Now we plummet toward the original spark
now the first-born face takes shape
» Five poems from LAST STOPS OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY by Milo De Angelis, tr. by Patrizio Ceccagnoli and Susan Stewart «
The book comes out April 14 from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social!
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I stepped into your bed
Not whole, but split:
Half all married, half all virginal.
⩫ Two poems by Amrita Pritam, translated from the Punjabi by Rituparna Sengupta ⩫
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Don’t climb the mountains, sister: they tricked me
and had nothing to offer my longing.
⚹ Two poems from Edith Södergran’s MODERN WOMAN (World Poetry Books, 2026), translated from the Swedish by CD Eskilson ⚹
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leaving me to drift as nobody
in a land named
nothing
◒ A poem by Eka Kevanishvili, translated from the Georgian by Dalila Gogia ◒
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When it drizzles
her nails turn yellow like geraniums
her ears grow feral and listen within…
◊ Three poems by Vassilis Kimoulis, translated from the Greek by Peter Constantine ◊
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Lou—matchstick .
Lou—loftiness of fuzz .
cycle of misery,
cube of difference .
◓ From Issue 11, a poem by Igor Bakhterev, translated from the Russian by Jonah Howell and Sofija Popovska (@aughtmilk.bsky.social) ◓
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“When I write a translingual text, languages jump out unexpectedly on my way.”
⩊ Alexey Mozyaev interviews poet Dinara Rasuleva about Lostlingual, a multilingual collection of poems published by Rab-Rab Press, followed by three poems ⩊
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and just when I felt like it might finally be over
appointment administration evaluation prognostication
✼ From Issue 7, a poem by Dan Sociu, translated from the Romanian by Paul Killebrew & Dan Sociu ✼
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"I know you’re still bewildered, irritated, mortified by your disgraceful behavior towards your old friend..."
⊱ From ONE, NONE, AND A HUNDRED GRAND by Luigi Pirandello, translated by Sean Wilsey ⊱
Out today from @archipelagobooks.bsky.social !
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“You can do this some of your life,” José says, “but not all. It’s too hard for how little you make.”
⨬ “Game Over,” from Abraham Jiménez Enoa’s THE HIDDEN ISLAND, translated by Lily Meyer ⨬
THE HIDDEN ISLAND is out now on IG Publishing! @igpublishing.bsky.social
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Onehundredandeightythousandfourhundredandone men live in Iceland
and she’s in love with all of them
∾ Two poems by Brynja Hjálmsdóttir, translated from Icelandic by Rachel Britton ∾
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“At a time when finding commonalities among differences feels more important than ever, Circumference is indispensable.”
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They return at night with the same maxim:
I spoke with the myths, but the myths wouldn’t have me.
▣ From bruno darío’s LANTANA OR, THE INDISSOLUBLE EXHALATION, translated by @Kit Schluter ▣
Out this month from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social !
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Searching for opposing centers
we will change the body entirely
—fullness is sealed in symbols.
⌱ Three poems from Theory of the Voice and Dream by Liliana Ponce, translated by @immanentfields.bsky.social ! ⌱
Out today from @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social !
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Under the shelter of my heart
he is as plain and severe as his task
⊱ From Issue 10, three poems by Najlaa Eltom, translated from Arabic by Mayada Ibrahim (@mayadamayadamay.bsky.social) ⊱
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The man got back home
by breaking the glass with his elbow.
He tidied the tables made a coffee
for the women asleep in the corner.
⁑ Five poems by Carmen Gallo, translated from Italian by Livia Franchini (@twoseriousladies.bsky.social) ⁑
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I hid in a shed by the lake
near Wlodava
sometimes they gave me some bread
⸱ Six poems by @g-kwiatkowski.bsky.social, translated from the Polish by Peter Constantine ⸱
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My head on your left shoulder
is valence zero; a grey metallic loneliness.
Freckles, spots of rust . . .
⚹ From Issue 3, a poem by Luljeta Lleshanaku, translated from the Albanian by Henry Israeli & Shpresa Qatipi ⚹
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“'I hate you,' she said to a man whose only crime was not loving her. 'I hate you,' she said in a rush.“
⊹ “The Buffalo,” from Clarice Lispector’s COVERT JOY, translated by Katrina Dodson ⊹
COVERT JOY is out this week from New Directions (@ndbooks.bsky.social)!
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