Poetry – BIG OTHER

March 30, 2026 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Mystery Reader, by Rodrigo Toscano

Downplaying entanglements with national interests and global affairs Blurring the lines between transparency and obfuscation This poet, nonetheless seems…

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Six Poems, by Sylvia Legris

“Why is it that buzzing in the ear ceases if one makes a sound? Is it because a greater…

March 6, 2026 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by Brendan Lorber

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Brendan Lorber! Celebrate by reading these Lorber poems we published in 2022! After that, go…

February 17, 2026 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Four Poems, by Jennifer Maritza McCauley

How to Love a Mango Girl Crack open her chestwall with surgical loveliness, remove the slippery, heaving Thing inside,…

February 9, 2026 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Five Poems, by Kathryn Weld

To a Slide of The Temptation of Eve in a Lecture on Medieval Art I was twenty when I…

February 7, 2026 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by Micah Zevin

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Micah Zevin! Celebrate by reading these Zevin poems we published in 2019! Four of these…

February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by John Schertzer

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor John Schertzer! Celebrate by reading these Schertzer poems we published in 2024! And then go…

February 5, 2026 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Four Poems, by Michael Lee Rattigan

Underland “If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.” —Walt Whitman Where stalactite meets bone (in…

February 3, 2026 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Two Poems, by William Lessard

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor William Lessard! Celebrate by reading these two Lessard poems we published in 2019! …

February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 - Birthday, Folio, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Seven Poems, by Roberto F. Santiago

Happy birthday, Roberto F. Santiago! Celebrate by reading the suite of Santiago poems we published in 2022 as part of…