The “No”
The no keeps coming back, the no
with its pathetic cry
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Poetry Northwest | Poetry Northwest
Welcome to Poetry NorthWest
The Logbook of Movement
Right now, the bus boy is counting his money
through the faces of those coming down
from the bus.
Bone Above Our Heart
Stepping into the living room, she drops
her suit top with a soft crush.
One Day Your Voice Will Become Mine: On Kalehua Kim’s Mele
“This book is a palimpsest, an encapsulation of influences. Here are the remnants we collect from our loved ones, from our days, the bits of dialogue, the stories, images, and small gestures that mold us. How can we mend and be mended? Through the attempt, the insistence, to forget nothing.”
Interview// “The Unfamiliar as Poetic Landscape”: A Conversation with Ally Ang
By Summer Farah
I love how the act of paying attention defamiliarizes spaces that I’ve been to many times before and makes them feel new and exciting.—Ally Ang
Understories Thrive on Loss: On Katy E. Ellis’ Forty Bouts in the Wilderness
“Ellis is specific about her use of the word “bout” to represent a defined timeframe as well as a struggle. And while her experience of wilderness is personal, it is never possessive.”
2025 James Welch Prize
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