Demain, dès l’aube
By Dana Bogema ● 2025
This classic poem was read by Dana Bogema at our 2025 Global Poetry Celebration. Original French Demain, dès l’aube, à l’heure où blanchit la campagne, Je partirai. Vois-tu, je sais
Global Poetry Celebration 2025
2025
On June 18th from 7-9pm, we gathered for our 5th Annual Global Poetry Celebration to hear poetry read out loud in many languages.
Solitude
By Mugu Ganesan ● 2025
Original Urdu Tanha dil pyaasa hai phir se shayad yeh sham dhalne ko hai Saje mehfil mein mai ki dariyaa behene ko hai! Maikade mein chiraagon ki raqs-e-shauq hone lagi
Since the beginning
By Mugu Ganesan ● 2025
Original Urdu Ek baat keh ni thi aap se shuru se Aap acche lagte hain mujhe shuru se! Aap ki awaaz deti hai sukoon rooh ko Jis ki justujuu thi
An international student, detained by ICE in Minneapolis, buys lilies for Easter brunch
By Sook Jin Ong 翁淑君 ● 2025
I want to walk to the grocery store, the one that gives me that big box experience, to pick out lilies, berries, and hot cross buns. April is approaching, and
My Mother Smoking a Cigar
By Loren Niemi ● 2025
It was on her 80th birthday That I offered and she accepted A Cuban. Her first. Her last. It was Mother’s Day And I had come to plant flowers To
Fighting B(l)ack Pain
By Davida Kilgore ● 2025
no gain no pain in the ass fast forward 2 inflammation swelling inflammatory response telling the body you hurt real bad pain prowls sidelines lounging hard words scrounging up adjectives
How the Body Wears Its Sorrows
By Joshua Preston ● 2025
limbs like vines reach for sky but find only themselves to climb the arms make a ring the legs step through & twisting bending writhing a man ties himself into
Upon learning that an angler fish is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand,
By Kait Quinn ● 2025
I finger the hard knob, now slightly larger than a pea, beneath the flesh of my right forearm, which the doctor told me was nothing to worry over, but now
Alive in the Mississippi River Valley:
By Marge Barrett ● 2025
bald eagle rises, climbs, settles atop an immense nest; cormorant; peregrine falcon; murders of crow ride fearsome black sky waves; vulture circles; red-tailed hawk hangs out; red-headed woodpecker drills tree
Listen! An Evening of Poetry and Music
2024
Saint Paul Almanac and Walker|West Music Academy united to present Listen! An Evening of Poetry and Music.