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Life List


Life List, a series of poems engaging with birds written by BIPOC poets, is curated by Senior Editor Sean Hill. Each poet has also written an accompanying Field Note. Hill, a Black poet, writes of the series, “As a writer of color, the presence of nature, particularly birds, in my work is questioned by some readers. Given the times we’re living through and the struggles we’re having being seen, I wanted to create an aerie from which these kinds of poems could fly out into the world.”

M. Soledad Caballero
Two Poems
Field Note


J. Drew Lanham
Two Poems
Field Note

photo © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, used with permission

Hai-Dang Phan
Two Poems
Field Note

Monica Rico
Two Poems
Field Note

Jennifer Chang
Two Poems
Field Note

Michael Kleber-Diggs
“Postcard to Sean”
Field Note

Cover image: “islands,” by James Everett Stanley