The Sea   And then came a primordial sea, by imposing waves and raging foam, a grave incessant howl its battle cry, an annihilatory storm...

A Lake A beautiful lake -- an unfinished plate of soup made from the sky and finely cut pickled cucumbers of the reflected trees. And a...

Sometimes someone's phone call is Sisyphus of my barren times. This, my thought may not be like that of the “What’s in a name circa” when...

Scientific Value of the Subtle Cuttle Obviously, cuttlefish dream since they are made out of colors and are the shape of sound. What we...

Becomings of a sea A girl broke the soil and turned into sea how, each had the same question like feelings of hunger by empty tummies...

Catastrophic Molt —For elephant seals when the top layer of fur and skin molts, it leaves them unable to swim or feed for a month....

Begin Again begin with the ocean the wet sand hard underfoot the waves seeping in soft foam sticking to ankles as the water pulls us soak...

Brown Pelicans Huntington Beach Wetlands They hover outside the sanctuary, Between sand and sea— Prayers when flying or floating, Moving...

Love Juices —Did love whack you over the head, multiple times, even when you least expected it? —It did. —Did it splatter you in its...

Standard Lesson You take the monster to the sea because the nervous system runs on sodium: voltage-gated channels conducting ions...

Stowaways i. The hagfish that (burrows) into the corpse of a beluga. ii. Pearlfish (shelters) in the unmentionable of a sea cucumber....

Our Bodies are Mostly Water “All forms of pollution eventually make their way to water.” —a scientist Today it was announced as the first...

Seaside If you gathered those who once claimed their love as my name each would pull you aside, rough-palmed and storm-eyed, saying press...

Paper Moon We walk the paper road between the village and the sea lit by moonlight. The oysters are busy opening and closing, blinking...

Where the City Meets the Sea All roads lead to nowhere Slim, breakable paths upon the coast. A cluster of silver by the sand....

How to Remember You Are Alive Warm water trickling on your skin like starlight and the glide of brisk lotion sharpening your legs and the...

A Lack of Stars With its head hung over the road, the street lamp sputters a blue-white light, muttering some sort of apology into the...

How to write a poem Don’t write complex sentences. They are mind-numbing. Note down things that make the room seem brighter. Add trauma,...

Solitary in Des Moines County Early spring, a copper swallows the outlines of clouds, horizontal light plunges amid boughs of splayed...

In honor of National Poetry Month, we thought we’d spotlight six different collections of poetry. Read on and pick your favorite, or...