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Editor’s Note

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A Hymn to Ra

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POEMS

Srikanth Reddy
- Editor’s Note
Unknown
- A Hymn to Ra
- Rune Poems from Bergen, Norway, 13th and 14th Century
- From “Nineteen Ancient Poems”
- From “Cantares Mexicanos”
- The Wife’s Lament
- Song
- Versions from the Popol Vuh: An Excerpt
- Sol Varp Sunnan
Samson Allal
- On “A Hymn to Ra”
Eirill Alvilde Falck
- On “Rune Poems from Bergen, Norway, 13th and 14th Century”
Kristen Renee Miller
- dachte er, es war kein
- On “dachte er, es war kein”
Zhang Xun
- Jiangnan Song
Bijaan Noormohamed
- On “Jiangnan Song”
Kat Addis
- John Florio’s Heroic Poem
- On “John Florio’s Heroic Poem”
Jeffrey Yang
- On “Nineteen Ancient Poems”
Estevam Coelho
- Song of a Girl Going to Bathe
Richard Zenith
- On “Song of a Girl Going to Bathe”
Ovid
- Beach Body
Victoria Punch
- On “Beach Body”
Heishikeyi
- Peace, Irungu
Diotimus
- Prayer to Artemis
Stephanie Burt
- On “Prayer to Artemis”
Charles Baudelaire
- Elevation
Kim Parko
- Excarnation
- On “Excarnation”
Dante Alighieri
- From “Inferno”
Clare Louise Harmon
- On “Inferno”
Edgar Garcia
- On “Cantares Mexicanos”
Rainer Maria Rilke
- Plaster Cast Torso of Apollo
Alice Fulton
- On “Plaster Cast Torso of Apollo”
Vivek Narayanan
- From “Poem without Beginning or End”
- On “Poem without Beginning or End”
Liu Xiang
- Song of the Boatman from Yueh
Haun Saussy
- On “Song of the Boatman from Yueh”
Alfonsina Storni
- Journey
Malia Márquez
- On “Journey”
Ishwar Gupta
- Reading Scriptures
- Topshe Fish with Eggs
- Pineapple
Rosinka Chaudhuri, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
- On “Reading Scriptures,” “Topshe Fish with Eggs,” and “Pineapple”
al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk
- His Dark Elation
James Montgomery
- On “His Dark Elation”
Durs Grünbein
- Active
Karen Leeder
- On “Active”
Empedocles
- From “On Nature”
Dan Beachy-Quick
- On “On Nature”
Chase Berggrun
- To the Sun God
- On “To the Sun God”
Mikajima Yoshiko
- Three Tanka
James Garza
- On “Three Tanka”
Imru al-Qays
- From “The Suspended Ode”
Georges Henein
- The Interior Woman
Jay Deshpande
- On “The Interior Woman”
Charlotte Davidson
- On “Song”
Yu Xuanji
- A Love Letter for Li Zi’an 情書寄李子安1
Lucas Klein
- On “A Love Letter for Li Zi’an”
Augusto dos Anjos
- Psychology of a Loser
Baz Martin Gibbons
- On “Psychology of a Loser”
Muyaka Bin Haji
- Bwana Muyaka said
Alex de Voogt
- On “Bwana Muyaka said”
Chelsea T. Hicks
- The Spiders
- On “The Spiders”
Josué Coy Dick, Jesse Nathan, Juan Coy Tení
- On “Versions from the Popol Vuh: An Excerpt”
Eliot Weinberger
- From “The Life of Tu Fu”
- On “The Life of Tu Fu”
Marie-Louise Eyres
- On “Sol Varp Sunnan”
Peter Cole
- How Could It Happen
Hamdi Sahebqran
- “From my first lessons”
Alana Marie Levinson-Labrosse, Shene Mohammed
- On “From my first lessons”
Giovanni Pascoli
- The Sirens
Mirabai
- Mira’s Colors
Chloe Martinez
- On “Mira’s Colors”
Francesco Petrarca
- Crap otherness
Bethany Handley
- Umbug
- On “Umbug”

COMMENT

Masaoka Shiki
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