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“Made Bed” [by Beth Gylys]
Made Bed He could have been my lover again that night—a whisper of dress lifting over ears,the tie unknotting, the sheets predictably white, the fumbling urgency leaving us breathless, lightfrom lust tinged by guilt,…
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L’Shana Tova: “For I Will Consider Your Dog Molly” [poem by David Lehman]
Molly with Stick, Cayuga Lake, 1981 (c) Glen Hartley For I will Consider Your Dog Molly For it was the first day of Rosh Ha’shanah, New Year’s Day, day of remembrance, of ancient…
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Laura Orem: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
__________________________________________________________________________________________ Bald Remember, remember that boy who could not love…
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Egyptian Poetry [translated by Susan Brind Morrow]
Editor's note: Susan Brind Morrow published a translation of The Song of Baramhat by Salah Jahin in The Seneca Review, Vol XVI, 1; p.93in 1986. Morrow included her translation of Salah Jahin’s The Song of Baramhat immediately…
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What are the Scariest Poems in the English Language? [by David Lehman]
What is the scariest poem in the language? I wager that many would select Poe’s “The Raven,” and it is unquestionable that Poe has the ability, in his…
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End [by Susan Brind Morrow]
I like having a fierce dog Who barks and bites And leaps at your head The beauty boy who sleeps at my thigh Red fox red My beautiful Ted. …
