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Read more about the article I was waiting for my annual toothache all winter
Romain Cazes, Studies of Drapery in Sleeve and Collars. Open access courtesy of The Met Museum.

I was waiting for my annual toothache all winter

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:January 7, 2026
  • Post category:featured/Issue 7/poetry

A poem by Dan Sociu, translated from the Romanian by Paul Killebrew & Dan Sociu

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Read more about the article wearing in plain view the words of a long verse
Analia Saban, Grid with Unorganized Areas, 2014. Courtesy of the artist.

wearing in plain view the words of a long verse

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:March 18, 2025
  • Post category:featured/poetry

Three poems by Emilian Galaicu-Păun, translated from Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and Rareșa Galaicu

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Read more about the article the moon glances away
Jean François de Troy, The Abduction of Europa, 1716.

the moon glances away

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:January 17, 2023
  • Post category:featured/poetry

Two poems by Ion Monoran, translated from Romanian by Marius Surleac & Marc Vincenz

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Read more about the article what waste to be not stung
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Peace - Burial at Sea, 1775–1851.

what waste to be not stung

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:October 18, 2022
  • Post category:featured/poetry

A poem by Eminescu, translated from Romanian by Delia Radu.

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Read more about the article when I, too, had a kitchen
Sofía Ortiz, Contacto IV, 2021, courtesy of the artist.

when I, too, had a kitchen

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:July 13, 2022
  • Post category:featured/poetry

Three poems by Veronica Stefanet, translated by Monica Cure

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