21 poems · Newest first
01My Mother's Recipe for Caldo de Pollo“My mother's recipe has no measurements, only gestures: a palm of salt, a…”Marisol Vega“My mother's recipe has no measurements, only gestures: a palm of salt, a…”My Mother's Recipe for Caldo de Pollo2 readings02Sin“It can begin with goodbye,”TJ9001“It can begin with goodbye,”Sin1 reading03Somewhere between Hope & Hurt“Somewhere Between Hope and Hurt”Olothando“Somewhere Between Hope and Hurt”Somewhere between Hope & Hurt1 reading04Her Station“Her radio stayed on through every silence in that house.”Thandi Nkosi“Her radio stayed on through every silence in that house.”Her Station1 reading05What the Radio Knew Before I Did“In our kitchen the radio was never off,”Thandi Nkosi“In our kitchen the radio was never off,”What the Radio Knew Before I Did06The Song I Never Learned“The song comes back the second I sit still,”Thandi Nkosi“The song comes back the second I sit still,”The Song I Never Learned1 reading07What My Grandmother Taught the Choir“She didn't teach pitch. She taught arrival.”Thandi Nkosi“She didn't teach pitch. She taught arrival.”What My Grandmother Taught the Choir08Remittance“Every month I send home a number.”Dawit Bekele“Every month I send home a number.”RemittanceQuick read1 reading09Blank Verse for a Father Asleep on the Couch“He meant to watch the whole thing. He always means to.”Dawit Bekele“He meant to watch the whole thing. He always means to.”Blank Verse for a Father Asleep on the CouchQuick read10The Last Orange“the last orange, split”Marisol Vega“the last orange, split”The Last OrangeQuick read11Small Fluent Thing“My daughter dreams in a language I half-lost.”Marisol Vega“My daughter dreams in a language I half-lost.”Small Fluent ThingQuick read12Inheritance“My mother left me three things:”Marisol Vega“My mother left me three things:”InheritanceQuick read1 reading13Calling Card“My father's voice arrives in small denominations.”Dawit Bekele“My father's voice arrives in small denominations.”Calling CardQuick read14Ballad of the Coat on the Door“His coat still hangs behind the door”Saoirse Doyle“His coat still hangs behind the door”Ballad of the Coat on the Door2 readings15Recipe, Unwritten“She never measured anything.”Nadia Osei“She never measured anything.”Recipe, UnwrittenQuick read16What I'd Keep“if the house was going”Nadia Osei“if the house was going”What I'd KeepQuick read1 reading17Small breaths“Little hands and those soft eyes”Trinity Francesca“Little hands and those soft eyes”Small breaths1 reading18Thirty Percent“The forecast gives it seventy”Nadia Osei“The forecast gives it seventy”Thirty PercentQuick read1 reading19What He Would Say About the War“He would say the food.”Soren Vance“He would say the food.”What He Would Say About the War20Ode to the Bag of Ice at the Gas Station“Praise the chest freezer humming by the door”Juniper Cole“Praise the chest freezer humming by the door”Ode to the Bag of Ice at the Gas Station1 reading21Elegy with a Radio Left On“They left the radio on in the room”Soren Vance“They left the radio on in the room”Elegy with a Radio Left On