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“kong kong II” by Angeline Simon

 
The Iceberg an Animal Gone Astray in Search of Time
The Iceberg an Animal Gone Astray in Search of Time

Poetry by Judith Lapadat

Its hulked form nosing into steel grey bay
the chop, its incessant slap, the cold salt

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poetrycarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Judith LapadatComment
heart made of bees
heart made of bees

Poetry by Madi Haab

there: in the hollow
concrete medulla
of the city skeleton

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poetrycarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Madi HaabComment
ELEGY IN FIVE PARTS
ELEGY IN FIVE PARTS

Poetry by Alessandra Lynch

HERE IS—THE MESSAGE---TO THE RAIN---NOT A TELEGRAM---"I DON’T WANT TO--- STOP----TALKING TO YOU”---LIGHT

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poetrycarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Alessandra LynchComment
Shock Absorber
Shock Absorber

Poetry by Dawn Macdonald

without stiffening. a bump,
a rebound. a dampening

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poetrycarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Dawn MacdonaldComment
Monet probably had prosopagnosia
Monet probably had prosopagnosia

Poetry by Aaron Rabinowitz

She separates from the distance from the other moving forms across the canvas—you mean campus—like a sticker unpeeled from its backing

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poetrycarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Aaron RabinowitzComment
Translating Dean Young at Pamenar Cafe
Translating Dean Young at Pamenar Cafe

Poetry by Dominique Russell

Peut-être pas maintenant, mais bientôt et pour toujours
à tout jamais, éternellement

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poetrycarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Dominique RussellComment
HOME WHEN YOU RETURN
HOME WHEN YOU RETURN

Poetry by Mazzy Sleep

The sun in the morning.
It was snowing so hard it seemed like
it had always been snowing, since Eden,

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poetrycarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Mazzy SleepComment
Orange in the Shower
Orange in the Shower

Poetry by Lily Thomson

After hearing about it for so long 
I finally ate an orange 
In the shower 

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poetrycarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Lily ThomsonComment
less and less
less and less

Translated by Neil Smith from Jean-Christophe Réhel

i am
less and less
i say goodnight chair good night ventilator

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translationcarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Neil SmithComment
Reminders
Reminders

Translated by Willow Loveday Little from Jean-Guy Forget

my girlfriend and our friends
blossom into a choir of laughter

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translationcarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Willow LittleComment
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Translated by Lynn D. Gilbert from Charles Baudelaire

Hate is the vat of Danaus’ pale girls;
Revenge, distraught, arms muscular and red,

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translationcarte blanche magazineJune 6, 2025Lynn D. GilbertComment
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