Poetry

NOTE: *1 - Published in the Best of the Web 2008 Anthology

Issue 2

Pentecost by R.T. Smith

Two Poems by Elaine Terranova

Autopsy - Jane McGuffin

Issue 3

The meteor by Eleanor Wilner

Apologia by Kathrine Varnes

Ismaliya, Egypt by Shulamith Caine

Issue 4

Three Poems by George Garrett

A Poe Taster by Daniel Hoffman

The Dictionary of Suicide by Sean Farragher

Two Poems by Lynn Levin

Issue 5

Two Poems and a Translation by Vincent Katz

Two Poems by Ruth Stone

To The Janjaweed by Tanure Ojaide

Issue 6

The Sleeping Messenger by Daniel Mark Epstein

Attention by Rachel Hadas

The Minimalist Museum by Edward Hirsch 1

Gladiolus by Harriet Levin

 

Issue 7

Night Vowels by Kelly Cherry

Deluge by Donald Kuspit

Ekphrastic Poetry by Donald Kuspit

The Token Token by Mark Rudman

Sixes and Sevens by Stephen Sandy

What is Poetry About? by David R. Slavitt

Issue 8

Three Poems by Thomas Chimes

Wiggle Room by Rachel Hadas

Dementia (6), Psalm. Hammer. Water. by Henry Israeli

Swimming Loagy Bay by Laurie Rosenblatt

Fantasia for Solo Trombone by David R. Slavitt

Issue 9

 

A Fera by Astrid Cabral

 

Aspects of the Poem by Kelly Cherry

 

The Eternal Predicament by Thomas Chimes

 

La Última Cena Catedral de Cusco by Odi Gonzales

 

burdens i, burdens ii, burdens iii by Donald Kuspit

 

flurry of beloved i, flurry of beloved ii by Donald Kuspit

 

Búfalos by Eduardo Moran

 

Historia by Antonio Preciado Bedoya

 

Fin De Año, Señor Forastero by Augusto Rodriguez

 

Word Processing at Fredda Brown's Farmhouse in Ghent, New York by Gary Sledge

 

Issue 10

La Enfermera by Wiley Clements

Midwinter View and For Instance by Rhina P. Espaillat

Matisse by Anne Frydman

The Commanche and At the Winter Solstice by Daniel Hoffman

A Poet Who Brought Poetry to the Millions, Daniel Hoffman speaks about Elizabeth McFarland - The Per Contra Interview with Miriam N. Kotzin

The Kentucky Derby by Maxine Kumin

Myself, Plums and Reminder by Elizabeth McFarland 

The Division of Labor and The Weather by Carter Ratcliff

Two Triolets after Archilochus by R. T. Smith

The Atoll, Two Poems by William Jay Smith

Birthday Shopping by John Updike

11 Poesía

 

IV Poesía de Ana Minga

 

Yo no escribo porque otros escribieron antes Poesía de Ana Minga

 

Caja de Recuerdos, Poesía de Carolina Patiño

 

11 Poetry

 

Passing The Time by Wesli Court

 

Rhina P. Espaillat, The Per Contra Interview with Miriam N. Kotzin

 

After Apple-Picking by Robert Frost - Click Here

 

Birches by Robert Frost - Click Here

 

Mending Wall by  Robert Frost - Click Here

 

The Death of the Hired Man by Robert Frost - Click Here

 

The Silken Tent by Robert Frost - Click Here

 

the gods i, the gods ii, the gods iii, the gods iv, the gods v, the gods vi, the gods vii, the gods viii, the gods ix, the gods x, the gods xi, the gods xii by Donald Kuspit

 

The Artist as Hero by Carter Ratcliff

 

Sirens by David R. Slavitt

 

Break In by Lewis Turco

 

12 Poetry

 

Cenário Com os Pés de Fora by Rosa Alice Branco

 

Charles Cantalupo, the Per Contra Interview with Miriam N. Kotzin

 

