“the poem begins not where the knife enters but where the blade twists.”
— Hanif Abdurraqib, from his poem ‘The Prestige’, published at Poets.Org
— Franz Kafka, from “Letters to Milena.”
— Richard Jackson, from “Basic Algebra.”
— Madeline Miller, from “Circe.”
—Logan February, from “Sober II.”
— Meggie Royer, from “Psych Ward Lover.”
— Antonin Artaud, from “Manifesto in Clear Language.”
— Charles Bukowski, from “Screams From the Balcony.”
— Sanna Wani, from “Tragedy.”
— Margaret Atwood, from Selected Poems: 1965-1975






















