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An abstract painting with various limbs in a room with a black flower with pink flowers; and a title card: poems by MaKenzie Copp

We have new poems in the nest this week by MaKenzie Copp, just for you! (🎨: Christina Quarles; courtesy of the Whitney Museum)

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Flyer for Pigeon Pages Poetry Contest. Submission deadline: September 15; winner receives $250 and publication; judged by Cecily Parks

It’s contest time again! Send your most beautiful poetry for our judge, Cecily Parks, by September 15. The winner will receive $250 and publication.

Find details in the nest and on Submittable: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

Abstract painting in blues, tans, and red with a title card: “Implantation Bleeding” by Olivia Fantini

“It is too soon to test. We wait. The bleeding will stop or it won’t, and then we will know.”

ICYMI, the winning story from our Flash Contest is in the nest now! Read “Implantation Bleeding” by Olivia Fantini, chosen by our judge, Rachel Lyon (🎨: Debbi Kenote)

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Abstract monotype sheet with some squares in yellow, red, and a textured brown

Abstract lithograph, primarily in red with yellow and blue accents

"When I started, I wanted to make paintings that…you didn't need 'talent' to make. You just had to think in a certain way."

Carroll Dunham’s work accompanies new poetry by Jenny Maaketo and Molly Moran (🎨: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)

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Abstract lithograph with red, yellow, and blue and title card: “In the Oven” by Jenny Maaketo

“And we were the laugh track to our sick version of America’s Funniest Home Videos—rewinding/replaying Mom’s punchline.”

Read “In the Oven” by Jenny Maaketo, in the nest now (🎨: Carroll Dunham; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)

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A monotype with yellow and red and some brown with title card: “lover’s leap” by Molly Moran

“no two things ever really touch– / except on maps. Huron and Michigan look a little like a pair of lungs.”

Read “Lover’s Leap” by Molly Moran, in the nest now (🎨: Carroll Dunham; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)

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Abstract lithograph with lots of red, some blue and yellow, with a title card: poems by Jenny Maaketo and Molly Moran

We have new poems in the nest this week by Jenny Maaketo and Molly Moran (🎨: Carroll Dunham; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)

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Black and white silver print of a repeated image of a man’s arm holding a violin

Black and white silver print of glass that looks like splashing water

“Don’t make me out to be an artist. I am an engineer. I am after the facts. Only the facts.”

Harold Edgerton’s work accompanies new poems by Madeleine Mori this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

(🎨: Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art)

Black and white silver print of a man’s arm holding a violin, the image repeated many times from the top to the bottom with the title card: “rotoscope” by Madeleine Mori

“When fresh retina is braided into / burnt fibers, do the living see through the dead,"

Read “Rotoscope” by Madeleine Mori, in the nest now (🎨: Harold Edgerton; courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art)

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Black and white silver print of glass that looks like falling water with a title card: “remain” by Madeleine Mori

“I sign no lease in Brooklyn, / do not accept the life you envision for me without you.”

Read “Remain” by Madeleine Mori now (🎨: Harold Edgerton; c/o Whitney Museum of American Art)

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Black and white silver print with a repeating image of a man’s arm holding a violin, with a title card: poems by Madeleine Mori

We have new poems in the nest by Madeleine Mori this week, check them out! (🎨: Harold Edgerton; courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art)

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(🎨: Courtesy of Hans Alf Gallery)

Red glazed ceramic of some blocks and a face at the top

Glazed ceramic that looks like a blue and orange piece of coral

“Spanning from tiny figurines to large scale installations, the works come across as sometimes innocent and sometimes distinctly ominous – but always immensely attractive.”

Louise Hindsgavl’s work accompanies new poetry by Maya Bernstein and Michael Juliani: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Photo of a glazed ceramic that looks like a piece of coral with a title card: “Sand Mermaid” by Maya Bernstein

“who gathered these and why / pursue a form that would be razed / by noon."

Read “Sand Mermaid” by Maya Bernstein, in the nest now (🎨: Louise Hindsgavl, courtesy of Hans Alf Gallery)

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Glazed ceramic piece with a face and title card on top: “Inland” by Michael Juliani

“The sky looks uninspired / when I plead with it. / I want to see the planets / my father showed me."

