It’s Good to Be Ashurnaspiral II The dunes part. Enter oasis. I emerge from the desert on my immaculate Bactrian, … More
Tag: Poetry
Two Poems by Vincent Poturica
The Unknowable A small German boy splashes in puddles of radioactive measured calmness. The puddles are not, in fact, radioactive … More
“A Growing Crisis,” a Presidential erasure by Tara Campbell
*** Tara Campbell (taracampbell.com) is a fiction editor at Barrelhouse and an MFA candidate at American University. Prior … More
Five Poems by Alyse Knorr
Wolf Tours: Day One The wolves have eaten the children— or so say the clients, unaware of the existence of … More
Three Poems from Letitia Trent’s cinematic poetry collection MATCH CUT, now available to preorder
An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, 1981) At night, you become your body, the skin pebbles, hair … More
“The Best of the Best of”: HFR Editors in 2018 and Beyond
Jason Teal For 2018 I charted a sort of reading renaissance, rethinking my art and how it’s made—which has … More
“Trial of the Hippocampus,” a poem by Sarah Cheshire
Her: uproarious laughter— a narrow staircase— Me: cheap cologne— wilted rosemary on the windowsill— Her: distant voices— strong hands— … More
“Contact Improv,” a poem by Jack Meriwether
I just want to go where nobody’s gone before. All the people here look so tired But that’s what keeps … More
“Mon Cher Apollinaire”: Jordan A. Rothacker’s Death Day Letter to the Father of Surrealism
November 9, 2018 Mon Cher Apollinaire, It has been one hundred years to this day since … More
Two Poems by Kyle Harvey
Glacier —for Danny Rosen and Jack Mueller We are the sea and we rise with the break off slide-in of … More
Two Poems by Jill Khoury
For Weeks I Have Been Waiting for Something Pleasant to Write About But to no avail, so I clipped some … More
Four Poems by Tony Mancus
All the Things Your Head Can Be your head is a pew, you drape its curve. your empty palm, pass … More
