Rasha Alqasim (Tr. Sara Elkamel) 5/6/25 Rasha Alqasim (Tr. Sara Elkamel) 5/6/25

Things Unrelated to Loneliness

“All these spoons, / For who?”

Mohamed Kheir (Tr. Robin Moger) 4/24/25 Mohamed Kheir (Tr. Robin Moger) 4/24/25

Sleep Phase

“Even as he climbed, he knew what he would see and refused to believe it until there it was before him.”

Karim Kattan (Tr. Jeffrey Zuckerman) 4/15/25 Karim Kattan (Tr. Jeffrey Zuckerman) 4/15/25

Salt Air

“He studied the sea, as if sizing up an enemy.”

Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto) 4/3/25 Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto) 4/3/25

Big Fish

The luxury tuna industry is killing the Mediterranean.

Dalia Taha (Tr. Sara Elkamel) 4/3/25 Dalia Taha (Tr. Sara Elkamel) 4/3/25

Three Poems

“A story of two truths: light / and shadows.”

Juliette Pavy (Tr. Esther King) 4/1/25 Juliette Pavy (Tr. Esther King) 4/1/25

The Pursuit of Greenland

Does anyone on the island actually want to join the United States?

Emilien Hofman (Tr. Elettra Pauletto) 3/20/25 Emilien Hofman (Tr. Elettra Pauletto) 3/20/25

The Last Children of Antoine

A 115-year-old religion, founded by a Belgian metal worker, refuses to explain itself.

Sinan Antoon (Tr. Sara Elkamel) 3/11/25 Sinan Antoon (Tr. Sara Elkamel) 3/11/25

Three Poems from Iraq

“It was mourned by no one / And nothing.”

Banu Mushtaq (Tr. Deepa Bhasthi) 3/4/25 Banu Mushtaq (Tr. Deepa Bhasthi) 3/4/25

The Shroud

“Even in her wildest dreams, she had not thought that Bua would haunt her after death.”

Ma Xu (Tr. Jennifer Fossenbell & Zuo Fei) 2/27/25 Ma Xu (Tr. Jennifer Fossenbell & Zuo Fei) 2/27/25

Once I Mistook the Moonlight on the Sea

“Oh, once again I mistook things”

Mireille Juchau 2/4/25 Mireille Juchau 2/4/25

‘Anya, Wake Up! They Started a War!’

Recording Ukrainian dreams in wartime.

Tan Lin (Tr. Aiden Heung) 2/4/25 Tan Lin (Tr. Aiden Heung) 2/4/25

Response to a Friend

“The world happens, as illusive as dreams.”

Felix Nesi (Tr. Lara Norgaard) 1/21/25 Felix Nesi (Tr. Lara Norgaard) 1/21/25

People from Oetimu

“Torn between jealousy and heartbreak, the men began to drink.”

Francesca Mastruzzo (Tr. Elettra Pauletto) 1/14/25 Francesca Mastruzzo (Tr. Elettra Pauletto) 1/14/25

Writing to Political Prisoners in Russia

Dmitrij’s main crime was photographing bridges in Vladivostok. I decided to write to him.

Urszula Honek (Tr. Dawid Mobolaji) 1/14/25 Urszula Honek (Tr. Dawid Mobolaji) 1/14/25

Poems from Poland

“I want to think of her as living.”

Therese Bohman (Tr. Marlaine Delargy) 1/7/25 Therese Bohman (Tr. Marlaine Delargy) 1/7/25

Andromeda

“I understood that he was testing me, and that he was doing so because for some reason he had decided to believe in me.”

Andriy Sodomora (Tr. Sabrina Jaszi & Roman Ivashkiv) 12/12/24 Andriy Sodomora (Tr. Sabrina Jaszi & Roman Ivashkiv) 12/12/24

The Mitten

“Maybe I did in fact return the woman’s mitten, for the line between reality and fantasy is so tenuous.”

Marija Dzeisla & Kõrli Stalte (Tr. Will Mawhood & Jayde Will) 12/10/24 Marija Dzeisla & Kõrli Stalte (Tr. Will Mawhood & Jayde Will) 12/10/24

How Many Poets Per Capita?

Poems from two threatened languages in Latvia.

Elena Medel (Tr. Miriam Tobin) 12/3/24 Elena Medel (Tr. Miriam Tobin) 12/3/24

An Agreement on the Matter

“After pulling out her chair, she squeezed herself into the space under the desk, closed her eyes, and slept.”

Yásnaya Elena A. Gil (Tr. Ellen Jones) 11/26/24 Yásnaya Elena A. Gil (Tr. Ellen Jones) 11/26/24

To Read

“I’d be lying if I said I’ve always enjoyed reading.”