It’s not quite right to call Eileen Chong’s sixth book of poetry, We Speak of Flowers, a collection. As Chong explains in her ...

An error, a slump; at home, a silent spell. Imperfect guides to where the river led. This poem appears in the September 2023 issue. We would love to hear from you. Let us know what you think about ...

Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career ... Bring the singer, bring the nester; / Give the buried flower a dream …” (Flowers again.) But the fourth line—“Make ...