Spring
Once I ran across a long green field. Inevitably lost the end to that memory.
Welcome to Poetry NorthWest
An Opening
Don’t need summer. Still haven’t figured out how to work the radiator.
People Like Me
In the mirror, I see two asymmetrical halves of a face. In my dreams, these halves turn to you to say, why don’t we throw a party.
surround
the holiness is in fingertips
Interview// “The Poetics of the Tongue”: A Conversation with janan alexandra
“…part of the work of the tongue is to befriend a certain kind of exile, to plant as many kisses there as I can.”—janan alexandra
What’s a working class-poem?: On Amy De’Ath’s Not a Force of Nature
“In bringing the reader to a generative and speculative space, Not a Force of Nature explores the potential of “the working class poem,” and what might come after, in a collection deeply rooted in resistance.”
PoNW’s Favorites | Winter 2026
Poetry collections to wander, want, and whirl this winter: The Hungering Years by Summer Farah (Host, Feb.) has an electric pulse both steady and sudden, dense like the tightness of …
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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