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2016 Poetry Contest Winner: Cori A. Winrock
Nothing fits properly in this
space, Little Sleeve.
Are you watching? The way I
am crawling across
the walls of every room of the
house like a wet
near-dead thing. Like the sad
sack that I am.
In My 31st Year
OK, so it’s true
that last week I let Andrew,
half in the bag, a little
crumpled,
cuff my wrists, then
perhaps, too familiar, wing an
arm
around my neck . . .
Trading Post
Swap an Aztec maiden for a
cask of mezcal
or a swine for a boy. For
compass follow the ship
ahead
scanning the water for slaves
fed to the sea.
Will Peace Bring Justice to Colombia?
Will victims of the war be served by the call for restorative justice?
Grief
This view of the cliffs.
A passing cloud.
A scattering of yellow paint.
A pink feather on the wire.
Great Exploitations
States are stealing from orphans to pad their budgets. And it's legal.
No Easy End to Prison Profiteering
The DOJ says it will stop using private prisons. The truth is more complicated.
Something Blue
Two people I love are parting.
I left
my shoes in the desert. Maybe
I’m like
a wedding, I have a formal
need to make
these two ideas meet . . .
“Go home!”: Being Foreign in Post-Brexit Britain
For many EU citizens in the UK, the Brexit vote means the end of home as they know it.
NATO Has Problems, But Trump Won’t Fix Them
Trump may have just been running off at the mouth, but policy experts agree he’s not entirely wrong about our dysfunctional relationship with NATO.
One Long Poem
A stunning trove of letters from Elizabeth Bishop to her therapist sheds light on the personal secrets that shaped her poetry.
Mother
I want to get
to the managed care
evening,
where the future appears
to stream directly
into the past . . .
What Does Black Lives Matter Want?
The ideas in the movement’s new manifesto would enrich our practice of democracy.
Blood in Honduras, Silence in the United States
The U.S. turns a blind eye on the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres.
Unquote
Take this cup away from me
with its hints
of ammonia and dill,
oak or corrosion.
Who knows, really?
Pink and Blue
Many young children become obsessed with gender. How do we know which are trans?
The End of the Beginning
The resolution of a tantalizing hint of new physics discovered last year.
Queers Against Hate
Radical gay liberation laid the ground for the moderate legal gains of gay rights.
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