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Quartz and Mica

A translation of a collection of poems, many of which are set in New York...

Dark Domain

The four classical elements of earth, water, air, and fire are never absent from de...

On Order and Things

On Order and Things is the story of an impossible love between a man and...

I Sleep in the Arms of Your Eyes

I Sleep in the Arms of Your Eyes is a reflection on love, freely given...

The Woman I Am

Spanning fifty years, these poems of love, sexuality, motherhood, loneliness, old age, and death are...

Floating Bodies

Bodies float in rapture, and in death, transported by waves of pleasure, or lapped by...

Day's poems press toward the realm where the sensuous and the sacred fuse. Queer and reflective, lyric and narrative, these poems offer a seductive meditation on the processes of creation.

Love Is Not Native to My Blood

Brian Day
2000

The Clarity of Voices: Selected Poems 1974-1981

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...

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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.