5+ hour, 5+ min ago  (669+ words) Many of the recurring motifs throughout the collection are established in the first section, Nostalgic Reflections. A sense of displacement, childhood memory, and familial intimacy are some of them. The spectres of the past haunt the present and lead to…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (127+ words) [Warm Poems By Moon Tae-Joon] Supermarket Scene Captures Imagination and Everyday Shopping Rituals With a crescent-shaped, enormous knife, there’s a corner at Lotte Super where they slice pizza— I’m held captive, waiting, and in the store: Hankten T-shirts for 5,000 won....

2+ hour, 35+ min ago  (114+ words) The cooling draughts drown woes at end of day and I’m light-headed, soaring from first sip. The swimming senses beg my hand to stay around the glass, not straying far from lip. Then sinking in the amniotic pool of numbing,…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (354+ words) Salem Reporter Salem Poetry Project featuring Martin Doerfler Martin Doerfler was born in Silverton Oregon in 1940 and has lived in the Beaver State most of his life. When he was very young his folks moved the family to Alfalfa which…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (229+ words) Salem Reporter Salem Poetry Project featuring Susan Kay Anderson and Sean Dwyer Susan Kay Anderson resides at the headwaters of Sutherlin Creek in southwestern Oregon’s Umpqua River Basin. Her poems in Mezzanine (2019), feature her work as a graveyard-shift custodian at…...

3+ hour, 54+ min ago  (136+ words) Some days I wakewith a weight on my chestthat no one else can see,a quiet heavinessthat follows me from room to room. The world keeps moving,loud with laughter and plans,while I stand still,trapped behind glass,watching…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago  (339+ words) The event illuminated Kahramanmaraş’s profound literary journey, showcasing its strategic vision for cultural development, potential for literary tourism and burgeoning international collaborations. For a city whose identity is deeply intertwined with the written and spoken word, the UNESCO designation is…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (594+ words) I am often asked why I continue to write — what motivates me? The honest answer is that I’m not very good at anything else. In a famous essay published in 1946, George Orwell offered a more thoughtful response. He noted four…...

12+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1279+ words) Published: Jul 12, 2026 09:42 IST - 15 MINS READ In this interview, he talks about a Manipur childhood founded on books and festivals; a move to Shillong at 15 that widened his linguistic world; and how the region’s politics enters his poems through memory and…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (898+ words) Iran’s joint military command has warned that all oil tanker… A Hungarian court has sentenced an Irish citizen to 14 years… A rare, long-lost copy of Caedmon’s Hymn — the first poem ever written down in Old English — is visible in the…...