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Supernovae

Ellen Rachlin

‘Theory cannot be tangible fact / like driving on I-95 to get to a lecture / on supernovae.’

Nature Study: Spots

Kay Ryan

‘Reminding us / again that live things / can be flat.’

A Description of the Architectural Impact of My Home, Age 7

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

‘my apartment is neither over / nor under the sidewalk, / but both at once’

Undo it

Carl Phillips

‘I can almost see again: we’ll drown anyway’

Eternities

Charles Simic

‘Could they be the same person?’

17 Melbourne Road

Oliver Reynolds

‘A room at the top of the street / preserving his life in sunlight’