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In the mirror, I see two asymmetrical halves of a face. In my dreams, these halves turn to you to say, why don’t we throw a party.
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the grass was tired, so we drove instead.
Someone Once Told Me I Walk Down the Hall like Coyolxauhqui Walking into Battle
the way my chest requested a warrant for paz
What’s a working class-poem?: On Amy De’Ath’s Not a Force of Nature
“In bringing the reader to a generative and speculative space, Not a Force of Nature explores the potential of “the working class poem,” and what might come after, in a collection deeply rooted in resistance.”
PoNW’s Favorites | Winter 2026
Poetry collections to wander, want, and whirl this winter: The Hungering Years by Summer Farah (Host, Feb.) has an electric pulse both steady and sudden, dense like the tightness of …
Interview// “A Wild Palimpsest of Histories”: A Conversation with Aaron Coleman
“I wonder what our bodies do with time, and I see this collection as a living archive exploring that question, both asking and responding to it.”—Aaron Coleman
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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