A Dragonfly on the Fishing Pole
A dragonfly perched on the fishing pole above waterfishing pole motionlessbait motionlessthe dragonfly motionlessIf I maintain thismotionless posea whole morning is about to pass byThe fishing pole above water does …
Welcome to Poetry NorthWest
The Room, Part 1
What’s better than melting
into a chair, into yourself,
Autumn is ending here
Autumn is ending here; nearby,
the numb park I regularly walk in
Bertolucci’s Cows: A Possible Scene from 1900
when we had lost everything
my father taught us to milk the cows
Interview// “On the Fleeting Natures of Here and Elsewhere”: A Conversation with Mai Der Vang
“Sound for me is an extension of memory. It’s a sensory-based container that can hold and recall the past, and because of that, it can haunt us.”—Mai Der Vang
Interview// “On Interbeing and Sleepwalking Towards Extinction”: A Conversation with Harryette Mullen
“Will we survive the weather, or not? Will we move beyond the willful inertia of leaders in denial, still debating whether or not?”—Harryette Mullen
PoNW’s Favorites | Autumn 2025
Shade is a Place by MaKshya Tolbert (Nov., Penguin) presents a dynamic, refreshing poetics of shade, which is not only one place but many places at many times. This debut …
2025 James Welch Prize
We are delighted to feature our 2025 James Welch Prize winners and finalists in our online folio.
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