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Poetry

Homo Accidens

48, Poetry by Supritha Rajan

Our Reeducation of Britney Spears

48, Poetry by Morgan Eklund

Ida, 2021 & Copperhead Musk

48, Poetry by Shelby Clark

pêche d’enfer

48, Poetry by p. hodges adams

Dear Francis,

48, Poetry by Brian Czyzyk

Personal Credo

48, Poetry by Oksana Maksymchuk

The Forgetful Beasts

47, Poetry by Elizabeth Hart Bergstrom

She said, Let there be stories; and there were stories. 
As she spoke, her breath crystallized into the shapes of birds and beasts. 
But the animals were forgetful, 
so she had to teach them to remember the words that …

Why Can’t Middle Age Be Like Childhood But with Sex, Liquor and Hipper Boots

47, Poetry by Joanna Fuhrman

Some days all I need to be happy is a subway seat 
and a Diet Dr Pepper. Other days I’m waiting 

for the fog to spell out my name (it never happens).
I want to believe in the bulbous green …

vignettes of a lost wife

47, Poetry by Athena Nassar

I.
It is April. Climbing roses crown headfirst through the soil,
ripening under my criss crossed legs without my permission.
The aroma of apricots hangs in the air like wet linens, tempting
the noses of churchgoing boys, but I refuse
…

Don’t bury the dead

47, Poetry by Bernardo Wade

I’ve been                         broken
                 boy turned                  to drink
left to rust                                 family-damp
       with prayer                      I wish
             he would just                                stop
digging in
            graveyards.
We don’t bury                                   the dead.
               We remember   the sky
likes to fall
                       down the throat.
               We call it            
…
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Call for Submissions

Call for submissions for issue #51, as well as our poetry and micro essay contests. Learn more and submit your work here.

New Orleans Review is delighted to announce the publication of its first book, Interviews from the Edge: 50 Years of Conversations about Writing and Resistance
(Bloomsbury 2019).

Visit the Digital Archive of NOR Print Issues, 1968-2019

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