In Antipolo, pilgrims make the alay-lakad
Legs were made
for walking. Thighs were made for resting on
Welcome to Poetry NorthWest
A Dragonfly on the Fishing Pole
A dragonfly perched on the fishing pole above waterfishing pole motionlessbait motionlessthe dragonfly motionlessIf I maintain thismotionless posea whole morning is about to pass byThe fishing pole above water does …
The Room, Part 1
What’s better than melting
into a chair, into yourself,
Autumn is ending here
Autumn is ending here; nearby,
the numb park I regularly walk in
Interview// “On Hearing Silences from Afar and Getting Close”: A Conversation with Elizabeth Bradfield
“Through the SOFAR channel, sound bounces along like light in a fiber optic cable and can travel across entire ocean basins. If the conditions are right, for example, a fin whale off the coast of Massachusetts can hear another fin whale off the coast of Portugal. The book started to cohere around the idea of listening across distances—between species, geographies, moments in time, and humans who are in some way uneasy with each other.” —Elizabeth Bradfield
Despatialized Intimacies: On David Gorin’s To a Distant Country
“In an age of hyperconnection that makes despatialized intimacies possible, Gorin’s affinities both extend and defy the old formulae.”
“Clusters of Naming”: A Conversation with Ida Börjel and Jennifer Hayashida
“The unbearables, the unnamables—are they to be named, reworded? or avoided?”
2025 James Welch Prize
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