Image: “Meetup” by Hugh Findlay. “The Ones Who Nailed It There” was written by Edson DaCosta for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, August 2026, and selected as the Editor’s Choice.

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for Indré Are you aching? The poet held my hand at the edge of the world’s smallest village. Think of pain as a plane. She wanted me to forgive what I couldn’t forgive. Only the side door to the As…

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Because the barbarians are coming today. Because the barbarians are coming today and the emperor’s waiting to receive their leader. Because the barbarians…

And I’ll continue harrowing my finest Effects, I’ll ride a livid Rash of property, I’ll license out My very lives.

Jenna Lyons wears a white button-down openalmost to her navel, a black blazer, and blue jeans.I double-sided tape my borrowed shirt along my chest,attempt to slick my bangs into her signature bun.B…

Punctuation can be a great challenge, and it can make or break a poem. If you find yourself questioning which punctuation marks to use, why to use them, and when and where they go, this in-person, two...

ALT: two minions wearing goggles and overalls are waving their hands in the air .