Theme
Memory
35 poems · Newest first
25What 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 Choir26Small 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 read27What the Photograph Won't Say“In it my grandmother is not yet tired.”Marisol Vega“In it my grandmother is not yet tired.”What the Photograph Won't SayQuick read1 reading28Voicemail, Kept“your saved voice — three years,”Kai Moreno“your saved voice — three years,”Voicemail, KeptQuick read29Elegy for the Answering Machine“We kept the tape because it kept her voice —”Saoirse Doyle“We kept the tape because it kept her voice —”Elegy for the Answering Machine1 reading30Sestina for the House We Sold“We could not agree on what to do with the house.”Saoirse Doyle“We could not agree on what to do with the house.”Sestina for the House We Sold1 reading31The Long Way Home“I could take the highway.”Mara Okonkwo“I could take the highway.”The Long Way HomeQuick read32Studio Portrait, Accra, 1974“In the photograph my mother is nineteen”Nadia Osei“In the photograph my mother is nineteen”Studio Portrait, Accra, 19741 reading33Small Inheritance“Her keys still turn the lock, though she does not.”Nadia Osei“Her keys still turn the lock, though she does not.”Small InheritanceQuick read34The Long Way to Forgiving My Father“He taught me how to check the oil”Soren Vance“He taught me how to check the oil”The Long Way to Forgiving My Father35Kitchen, 3 a.m.“The fridge hums its one note”Mara Okonkwo“The fridge hums its one note”Kitchen, 3 a.m.Quick read3 readings