Rafael Campo: Poet, Physician, Advocate
Then and Now
In a Collection of New & Selected Poetry, Physician Rafael Campo Explores HIV in a Medical Idiom
by Noah Stetzer
1994 is the year...
Copper blue carrier protein: Poetry by Monica Carroll
Copper blue carrier protein
—Monica Carroll
Monica Carroll writes speculative poetry about the possibilities of health breakthroughs and barriers. She holds a PhD in philosophy and...
Song of the First Men: Poetry by Shaun Hill
Song of the First Men
I board a bus to the city beneath
the tunnels under train-lines,
pass the chapel of chapped brick
and drop down in the...
She Came Late to Writing: Poetry by Davi Walders
She Came Late to Writing
She came late, her wheelchair hooked
to a Critikon, her smile still slightly there,
a bright red bandana tight around her head.
She...
All I Know to Do: Poetry by Christopher Hewitt
All I Know to Do
Now even the numbers
have no meaning for me
metaphors like stars
snuff out Oh I care
but I repeat myself
the chanting the banners
the...
Untitled, After Rukeyser: Poetry by Stephen Ira
Untitled, After Rukeyser
I lived in the century after the war.
I’d go out on the street after events
where we stood on the stage one by...
Elegy for Ken Meeks: Poetry by Travis Chi Wing Lau
Elegy for Ken Meeks
*After Paul Monette
sanitary white meant i had crossed the threshold into the
kingdom of the sick where court is held to an...
When the World Converted to Acronyms: Poetry by Joy Gaines-Friedler
When the World Converted to Acronyms
for James Kerr
Joy Gaines-Friedler teaches Advanced Poetry and Creative Writing for non-profits in the Detroit area, including the Prison...
Inoculations: Poetry by Raymond Luczak
Inoculations
in memory of Bruce Hlibok (1960-1995)
Funny how much New York’s changed
since you died. Rents have gone way, way up.
Brooklyn is shockingly hip...
Poets for Life: Philip F. Clark on Why Writing Matters
Poets for Life
A&U’s New Poetry Editor on Why Writing Matters
by Philip F. Clark
“emaciation, grisly cancer,
no future, heart of gold,
passionate engagement with a great
B film,...
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