Pray the grime-coated stairway of 1 Scammel Street. Smoke-stained walls and fallen chunks of plaster. The floor we painted cheer yellow.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Daughter, Rose, Prays the Mysteries of the Rosary
Best New Poets 2020
Congratulations to P&L's nominees for Best New Poets 2020!
I Am Prometheus
At my chalice-smooth fingers / bronzed as judgment trumpets, one hand / glacier-blue, the other lilies and teeth—
Book Review: More Than Watchmen at Daybreak, by Cyrus Cassells
The chapbook “More Than Watchmen at Daybreak” opens by addressing the reader as pilgrim, a traveler, one who has come from afar or is seeking a holy place.
Passion Theory
Everything sanguine. Everything / illumined to unmask our every crater, valley, plateau.
The Color of My Uncle’s Car
reflected the blue wash above Arizona, as we snaked up the sides / of Thumb’s Butte, halfway between pine hills and the sagebrush floor
ORAL HISTORY OF THE GODS: So what: on the moral virtues of drinking and talking all night
Two Jewish men stay up all night drinking and debating the existence of God. At the end of the night, they come to a conclusion: God cannot possibly exist. They tumble out into the early morning air, satisfied with their conclusion.
Interview with Carlos Andrés Gómez
Carlos Andrés Gómez is a Columbian-American poet, author, actor, and speaker. He is the recipient the 2018 Broken River Prize, selected by Eduardo C. Corral, for his new collection of poems, Hijito (Platypus Press 2019).
Father
In the basement of the crack house I used to visit / as an outreach worker on 121st street in Harlem, / I was convinced He refused / to travel north of 96th.
Psaltery & Lyre 