Two Poems by Fred Chappell

printre chei by Mariana Dan

Mothsong by Colette Inez

Now and Then, A Sleeper in the Valley and One of Lee's Soldiers by Robert Mezey

Aging Egoists and The Opening by Philip Schultz 

Reminder by David R. Slavitt

Train Links and Walk, Memorial Day by Elaine Terranova

13 Poetry

Care of Old Paintings by David Curzon

The Police Call It Paradise by Margaret A. Robinson

Eve, After by Laurie Rosenblatt

I [Can[t] Count the B's by Mark Rudman

Tinnitus by David R. Slavitt

Orange by Jane Kennedy Stuppin

The 103rd birthday of Emma Regina DeGraffenreid Smith by Alice Teeter

14 Light Verse Supplement

There are no larks on Broadway and Clouds by Russell Bittner

Five Poems by Wiley Clements

Three Poems by Wesli Court

A Calendar of Epitaphs by Wesli Court

Five Poems by Rhina P. Espaillat

A Dreamer’s Guide (To Wine) by Valerie Fox

Five Poems by Jim Hayes 

Five Poems by Daniel Hoffman

Three Poems by A.M. Juster

Eurocentric Rag, Eight Clerihews and Seven Couplets by Robert Mezey

Three Poems by Richard Moore

Three Poems by M.G. Piety

Nu, A Sestina and Martin Van Buren by David R. Slavitt

Mate and The Visit by Lee Slonimsky

Two Figures of Speech Walk into a Bar and First Poetry Reading by James Zerndt

14 Poetry

Towards the end by Elizabeth J. Coleman

Two Poems by Wesli Court

Two Poems by Rachel Hadas

March by Gail Holst-Warhaft

15 Poetry

Chafariz by Astrid Cabral

Four Poems by Anne Frydman

the gods xvii, the gods xviii, the gods xix, the gods xx and the gods xxi by Donald Kuspit

Ode To A Woodcut By Utamaro and The Return of the River Merchant's Wife by Elliot Richman

Stones by Alice Teeter

16 Poetry

Hummingbird Bully by William Hathaway 

Tulipas and Tigre de Origami by Salgado Maranhão

Retrospective and Mother Love By Jacqueline M. Michaud

Noir and Drought by Julia Mishkin

Juba, Shot Wren, Reveille and Blaze by R.T. Smith

 

17 Poetry

15 September 09 and 18 Revisited by H. R. Coursen

In Tiananmen Square and Basement, Two Poems by X. J. Kennedy

Sea Change by Elliot Richman

Second Sight by Lewis Turco

Issue 18

A Murder of Crows by Sarah Kennedy

Not Staying In, Not Going Out by Margaret A. Robinson

The Headstone and Tar Job by Philip Sultz

The Bucket by Alice Teeter

Issue 19

Sleep and Waking By H.R. Coursen

For Norman Goldstein 1925-1994 By Jack Foley

LeVieux Gets the Best of His Better Sense, Caritas et Amor and The Adversary’s Adages, three poems by Alfred Nicol 

 

Each to each and Solitary By Hollis Robbins

 

Raimon De Roussillon By David R. Slavitt

Issue 20

Bhutan by Laurel Blossom

Greenwich by Laurel Blossom

Sydney by Laurel Blossom

Winter Panes by Wesli Court

Fermat's Last Theorem by Julia Mishkin

Faith by Judith Moffett

November by Hollis Robbins

David R. Slavitt, The Per Contra Interview by Miriam N. Kotzin

Paths Worn Smooth by Alice Teeter

Generative by Elaine Terranova

 

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Translation

Issue 3

"With Liberty and Justice: A few remarks about translation" by David R. Slavitt

Two Odes of Oedipus Tyrannos Translated by David R. Slavitt

Issue 4

From Book III of De Rerum Natura of Titus Lucretius Carus Translated by David R. Slavitt

Issue 5

Crossing Over (To The Afterlife) by Vincent Katz

Issue 6

Day of the Dead by Rosa Alice Branco Translated by Alexis Levitin

Savings Bank by Rosa Alice Branco Translated by Alexis Levitin

More is Less by Rosa Alice Branco Translated by Alexis Levitin

Two Words for the Night by Rosa Alice Branco Translated by Alexis Levitin

From Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius Translated by David R. Slavitt

Issue 7

From Canto Quinto of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso Translated by David R. Slavitt

Issue 8

A List of Things to Do and In the Absence of Water by Luljeta Lleshanaku, Translated by Shpresa Qatipi & Henry Israeli

Dialogue and The Mare Danube by Ioan Flora, Translated by Adam J. Sorkin and Alina Cârâc, and Letters and Bees by Ion Pop, Translated by Adam J. Sorkin and Ioana Ieronim

Issue 9

 

The Last Supper Cathedral of Cusco Translated by Lynn Levin

 

