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Verge

Verge begins with a small fox waiting at the river's edge, symbolizing a woman at...

Mirror Image

In Mirror Image, Len Gasparini conflates lyrical poetry and prose into one voice, a voice...

Stages: Selected Poems

Mary Melfi's work appears unclassifiable. There are surrealist fireworks, gnostic philosophizing, black and white humor,...

Rivers Applaud Forever

In Rivers Applaud Forever, Raymond Filip, the craftsman and musician, showcases his spoken-word texts that...

Washing Off the Raccoon Eyes

What happens when we believe in something that isn't there? What happens when we doubt...

If This Were Death

In If This Were Death, Paul Chanel Malenfant mourns the loss of a beloved woman...

This is a trilingual -- Italian, English and French -- edition of Amelia Rosselli's last original collection of poetry in Italian. Written in 1979, Impromptu, as the title suggests, came about in a burst of creativity following a long period of silence and mental illness. Impromptu is a long poem of more than 350 lines divided into 13 sections.

"Earth was cleaned like / a toad picking a fight / distinguished by its captivating / bite."

Impromptu: A Trilingual Edition

Amelia Rosselli, Gian Maria Annovi, Diana Thow, Jean-Charles Vegliante
2014

About Guernica

On Monday, April 26th, 1937, the bells of Santa Maria tolled, warning of the inhumane aerial raid that would reduce the Spanish city of Guernica into ruins. Men, women, children and animals were destroyed under the weight of the fiery nationalist bombs...

Submission Guidelines

Please note that Guernica's annual reading period runs from January 1 to April 30. Submissions are only accepted during this period and only as email attachments.