Like a Kahawai
He called me a boy
I almost ripped my skin off
Welcome to Poetry NorthWest
Brambles
The gentle back and forth
of the blanket nest
Somebody the Same as You
Somebody the same as you
tempted the beast with secrets.
the day is long and full of names
remember when we were little
and there was a party
Interview// “Where was the love story?”: A Conversation with Jessica Laser
Jessica Laser’s third poetry collection, The Goner School (University of Iowa Press, 2024), performs the hilarities, heartbreaks, and attempts at healing of a generation. Academics and adolescents move toward the …
Interview // “On What Remains in the Chorus”: A Conversation with Anthony Thomas Lombardi
“I just keep digging, the poems are just to keep digging, and that’s all. Now I dug through a fucking planet to the other end. Now I have to go and dig my way back.”—Anthony Thomas Lombardi
Underground Water
“These are selections from an experimental, multimedia translation of Gilgamesh. A literal translation of the Akkadian title of that narrative could be ‘He who has seen the underground water.’”
2025 James Welch Prize
We are delighted to feature our 2025 James Welch Prize winners and finalists in our online folio.
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