You, a Figment
"Desert camels and ice cream sundaes flash oblique shapes / across the ceiling — / Yes, you say, I see it all in color." The post You, a Figment appeared first on Palette Poetry .
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Interview with Divya Victor, Judge of the 2026 Ekphrastic Poetry Prize
"Your style is how you negotiate becoming worthy of a reciprocal gaze. Your method is how you teach yourself to navigate that irreducible, illuminating distance between you and the object you write about." The post Interview with Divya Victor, Judge of the 2026 Ekphrastic Poetry Prize appeared first on Palette Poetry .
Skull 100, or, a Brief History of Barbarism
"even Time, the glutton, says enough, / withers leaks in in her mandible. / the merlot streams from the cavities," The post Skull 100, or, a Brief History of Barbarism appeared first on Palette Poetry .
Aubade
"the sway of her sweetness— / cassia and camel’s thorn—allow her root and labor—provident / place of first fruit—" The post Aubade appeared first on Palette Poetry .
Cherry-Tipped Triptych
"stay beautiful, skin rabbits, / luster in the hollowness. look / how the wolves circle, wanting, sifting what’s left / by the wound-winds / whispering" The post Cherry-Tipped Triptych appeared first on Palette Poetry .
Wave
"From above, everything looks delicate. / From above, / it looks like love: the light, / the peach cheek of the flower," The post Wave appeared first on Palette Poetry .
2025-26 Rejected Poetry Prize: Winners & Finalists
Please join us in congratulating these remarkable poets. Winners were selected by Mai Der Vang. The post 2025-26 Rejected Poetry Prize: Winners & Finalists appeared first on Palette Poetry .
Bellbird vernacular
"I tell it to the ducks, who have / no dialect beyond the lightness // of their bodies." The post Bellbird vernacular appeared first on Palette Poetry .
singing → nobody supposed to be here up (↑↑) & down (↓↓) the elevator in my building
"born decrepit in my subject position quest / (←)ion, marked, punctuated. i swing from it. i wrote it / backwards, start penultimate, i’m par [← achuting," The post singing → nobody supposed to be here up (↑↑) & down (↓↓) the elevator in my building appeared first on Palette Poetry .
Cain’s Wife On The Fifth Day Of Rain
"In the morning worms rise / slick from the earth. / They haven’t seen the sun / since you drove your brother’s name / into dirt." The post Cain’s Wife On The Fifth Day Of Rain appeared first on Palette Poetry .