Illuminating poetry since 1959

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i want to die until
i do. i want to touch
everything before
i’m dust.

Poems

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It was not a circle.
It was broken, raw . . .

Poems

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so find the vein
beat it with a point

Poems

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this is the first barnfire
in history

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The bird howling outside my window reminds me
of a city burning to cinders

Poems

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what is normal
is what the body can bear, repeated
until it becomes emergency

Poems

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Poetry Northwest’s new podcast, Seconds. In this episode, Keetje Kuipers talks with Iain Haley Pollock about his second book, Ghost, Like a Place.

A series of poetry videos presented by Poetry Northwest.

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