Allen Braden’s “Instructions On Being a Sea Creature”
Imprecision greets the reader of this poem at the outset, and never, afterwards, does the piece seem to resolve the miscommunications to which …
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Maria Melendez’s “A Chicana Writes to Rilke”
The greatest achievement of Maria Melendez’s poem in the March/April issue of Orion is its management of reductivism: its speaker challenges the reader’s …
William Wenthe’s “Bitter Lake”
In recent months, only Malachi Black’s LAUDS has struck me with as much force as William Wenthe’s “Bitter Lake”; patency of image …
C.J. Sage’s “A Great Divide”
C.J. Sage’s “A Great Divide” is an appropriate poem to look at tonight in Boston, with Irene bearing down on …
Joe Wilkins’ “The eye of the radio was red, and its round mouth was talking—”
I continue to think of Orion as being one of the best ‘full magazine’ reads out there, from editorial content …