Read “Inland” by Michael Juliani, in the nest now (🎨: Louise Hindsgavl, courtesy of Hans Alf Gallery)

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Photo of a glazed ceramic piece that looks like coral with title card: poems by Maya Bernstein and Michael Juliani

We have new poems in the nest this week by Maya Bernstein and Michael Juliani (🎨: Louise Hindsgavl, courtesy of Hans Alf Gallery)

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Red and brown watercolor with white ink on top

Blue, orange, and white batik print

"I use a lot of references from female body and nature and a lot of Hindu mythology. I draw inspiration from my culture too. I do not know what I am known for. I think others can answer that better."

Madhurima Ganguly’s work accompanies new poetry by Kuhu Joshi this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Red and brown watercolor and ink image with title card: “Letter to Saraswati” by Kuhu Joshi

“Unlike Ganga and Yamuna, you seemed to have / no role. In you, my grandmothers drowned / who they could be.”

Read “Letter to Saraswati” by Kuhu Joshi, in the nest now (🎨: Madhurima Ganguly)

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Blue and orange batik print with title card: “Spell to Call on My Future Family” by Kuhu Joshi

“What I wanted to know was, / are you lonely? Do you have enough / family?”

Read “Spell to Call on My Future Family” by Kuhu Joshi, in the nest now (🎨: Madhurima Ganguly)

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Red and brown watercolor and pen on paper, with a title card: poems by Kuhu Joshi

We have new poems in the nest for you this week by Kuhu Joshi (🎨: Madhurima Ganguly)

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Photo of Carlie Hoffman looking to camera with a title card: Carlie Hoffman, author of One More World Like This One

“For me, poetry is devotional, and the process is deeply private. I see poetry as a way of being in the world, attuned to the ebbs and flows of daily life.”

Read our interview with Carlie Hoffman, in the nest now: pigeonpagesnyc.com/carlie-hoffm...

Found paper collage in shades of white and blue

Abigail Hunt uses re-appropriated textures and surfaces from found images to make collages which explore a haptic relationship between the hand and the object.

Hunt’s work accompanies new flash from Madeline Rosales: pigeonpagesnyc.com/like-broken-...

Abstract paper collage with a title card: “Like Broken Glass” by Madeline Rosales

“It was the broken glass that took my husband’s life. That was all it was, just a little piece of broken glass from an old syringe, slicing through his palm during our morning search through the recyclables.”

New in the nest by Madeline Rosales (🎨: Abigail Hunt)

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Graphic print with a black and white chevron and colorful circles

Graphic painting with vertical lines and two light blue triangles

“Kiko’s paintings layer grids and patterns of hard-edge color that draw formal inspiration from design, urban infrastructure, and the visual palette of city life.“

Kiko Bordeos’ work accompanies poetry by Shanley Poole and Ken Holland: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Painting with strong vertical lines and two light blue triangles with a title card: “Homecoming” by Shanley Poole

“and yes, the she is you, / and yes, the you is me."

Read “Homecoming” by Shanley Poole, in the nest now (🎨: Kiko Bordeos)

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Acrylic painting with black and white stripes layered with colorful circles and a title card: “Magnetic Charm” by Ken Holland

“how to peel an orange in the dark, / or make small talk in a blacked-out bar / to a person who may or may not be a woman."

Read “Magnetic Charm” by Ken Holland, in the nest now (🎨: Kiko Bordeos)

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Abstract acrylic painting with a lot of vertical lines and light blue triangles with a title card: poems by Shanley Poole and Ken Holland

We’ve got new poems in the nest this week by Shanley Poole and Ken Holland (🎨: Kiko Bordeos)

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(🎨: Courtesy of Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon; Photo: Bruno Lopes)

Photo of a sheet of hammered stainless steel into an image of a butterfly

"[Sculpture] feels like crossing into another dimension where all the footing has to be figured out and a new language should be invented, like having a map in a dream jungle."

Rodrigo Hernández’s work accompanies a new story by Janelle Greco, in the nest now: pigeonpagesnyc.com/cabbage-white

Hammered steel piece of a butterfly with a title card: “cabbage white” by Janelle Greco

“I cupped it in my hands as if it were an egg or a small flower and peeked through my fingers just to be sure.”

Read a new story in the nest by Janelle Greco (🎨: Rodrigo Hernández; c/o of Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon)

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