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, The Thread is celebrating Poetry Fridays. Each Friday in April, we will publish a selection of poetry from local independent publishing houses Graywolf Press, Milkweed Editions and Coffee House Press.

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Today's selections come from Eleni Sikelianos, Layli Long Soldier and Chris Santiago.

The book is the house where the bodies are buried


the book is the catacombs where the corpses enumerate


the book is the joy is the place where the copses unfold happy, fragrant, & shining


the book is the meat sliding inside the bear and the bear inside its blanketing fur


the book is the joy was lost on the horizon


the trees kissed across the distances, & the sun


Her political brother's in prison. The youngest


The day before, I saw a man so heavy with blood


his soul couldn't rise out of his body. 

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To celebrate National Poetry Month, we are showcasing weekly poems from Graywolf Press, Milkweed Editions and Coffee House Press.

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