Zach Mitchell’s first book was titled, “Broken Worship.” His poetry then spawned a podcast of the same name. But that’s only part of Zach’s story.

A broken poem begins it. The poem is “Christabel.” It is two fragments of gothic lesbian vampire fantasy printed in every proper textbook of English literature.

I used poetry to understand so much, including love and broken hearts, and to come to terms with my illness, which began in my mid-teens. These were poems of teenage heartbreak in all its many guises.

Poem: Broken Souls A poem by former Century High School and current University of Minnesota-Twin Cities student Amina Hasan. Image by cromaconceptovisual from Pixabay. By Amina Hasan.

Can Poetry Heal a Broken World? Ada Limón, the first Latina poet laureate, believes that the power of words can help us navigate this time of crisis. By Carmen Maria Machado Published: Jan 30, 2023.

as in the broken vav of shalom. The last verse of this poem was inspired by my son, Rabbi Zachary Gedaliah Hepner, who is a mohel. Num 25:12 states that God awards Pinhas a covenant of peace as a ...

New England Literary News A group portrait of Provincetown’s artists, poetry of broken beauty, and a panel on trans writers This week’s gathering of bookish news from around the region, fresh ...

Borders and Broken Hearts features the poetry of Gayatri Lakhiani Chawla translated into Sindhi, presented in both the Devnagari and the Perso-Arabic scripts. The poet and her translators Rekha ...