Poem of the Day
Yellow Striped Pajamas
By Shamsher Bahadur Singh
walking silently on his paws, he emerges from the semidarkness and disappears into it.
Poetry: P-R
Luminist, National Gallery
By Siri von Reis
gave way to works stripped of
anecdote, all light, hush
Ode 76
By Ricardo Reis
I feel so very grand
at this solemn
and futile hour
Quasi-stellar Object
By Siri von Reis
The strength of its emission is consistent
with a pattern of violent collisions
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki
By Siri von Reis
was first performed in 1703, shortly after
the deaths that stirred Chikamatsu Monzaemon
to write his drama. Sometimes criticized
The Very Large Telescope
By Siri von Reis
To focus all four on the same subject,
to combine their light in phase
Vast Problem Still Obscure
By Siri von Reis
Most of the mass of the universe
may be contained in dark matter.
No one knows what that may be.
Dark Conceit
By James Reiss
When a breeze fans the glimmer into a glaring
expanse, the smoke plume rises like an emblem
Dorland
By James Reiss
Like nothing you have ever heard,
the caterwauling of a mountain lion
Night Out
By J. S. Renau
The gargle of water through the pipes
The rattle of water in the ceramic tub,
and the day is washed off, but what's clean?
In Company
By Donald Revell
A long silk
is pulled quickly
over my upturned palms