May 19, 2026
St. Monica and Her Son St. Augustine Enjoy a Meal at the Tombs of the Dead
The Kenyon Review · “St. Monica and Her Son St. Augustine Enjoy a Meal at the Tombs of the Dead” by Luke Dunne I saw a peasant woman sitting on […]
May 19, 2026
St. Augustine’s Voyage to Rome Nears Its Conclusion
The Kenyon Review · “St. Augustine’s Voyage to Rome Nears its Conclusion” by Luke Dunne It was still early when they passed by Herculaneum—The fog had dissipated, thinned, or gone […]
May 19, 2026
Two Thousand Miles Away
The Kenyon Review · “Two Thousand Miles Away” by Prince Bush Half a mountain gives way,above the glacier, and drops and thinsa half of earth like dead and massive skin,exposing […]
May 19, 2026
Riverside Drive Canto
The Kenyon Review · “Riverside Drive Canto” by Dante Di Stefano When you don’t leave your hometown, you keep braiding togetherthe ghost threads & roots & routes of your kin. […]
May 19, 2026
Upper Front Street Canto
The Kenyon Review · “Upper Front Street Canto” by Dante Di Stefano Sometimes, I think all fathers are bad fathers like the onesstalking the line breaks of poems, this one […]
May 19, 2026
Acclaim
The Kenyon Review · “Acclaim” by Laura Didyk Real and imagined—though mostlyimagined, I imagine. I have wingson my wings. I have critics. That’s howI know that I know what I’m […]
May 19, 2026
Thin
The Kenyon Review · “Thin” by Laura Didyk I am thin again for a minute so now can moveon to worrying about money. This is not what I imaginedfor myself […]
May 19, 2026
L’Oubli
The Kenyon Review · “L’Oubli” by Tim Duffy I.At the end of an era,think of how one age melts into the next:plague sores, the letters by the fire with no […]
May 19, 2026
Built Close to Water, No. 2
The Kenyon Review · “Built Close to Water, No. 2” by Mary Fontana In German, someone who cries easily is said to be nah am Wasser gebaut: built close to […]
May 19, 2026
Dream House
The Kenyon Review · “The Dream House” by Morgan English I.All the rooms in my mindare wallpapered, thickin folkloric pale bluesymbols. Horsehair plastercovered up in drywallunderneath the pretty paper.I need […]
May 19, 2026
The Cloisters
The Kenyon Review · “The Cloisters” by Morgan English I spilled coffee down my nice white dress. I walked untilmy thighs rubbed each other raw,then kept walking. I was wrong […]
May 19, 2026
How to Hold Water
The Kenyon Review · “How to Hold Water” by Carlos Andrés Gómez My son is learning to cupwater with his hands but mostly loses his bounty just as his four-year-old […]