Sandra Doller meditates on aging and motherhood. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Stacy Szymaszek writes a poem in gratitude to her students. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Will Alexander finds ways of writing poems to revitalize language as a whole. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Christine Kanownik examines the place of religion and spirituality in secular life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Evie Shockley expresses frustration over ongoing immigration policies and thinks about ways Americans might better live together. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Matei Yankelevich meditates on the nature of poetic language and lingers over events from his past. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Alyse Knorr writes about motherhood and loss.

George Abraham invents a new sonnet form to investigate an act of vandalism that occurred in a Palestinian vineyard.

Jill Magi explores the intersections between sports culture and corporate job-speak.

Divya Victor considers the effects of transnational migration on family life.

Wendy Lotterman wonders what home invasion and poetry have in common.

Emmalea Russo recalls a Skype healing session and remembers the death of her aunt Vera.

Lotte L.S. considers the legacy of British poet and political activist Anna Mendelssohn.

Emily Sieu Liebowitz begins a poem by wondering if the Trojan Horse was merely a metaphor for written language.

Dora Malech reflects on the way gun violence and school shootings have affected her own life.

Sawako Nakayasu imagines eating a bowl of girl soup and the conundrum posed by her own intervention.

Khaled Mattawa remembers the sense of hope felt during the Arab Spring and at the prospect of having a second child.

Kirsten Ihns considers the way a poem can dance the reader’s mind.

Eric Baus demonstrates how the powerful can learn from something seemingly small and weak.

Cedar Sigo pays tribute to the poet Joanne Kyger, who died in March of 2017.

Maureen Thorson recalls details of her life in 1989 when she was 10 years old.

Jared Stanley imagines how climate change will displace populations and what that could mean for one’s family.

André Naffis-Sahely visits the desert of Arizona and contemplates the cruelty of the Trump Administration’s policy of family separation at the southern border.