Editor's Note: This poem's mindful narrative about grief and life carefully ushers the reader into a universal experience of loss and love.

From Homer’s epic to conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, we can see how poetry fills the gap when ordinary ways of writing or speaking aren’t enough, says Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

Art: Untitled by John Gregory Brown

by Adrienne Pilon

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by Pepper Trail

SAGINAW (AND CHICAGO), AUGUST 16, 2025

The chuppah that served as my wedding canopy started out as a white linen tablecloth, one made by my great-grandmother sometime between the World Wars. With close friends, I spent some happy hours emb...

Micro - The Offing Magazine

Rhododendron bushes frame our little family group in a series of photographs: my mother, brother, sister-in-law, their baby, my boyfriend, and me. The bushes are filled with full, lush blossoms of red...

In the wake of the ceasefire in Gaza, a poem about maintaining militant clarity on what the last year of Zionist genocide means for writers and people of conscience across the world.