Geoffrey Brock

Geoffrey Brock’s poem in this issue is from his new collection, After. His most recent translations are Giuseppe Ungaretti’s Allegria, which received the 2021 National Translation Award in poetry, and Chantal Montellier’s Social Fiction, which has appeared on several best-of-2023 lists.

Poetry – Issue 35

Walking the Cat

Each night I take the old dog for a walk. / I put his harness on, attach the leash, / and when we step outside into the dark. . . .

Teach Ecotone

•“After ___________”

V. Penelope Pelizzon’s poem “Some Say,” modeled very loosely on Sappho’s fragment 16, is a stellar example of a literary imitation—a new poem based on an old poem. Your challenge is to write another.

Poetry – Issue 28

•Forces of Nature

This autumn morning, after the freeze, / They held a summit of the trees. / Motions were made and seconded, / And all the ochre, brown, and red / Snowed down.