New Poems in the Nest by Madeleine Mori

“I sign no lease in Brooklyn, / do not accept the life you envision for me without you.” From “Remain”

“When fresh retina is braided into / burnt fibers, do the living see through the dead,"
From “Rotoscope”


Read both poems here.


Poetry Submissions
are Open
for 2 weeks only!

Through April 15th, we are open for poems.

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New Poems in the Nest

“who gathered these and why / pursue a form that would be razed / by noon." from “Sand Mermaid” By Maya Bernstein

“The sky looks uninspired / when I plead with it. / I want to see the planets / my father showed me."
from “Inland” By Michael Juliani

Read both poems here.


New Story in the Nest by Olivia Fantini

“It is too soon to test. We wait. The bleeding will stop or it won’t, and then we will
know.” From “implantation bleeding”

Read story here.


New Poems in the Nest by Kuhu Joshi

“Unlike Ganga and Yamuna, you seemed to have / no role. In you, my grandmothers drowned / who they could be.”
From Letter to Saraswati


“What I wanted to know was, / are you lonely? Do you have enough / family?”
From Spell to Call on My Future Family

Read both poems here.



New Interview in the Nest with Carlie Hoffman

“For me, poetry is devotional, and the process is deeply private. I see poetry as a way of being in the world, attuned to the ebbs and flows of daily life.” From Carlie Hoffman

Read interview here.