All Things Diode

Mar 4
1 min

PRISMATICS Featured on [PANK] Blog

"Prismatics: Larry Levis & Contemporary American Poetry (Diode Editions, 2020) is a collection of the full-length transcriptions of...."

Feb 13
6 min

On Work, Writing, & Poetry

I didn’t seriously write poetry again until later in life, when a series of chance events revived my love of creative writing and led me to

Dec 4, 2019
1 min

Verse Daily Features Ricky Ray's "Guard Dog"

"Mother me, rain, I come home/ tired and thirsty/ down to the snake-hiss of/ my bones."

Jul 2, 2019
2 min

POETRY DAILY Features KC Trommer's WE CALL THEM BEAUTIFUL

"A sliver of Einstein’s brain blown up under the microscope shows/ all the branches/ of where his thoughts went. Still waving."

Jun 12, 2019
1 min

Read "Prayers to St. Christina Mirabilis" by Simone Person

Holy Christina/ crescent-moon perfection’s path/ I’m asking for guidance/ to earn a scraped-raw mouth/ every bit of him picked from my teeth

Jun 12, 2019
1 min

Poets.org Features New Poem by Remica Bingham-Risher

"I ripped my mother being born// and I am the only.// The oldest ripped my grandmother// and still came more."

Jun 9, 2019
1 min

POETRY DAILY Features Jehanne Dubrow's AMERICAN SAMIZDAT

"For a few days: frost/remakes the lawn as frozen spines.// I’m stepping on small bones./ In these outlying parts"

Jun 7, 2019
1 min

Read "Sweat Bee" from Emilia Phillips' HEMLOCK

"I knew the storm was coming// yesterday for the way/ the screws tightened/ in my heel their heads// just visible under my/ skin"

Jun 7, 2019
1 min

Read "Accretion" by Simone Person

"as a child I envied// venus fly traps// their ability to snap// themselves shut// to turn invasion// into strength"

May 31, 2019
3 min

Simone Person's SMOKE GIRL Is #BestDressed on The Wardrobe

Simone Person's SMOKE GIRL is featured in The Wardrobe's #BestDressed, curated by Jessica Rae Bergamino for The Sundress Blog.

May 13, 2019
3 min

VERSE DAILY Features Poem from Jehanne Dubrow's AMERICAN SAMIZDAT

"Numbness is another way/ of turning off the news." —from Jehanne Dubrow's AMERICAN SAMIZDAT, featured May 13, 2019 on VERSE DAILY

Apr 17, 2019
2 min

POETRY DAILY Features Hazem Fahmy's Red//Jild//Prayer

"Arya asks what's east/ of Westeros, and I think of blown out candles,/ wax-caked calloused hands, a history/ at the bottom of the river"

Apr 12, 2019
3 min

LITHUB Features "First Map" from WE CALL THEM BEAUTIFUL by KC Trommer

"The ceiling was so far up, the cement floor cold against/ my back/ and the smell of the room was the smell// of drying acrylic."

Mar 30, 2019
1 min

VERSE DAILY Features Poem from Simone Person's SMOKE GIRL

"When you look up/ rape survivor is always/ nestled nearby" —from Simone Person's SMOKE GIRL featured on VERSE DAILY

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All Things Diode

PRISMATICS Featured on [PANK] Blog

On Work, Writing, & Poetry

Verse Daily Features Ricky Ray's "Guard Dog"

POETRY DAILY Features KC Trommer's WE CALL THEM BEAUTIFUL

Read "Prayers to St. Christina Mirabilis" by Simone Person

Poets.org Features New Poem by Remica Bingham-Risher

POETRY DAILY Features Jehanne Dubrow's AMERICAN SAMIZDAT

Read "Sweat Bee" from Emilia Phillips' HEMLOCK

Read "Accretion" by Simone Person

Simone Person's SMOKE GIRL Is #BestDressed on The Wardrobe

VERSE DAILY Features Poem from Jehanne Dubrow's AMERICAN SAMIZDAT

POETRY DAILY Features Hazem Fahmy's Red//Jild//Prayer

LITHUB Features "First Map" from WE CALL THEM BEAUTIFUL by KC Trommer

VERSE DAILY Features Poem from Simone Person's SMOKE GIRL

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