October 9, 2024
The Long View
The Kenyon Review · “The Long View” by HUI Ye translated and read by Dong LI From afar, the roof of the monastery appearsTo emerge in ancient twilight, its bell […]
October 9, 2024
As Galatea
October 9, 2024
As Persephone
October 9, 2024
As Vanitas
October 9, 2024
Fig Rennet
o separation o the fat o the way o the whey in you a way inside of you— the whey separated by the thin fruitskin holding the waspy bed of […]
October 9, 2024
Spring-Loaded
The Kenyon Review · “Spring-Loaded” by David Thacker As a child I loved the lone wolf’s lope, and the pack’s flank-to-flank choreography, plush shadowsin twilight, stories of how a wolf […]
October 9, 2024
He Wasn’t a Farm Kid
Farm kids know the rule: Neverleave your car in a blizzard.“Cars are easy to find,” Dad says.The rest of the sentence — about bodies — remains swallowed by open acres where snow swirls into […]
October 9, 2024
Gone for a Spell
The Kenyon Review · “Gone for a Spell” by Angie Romines Nobody really wants to keep secrets, not even the dead. People leave clues everywhere, and if you pay attention, […]
October 9, 2024
Jugando Hoyos
We played a game called Hoyos, that name being what it was,Holes — holes we dug easily in the dirt, into which, from a distance,We tried to roll whatever we had that […]
October 9, 2024
Fisherboy
The Kenyon Review · “Fisherboy” by Issa Quincy There they lay beneath the eyes of the all-powerful (and just) God, a human tide, a black mass of putrid flesh, a […]
October 9, 2024
River, from Origin to Mouth
An overture is played at the beginning of a ballet to establish the themes. The sound where I began was the river’s, its going over stones.Its roar was the orchestra […]
October 9, 2024
Parade
After the common law divorce, we get our house back.A rusty pickup leads the 18-wheeler,two yellow flags drape from its bodywarning of the oversize load.Our double-wide trailer struts down IH-35 […]