Whitetail
Remember last fall: the hunter’s moon
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Not Here
Eventually, the dinner party topic is ghost-animals
Vasco
6 am or thereabouts and blue dislodges itself
from black
Ode to Atmosphere
dear dairy cow
Interview// “Oh My God, My Lawn”: A Conversation with Nathan Hoks
“Millipedes are so different from our own morphology. They move in such a strange way. So a millipede is not only a metaphor for the poem, but it’s something that moves in a way that feels uncanny. We move too, but not like that! A millepede darts very quickly—that’s the poetry mind leaping. Its defense mechanism is to spiral into itself—that’s the poem’s defense mechanism.”—Nathan Hoks
PoNW’s Favorites | Fall 2026
Some wonderful new titles to burrow into this hibernating season: Return Signal, by TR Brady (Oct., NYU Press) is a revolution in practicality. Brady’s poems question our notions of the …
Interview // “the falling of everything that must go”: A Conversation with Susan Briante
“I’m suspicious of borders even on the page. I’m wary of the limits of tradition, expectation and genre. Who sets and maintains them? Who benefits from their enforcement?” –Susan Briante
2026 James Welch Prize
We are delighted to feature our 2026 James Welch Prize winners and finalists in our online folio.
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