Poem archive
Read poems by Arizona and Southwestern writers, plus classic work preserved in the AZPoetry literary archive.
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2026
“FAILURE TO LEAVE PHOENIX IN ORDER TO SAVE MY LIFE IN THE SUMMER OF 1968” by Michael C. Ford is a poem centered on arizona, place and geography, memory. Its imagery is anchored in Arizona, Tucson. The poem develops its subject through recurring images and shifts in emotional pressure rather than reducing the experience to a single statement.
2026
“Gentle Reminders” by Jimmie Ware is a poem centered on arizona, family, identity. Its imagery is anchored in Phoenix. The poem develops its subject through recurring images and shifts in emotional pressure rather than reducing the experience to a single statement.
2026
“The Things That Break While Moving” by Aaron Hopkins-Johnson is a poem centered on arizona, place and geography, love and relationships. Its imagery is anchored in Phoenix. The poem develops its subject through recurring images and shifts in emotional pressure rather than reducing the experience to a single statement.
2026
“Charlie Brown” by Aaron Hopkins-Johnson is a poem centered on arizona, music, identity. Its imagery is anchored in Phoenix. The poem develops its subject through recurring images and shifts in emotional pressure rather than reducing the experience to a single statement.
2026
"Running in a Red State" by Cymelle Leah Edwards Don’t be political. Sinclair Wash Trail: Anger is that which your body recognizes as alien; that which has been whittled nonexiste…
2025
I’m a bird.One day, the thru-hiker came byand tried guessing my name.She got it wrong. But birdbrains know how to spot beauty over faults.For the first time in my life, I didn’t w…
2025
"Green & Red" by Ashley Naftule When I was six,my favorite part about eating watermelonwas harvesting the black seeds. My parents would cut off the green skinso I could slip my to…
2025
"My 20th Birthday Haiku" by Joseph Nieves When I was a boyI dreamed of being BatmanNow? Even more so. About the poet Joseph Nieves With the Phoenix Fan Fusion Nerd Poetry Slam hos…
2025
"14 Lines From Love Letters Or Suicide Notes" by Doc Luben IDon't freak outIIWe both know this has been coming for a long time.III I've been staying awake at night, wondering if I…
2025
"Land Alive" by David Chorlton The land isn’t empty, it’s thinking.What will it become whenthe clouds disappear and rocks take their place?Where will the roads lead when they reac…
2025
"grey walls" by atlas st. cloud i am laying,in an empty room. the temperature is steadily droppingand frost begins to crystalize on my eyelashes,playing tricks with my irises. i a…
2024
grandma and I are caught in Loops hiit's B I'm good how are you I live inLos Angeles and I love it traffic's badbut it gives me time to think my nameit's Beth I live in LA and it'…
2024
My mother used to cook for meWhich bears comment, these daysDinner was a regimental affairthroughout my teen years. Spaghetti,jarred sauce,garlic breadand bagged salad. Beef tacos…
2024
I send letters and Bottles across bodiesof water or folded up and flown over thePeaks addressed to the summer summer isa star-eyed space cadet called meStardust in the making I wr…
2024
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping…
2024
Welcome to Outside.Press START to begin.Good luck! You zone into Des Plaines, Illinois; early 2000s.The poplars rise from green plots in front of boxy houses.You watch the other p…
