Read a new essay by Linda Strange 'Navalny, Poetry, and Truth'

When I think of Navalny’s death, and his life, the life he chose to give up for the dream of a democratic Russia, I think of many things..

Image: Alexei Navalny by Nikita Pishchugin, Unsplash

A new poem on Pangyrus.com:
I See Björk in the Woods
by Josh Jacobs

The fallen birch in the woods wears the last
of her bark lightly, a loose sheaf
whose diameter shows what a figure
she once had.

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Read “Ode to Pot” by Mehrnoosh Torbatnejad:

'Bottom of the that is, scorched goodness, gilded disc of savory bliss,
euphoric gift to my mouth.'

Read here: link in bio.

Image: by Roozbeham, licensed under CC 2.0.

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“Insomnia Math” by Miriam O'Neal:

“Then, I count back the months from your birth
to discover the month of your conception.
What knocked our parents off their eight year
track of babies born in early winter?”

Read here: pangyrus.com/poetry/insomni…

Image: photo by Dinh Pham

“One Day, I Will Put My Daughter Down and Never Pick Her Up Again” by Quintin Collins:

“I might push, she might plummet.
She might cradle wind and soar.”

Read here: pangyrus.com/poetry/one-day…

Image: photo by bennett tobias on Unsplash, licensed under CC 2.0.

Join us at Porter Square Books in Cambridge to meet editors Virginia Pye and Anne Bernays, and hear from contributors E.C. Osondu, Erin Almond, Pamela Painter, Ann Russell, Catherine Elcik, and Joshua Shapiro. Or catch the event online.

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Only a day left to say what's 'Left Unsaid,' which is the theme of our 12th print issue (Winter 2024-2025).

Please see our Submittable page for more details:
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A walk in the jungle leads a father to unexpected places.
Read the story 'We Are All Strangers Here' by Anne Korkeakivi:

'He hadn’t said what he was really thinking, which was that he needed to get away.'

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Pangyrus publishes well-crafted, thought-provoking essays, poems, stories, and comics online and in two print editions each year (one anthology and one specialty book). We welcome work in any genre and on all topics.

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“Carcinoma Dream” by Paul Ilechko:

“We listened to a recording that was the color
of warm spice on an April morning trying to stay
pinned to the surface locked into the aspects
of texture and range”

Read here: pangyrus.com/poetry/carcino…

Image: photo by novila misastra.

Read “Ode to the Curved Penis” by Ellie Snyder:

“I have now encountered one for every compass point.
Gentle lilt to the bud of the too-laden stem.
Banana, parenthesis, near new moon, scythe
That cleaves other flesh.”

Read here: pangyrus.com/poetry/ode-to-…

Image: by Deon Black.

“The Cherry Tree is Heavy with Blossoms” by Sibani Sen:

“I look for you everywhere
but the street is full of strangers
who look at me and say nothing.”

Read here: pangyrus.com/poetry/the-che…

Image: photo by Kentaro Toma.

A new poem “Poach” by Erick Verran:

“In regular video installments a woman knits outfits
for little woolen frogs. I am trying to make ramen
soften in this gray, much scraped barrel of a pot”

Read here: pangyrus.com/poetry/poach/

Image: photo by Markus Winkler.

Read “Stripped Bare” by Kristina Kasparian:

“Their resilience made them worthy. But dignity is hard to preserve when it is stripped bare.'

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Image: Photo by FlyD, licensed under CC 2.0.

Read “Newborn” by Catherine Stearns:

'Something hovers over her face as if she’s recalling the long transit in time and in space when darkness expelled her into the fluorescence of a single body.”

Read here: link in bio.

Image: by Melissa Austin, licensed under CC 2.0.

Read “Now We’re Cooking with Fire” by Tara Dugan:

'A sign, a proof, a change. It was just the sort of thing we couldn’t avoid.'

Read here - pangyrus.com/fiction/now-we…

Image: Photo by CA Creative

Join the Massachusetts Historical Society (online or in person) for Wheatley in the 21st Century: A Reading & Book Launch, with Danielle Legros Georges, Artress Bethany White, Florence Ladd, and Janice Lowe.

Register here: masshist.org/events/Wheatle…

Read “A Team of One” by Laura Munson:

“I was proud of what we created in our home and as a family. Parties were a way to not just share it all, but perhaps to prove it all.”

Read here: pangyrus.com/generations/te…

Image: by Engin Akyurt

Along with general submissions — on the theme of 'Left Unsaid' or not — we are interested in a few specific categories: Zest!; In Sickness and In Health; Field Notes; Schooled; Generations; and The Sounding Board – themed pieces in every genre.

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'What Is Left' by Charlene Logan:

'Lucky is the last unfinished business between us.

Bob and I were together fourteen years. We adopted her the first year we were married.'

Read here:
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Image: by Koa’link