Five Poems Translated by Alexis Levitin and  Fernando Iturburu

 

The Battle of Maldon Translated by David R. Slavitt

 

Issue 10

 

Translations from The Greek Anthology by David R. Slavitt  

a passing glimpse of the first of may, storypoem by Hipolito Alvarado translated by Alexis Levitin and Fernando Iturburu

Chronicle, Autumn Story, Possibilities for Paintings and Renaissance by Jürgen Becker, translated by Okla Elliott

The Ancient Circle by Fernando Cazón Vera translated by Alexis Levitin and Fernando Iturburu

Play of Shadows by Maritza Cino translated by Alexis Levitin and Fernando Iturburu

 

And I Had Lost Granada by Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo translated by Alexis Levitin and Fernando Iturburu 

 

The Words by Edwin Madrid translated by Alexis Levitin and Fernando Iturburu

 

Brief Remarks on Love by  Sonia Manzano translated by Alexis Levitin and Fernando Iturburu

 

“To Fight Life-Long to Be Essential” (Bertolt Brecht) by Hernan Zúñiga translated by Alexis Levitin and Fernando Iturburu 

 

Issue 11

 

Frosting by Rhina P. Espaillat

 

On the Street and One Day You Will by Gagan Gill Translated by Arlene Zide and the Poet

Pietà by Gabriela Melinescu translated by Adam J. Sorkin and Inger Johansson

I Don’t Write Because Others Wrote Before Me by Ana Minga Translated by Alexis Levitin 

Tobacco Dogs IV by Ana Minga Translated by Alexis Levitin

 

Box of Souvenirs by Carolina Patiño Translated by Alexis Levitin

 

Issue 12

Scenario with Feet Sticking Out by Rosa Alice Branco translated by Alexis Levitin

among the keys by Mariana Dan translated from the Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and the poet

 

Selected Poems From Pythagoras in Love by Lee Slonimsky, Translations into French by Elizabeth J. Coleman, and Edited by Sonja Haussman-Smith

 

The Road to Ujjaini by Shrikant Verma Translation from Hindi by Gagan Gill and Arlene Zide

Watch by Archana Verma Translation from Hindi by Aruna Sitesh and Arlene Zide

Under the Sycamores by Zeineb Yassin Translation by Charles Cantalupo and Dessale Berekhet

Issue 13

Reesom Haile, Four poems, Translated by Charles Cantalupo

So you will not say that I am difficult by Maritza Cino, Translated from the Spanish by Alexis Levitin

Sonia Manzano, “License of a Doe,” “Farewell legitimate son of an unknown god,” Translated from the Spanish by Alexis Levitin

The Barmaid by Virgil, Translated from the Latin by David R. Slavitt

Rajee Seth, Mughal Garden and The Sky Said, Translated from the Hindi by Arlene Zide and the Poet

Rajee Seth, Just You Watch Out, Translated from the Hindi by Aruna Sitesh and Arlene Zide with the consultation of the Poet

Issue 14

Consecrating the Alphabet by Leonor Scliar Cabral translated by Alexis Levitin

Boccaccio's Eclogue Part VII  "THE QUARREL" Translated by David R. Slavitt

Issue 15

Fountain by Astrid Cabral translated by Alexis Levitin

A Canzone From Dante's La Vita Nuova translated by David R. Slavitt

Issue 16

Tulips and Origami Tiger by Salgado Maranhão translated by Alexis Levitin

XXVIII The Yaksha Translation by David R. Slavitt

Issue 17

Erlking, a Poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Translation by Okla Elliott

To Each His Own and Sub specie aeternitatis by Rosa Alice Branco translated by Alexis Levitin

The Fauré Requiem by Gastão Cruz, translated by Alexis Levitin

Five Poems by Belli, Translated by Charles Martin

Issue 18

Hands in the Grave XXX and XXXI by Santiago Vizcaíno Translated by Alexis Levitin

Your work by Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Translated by Jacqueline Michaud

To My Father by John Milton Translated from the Latin by David R. Slavitt

Issue 19

Ronsard: “Quand Vous Serez Bien Vieille, Au Soir, a La Chandelle...” a translation By Jack Foley

 

Untitled by Carmen Váscones translated by  Alexis Levitin

Issue 20

A Watermill Beneath the Bed and Only the Cats by Rosa Alice Branco translated by  Alexis Levitin

Excessive Song V by Dan Sociu translated from Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and the poet with Mihaela Ni’ă