bit.ly/cplharjo
She mirrored a deep Blackness that had little to do with color and everything to do with being a diasporic Black descendant of slaves brought to America.
—Sapphire on the firespitter, Jayne Cortez.
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CW: Racial violence
I waited for the snow but it never snowed
it just got colder & colder
—Josh English in the November issue of POETRY.
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ALT A cover of Poetry magazine on a white background. In the top left corner are two rows of text that read: POETRY November 2024. In the top right corner is a black pegasus emblem. Center, the word "Poetry" is spelled out in a grid, two letters at a time in three rows. The letters are composed of cement blocks.