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Nasya Krevoshay

It suddenly seemed to her that the world was filled with little miracles. There were moments when love overcame her despair.

National Geographic

I make peas and argue with a wall. Something gets stuck like that.

Neighborly Favors

I promised to return, but secretly I dreamed of staying in America.

New Cold War

Some days are stretched so taut it feels like changing might break us. We feed the baby bitter melon, flower pepper, bloodroot beet. The first snow comes in January, fresh gauze over an old wound.

New York City

Nick Will Be Successful Influential & Will Marry the Pretty Girl and He Didn’t Even Go to Yale

The graffiti suggests the most essential story of New Haven.

Night Talks

i stored away in my mama’s empty perfume bottles smells and stories

No Pain So Great as Memory

I’ll leave a trail of crumbs as I descend into god knows where.

Nocturne

I’d make a tub of mud to keep live crabs. I’d refill it daily.

Nothing of Consequence

The women wanted signs of regret, but she was straight shouldered.

Ode to the Hebrew Letter “Chet”

You come hot, marching between one blazing Arab & one crazy Jew.

Ode to What I Do Not Know

Two animals, doe-eyed, slick across the road into the femur of the night.

Odessa, Odessa

It is a city of sea, sun, boulevards, strolling beauties, life-altering food.

Of God and His Enemies

Logic is such an elegant weapon; and religion, such an easy target.

On Birdsong

The hymn that’s resurrected from the hymnal aspires to the spiritual.

On Livelihood

“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.”

On the Isle of Fast-Flowing Waters

My dear, even my ear is trying to eat itself in its attempt to forget you.

On the Way to the Dacha

Enjoy the prison. It’s very impressive, worth spending some time!

One More Day and Other Poems

There is a lot about others I don’t remember, outliving an interest.

One Pound Sterling

The hut was cluttered with the skulls and bones of small animals.

One Says We

Sometimes one does wade into it or is ambushed as by a incensed fog.

Operation Iraqi Freedom

It was enough to make the most hardened veteran drop his guard.

Oregon 1945

On a jet stream, unearthly, air can travel at hundreds of miles per hour.

Our Fairy Stories

Loss. That word echoed in my ears as my eyes ranged around the garden.

Outsider

The Bengalis negotiate their space with corrupt politicians and landsharks.

Paris in the Dark

After the password was given, the question remained. My name.

Paris Sketches

Partition

The fog’s sheen is a mirror: my mother sees the terrain of the future—

Portrait of the Artist with Four Other Guys

“She showed me her tits,” said Jimmy. “Bullshit!” said Frank.

Portraits, Landscapes, Scenes

Photo portraits, landscapes, and world scenes by Sandra Lloyd.